Breaker Boys: Child Labor

Did you know that 80 to 90 percent of laborers in sweatshops are women? The Breaker Boys were boys used as labor in coal mines. Conditions of child labor in other countries today are affecting kids from all ages. And the scenarios that the sweatshop workers have to go through are dangerous. Child labor is a very poor form of labor using children to do harmful work and it has affected life in the world and has killed millions. The Breaker Boys and their experiences affected their families and the community. The Breaker Boys were 8 to 10 years old and popular in the north-east mainly Pennsylvania. They were paid very little like 8 cents an hour. They were abused by being hit by brooms and they had to pick rocks and slate from the coal chutes with no gloves. To illustrate, a Breaker Boy states “The dust was so dense at times as to obscure the view.” This declares that the Breaker Boys went through some tough times and that they were beaten up by coal flying down the chutes pummeling their hands and feet. In addition, they weren't paid very much making most of them poor families.
Child Labor in other countries is pretty bad like one mine can have to 600 children working and all of them are 5-14 years of age. Also, places in Asia, for instance, can have many children and adults working in factories and mines. For example, Malala said, “Some girls can’t go to school because of the child labor and child trafficking in the world.” Also, that there are 218 million child laborers in the world and 26.4% of that is all in Africa. This shows that there is a lot of child laborers in the world and that they are very young. And one mine alone can have up to 600 children working when they could go to