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The Associated Press reports — A young bonded child laborer cries as he is led away after being rescued during a raid by workers from Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or Save the Childhood Movement, at a garment factory in New Delhi, India, on June 12, 2012.
Raids on factories in the Indian capital revealed dozens of migrant kids hard at work Tuesday despite laws against child labor.
Police rounded up 26 children from three textiles factories and a metal processing plant, but dozens more are believed to have escaped. Those captured had all come to New Delhi from the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Global day of action against child labor highlights plight of 215 million children
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Child laborers sit on the floor of the district magistrate's office as they wait to be processed after being rescued during a raid by workers from Bachpan Bachao Andolan in New Delhi on June 12, 2012.
Kevin Frayer / AP
Child laborers sit on the floor as bureaucrats go about their business at their desks at the district magistrate's office as they wait to be processed.
A raid on a textile sweat shop in India frees more than 100 children forced to work in inhumane conditions. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports.
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And then what? Where's the rest of this article. This is seriously sloppy reporting. Those children won't sit in that office for the rest of forever - where's the rest of the article telling what happens to them and how they got into that situation in the first place. Yes, the pictures are powerful - but there's SO much more to the story. Where is it!?
If food aid to foreign countries reached the people (WHICH IT DOES NOT)
for FOOD these little men wouldn't be used as slaves.
Seems India's government isn't real concerned about their kids...as they
don't close these factories with child labor and 'No arrests'...of those
companies that use slaves!!!
Send food? We sent jobs. They should be able to buy their own food. Oh wait, in their screwed up system, those jobs went to the few, not the many. There are still plenty of third-generation rat catchers and outhouse cleaners that would really appreciate some food. Of course, they are too far down to ever receive any, regardless of how much we send. What a wonderful country. And then there is China. Another wonderful place. Still communist of course, but who cares, as long as our few can benefit by exploiting their many. True, things are much worse over here, but we are now much closer to breaking down those pesky labor laws we have, so we will be able to compete globally. Our rich really want to live like kings, and for that, you need peasants.
I agree that the companies over there exploiting children should be named, so that we can boycott them.
When we allow factories to be closed down and shipped to other countries because it is cheaper and more profitable for a select few, we can expect child labour in 3rd whole countries. The GOP know they can't get away with child labour here , but have no issue with it if its done in other countries. Why do you think UNIONS came to be? Unions have there place by helping prevent abuse and disregard of humanity. SO next time you republicans bash Unions, think twice. There is nothing wrong for a worker wanting a voice in their workplace.
The exploitation of children is disgusting! Exploitation of any human being is revolting!!
50% of the American voters support the policies of the Republican Party to create a 1% control over government - a third world banana republic. The conservative Republican agenda is to reduce American wages to third world levels by creating a Red country. It's disgusting that 50% of the American voters demand exploitation of American workers. Time to revolt and throw the conservative bums out of office. They've done enough to run out economic recovery to improve their changes for winning the election.
India is the model for the new GOP's vision of the future of America. They would have you believe that India's government like Obama and the democrats are being unfriendly to industry and "job creators"?
There is something funny in the first photo, in India they use HINDI numbers not our so called Arabic Numbers. This is probably a propaganda photo by the NGO. I see a 9 and a 11 yet this is not how they write their numbers.
Check with some of the autoworkers in Detroit. Having almost lost their jobs, they gladly were called back up for about half of what they used to make and were damn ecstatic about working again. The high times are gone and folks need to wrap their heads around paying more for what used to be dirt cheap. Talking about the basics here, not just the luxury items. The pendulum is swinging back.
Perhaps if we treated other countries as we would a family member then this world would be a better place to live for all, rather than letting the corporations represent us and their twisted version of how to survive. But thats just me.
By American standards of the 21st century, this is a horrible situation. By Mitt Romney's and the Republican elite's standards, it's good business. From the kids' point of view, they have now lost the income that their families back home desperately count on to stay alive.
An American equating the article to money and free trade ...gotta love it. Thats why these kids are in that situation ...it's all about money.
Unfortunately it doesn't matter how much the US gives to India in foreign aid ...Indians are pretty much the crappiest people I've met, right behind Egyptians. This article is the India I saw. No, not everyone and not the whole country, but this is it. Anything for money. Lie to your face, try to intimidate, stab their mother for money. Ashame.
This will keep going on, kids will be tortured, women will be raped and the lower castes will stay low. Really has nothing to do with money. Monetary situation has a lot less to do with actual money than does the state of mind of the person. I've seen it all over the world.
Wow ...and reading the replies ...hahaha, Nitt Romney's fault, americas fault ...everybody's fault but the people who are doing it. Just blame the other guy. The American way. I'm American.
My heart goes out to all these poor children that are treated this way..It's not just India,but other countries and their families that sell them into slavery..National Geographic Magazine has a lot of articles about this subject..I feel quilty at times for my family being safe and loved,while there are people all over this world that do not have that..
These raids do nothing positive but scare these poor kids as their families will have nothing to eat without their wages. The next day, other boys will be hired to do the same thing so essentially, these poor kids got fired. Unless we commit to feed them, educate them and shelter them for the next ten years, we should leave things alone. We know nothing of a society that lives on the fringe. Human rights are marginal as survival takes precedent....and the love of family members.
The exploitation of children, the poor, the disadvantaged, the underprivileged and the less fortunate citizens of any given country is the holy grail of corporations. They don't give a @!$%#; money is the name of the game and everything else is of no consequence to them.
Nothing will ever be done to stop it. Corporations have deep pockets and these pockets are full of politicians and government officials, with room for many more.
The reason why corporations have deep pockets is because individuals like you and I feed them. The more people we can get involved in mass boycotting and exposing the truth of companies that act unethically the faster we can reclaim our democracy. We have sold our voices and given away our power in exchange for entertainment, comfort, convenience... it is time to take them back.
50% of Americans support the policies of the 1% and the Republican Party. USA government of the billionaires, by the billionaires and for the billionaires. The party of Lincoln has long died a disgraceful death.
Wow ! What a super in depth report. More story/detail please.
Give the kids back their jobs ! LOL
They should be in school getting an education to raise themselves out of poverty.
I urge MSNBC and other media reporters to take this to the next level and further expose the companies and products that Americans buy that support child labor. What we need is greater transparency so that our actions (in this case $) are in alignment with our core values. If the media is willing to step up and become advocates for the people of this planet rather than for corporations huge gains can be made in very little time. On the consumer side, if we each take responsibility for our own actions and are thoughtful about EVERY product and service that we consume then the shift towards livable wages and environmental sustainability planet wide will be huge!
When you can't buy a stove, computer, TV or millions of other items that're no longer made in the U.S. it's hard to blame the consumer. China protects it's industry with whatever it takes with tarriffs, currency manipulation and impeding or downright outlawing the import of items that threaten their most important products. The elimination of most of our protections but allowing other countries to impose any restrictions they want are what's caused our problems. People complain that many unfairly accuse Romney as being part of the problem but it's true that relaxing many of the protections we once had can be laid at the feet of people like him.
The day that the mighty U.S. could allow poor countries to protect their own industries but ship anything they wanted untaxed and unrestricted ended long ago but too many industrialist politicians grew too wealthy taking advantage of trade agreements that allowed them to produce in wherever countries wages were lowest in the world with little or no environmental costs. What began as a gesture from the worlds largest manufacturer (the U.S.) to help less fortunate countries turned the have not's into the haves and the haves into the have nots.
We should deny importation of any products that are made under slave labor conditions, whose workers are not provided with a living wage with benefits, and where unions don't exist.
Under the Republican agenda for making America a Red nation, all the hard won union and progressive labor rules will be gone, and we will be no different than any other union-less country. School vouchers for the wealthy, and work camps for the poor. Vote Republican and America get used to it. There is a reason that under conservatism so many manufacturing companies fled America - money. If the labor is so cheap, why are the cost of products so high? Conservatism - the road to serfdom.
That is a totally free market for you, everything sinks to the lowest level possible.
this the USA with out labor unions, OSHA, labor laws and the EPA. Screw all the free trade agreements. This the level we will be sinking to in the global market as companies run to find the cheapest labor and regulations. Screw tariffs, do not let the crap into the country.
If some one wants to trade with us, make sure they are a least some where close to human in their practices. As for international companies make them subject to our laws if they want to sell stuff here in the USA. If they are found to be using slave labor, polluting according to our standards, seize their assets in the USA to pay the fines. If we are going to have a global economy, let us strive to reach the highest level rather than sink to the lowest.
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