1. Child LaborPRESENTED BY: MAUREEN PIERCY AND KYLE VANDER
SCHAUW
2. Alarming Child Labor Statistics Across the world 215 million
children are trapped in child labor with 115 million ofthese
involved in hazardous work. (Phillip Morris International) 60
percent of child laborers work in agriculture, and most are unpaid
family workers. Poverty is the main cause for child labor in
agriculture. (Phillip Morris International)
3. Child Labor in the Tobacco Industry Tobacco farms has used
children in their fields for years. Children under the age of 18.
Exposed to green tobacco sickness (Greenhouse) 12 hour shifts. 50
to 60 hour work weeks. 90 degree heat with no water. "Most people
kept trash bags on them, with holes for their arms and head,to keep
chemicals off their clothing. (Maqbool) Mainly illegal
immigrants.
4. Child Labor in the Tobacco Industry Public health experts
and federal labor officials have sought to barteenagers under 16
from the tobacco fields. (Greenfield) Brazil and India already
require you to be 18 years old. Hilda Solis- tried to make working
in the tobacco fields under the age of 16illegal. Obamas
administration denied to work on this regulation. Federal law
allows those 12 and older to work on farms for unlimitedhours, as
long as there is no conflict with school. (Greenfield)
5. Dangers in the Tobacco Fields Last week, they made us work
when it was raining, and I got water in mymouth and I felt
dizziness and nausea, (Greenhouse) Human Rights Watch in a May 2014
report found that children working ontobacco farms in the United
States are exposed to nicotine, toxicpesticides, extreme heat, and
other dangers. (Human Rights Watch) Despite the known risks of
nicotine poisoning, there are no specialprovisions in US laws or
regulations to protect children from the uniquehazards of tobacco
work. (Human Rights Watch)
6. Philip Morris International Detailed child labor policy.
Minimum age to work is 15 years No workers under the age of 18 for
hazard work. For family farms you may work over 13 years old and if
it is light work. Using 3rd party suppler such as Alliance One
International and UniversalCorporation.
7. Fernando and Sarays Story Fernando is 13 years old. "Usually
we would wake up around four or five in the morning and get tothe
farm around six, (Fernando Rodriguez) "On the first day when I was
working [the chemicals] got on my face a lotand I didn't know until
I got home later that day my face was burning.(Fernando Rodriguez)
Saray is also 13 years old. Like Fernando she also puts a trash bag
on each day. She has trouble breathing.
8. Putting an End to Child Labor PMI has trained more than
2,900 field technicians, who have reached out to morethan 335,000
farmers in 28 different countries to inform them about their
AgriculturalLabor Practice (ALP) Code. PMI is focused on working
with farmers to achieve measurable tangibleimprovements over time,
but if PMI does no see any improvements then they willterminate the
contract they have with the farmer. PMI is committed to funding
programs around the world to improve working andliving conditions
in tobacco growing communities, which also includes access toclean
water and better education for the children. (Phillip Morris
International)
9. Citation Greenhouse, Steven. "Just 13, and Working Risky
12-Hour Shifts in theTobacco Fields." The New York Times. The New
York Times, 06 Sept. 2014.Web. 06 Dec. 2014. Greenhouse, Steven.
"Just 13, and Working Risky 12-Hour Shifts in theTobacco Fields."
The New York Times. The New York Times, 06 Sept. 2014.Web. 06 Dec.
2014. Maqbool, Aleem. "Report Decries Tobacco Child Labour." BBC
News. N.p.,14 May 2014. Web. 06 Dec. 2014. "Eliminating Child
Labor." Philip Morris International. N.p., n.d. Web.