
Originally Posted by
Jet Gorgon
Yes, I am a fan. I abhor unions and stick to the ideal of work yer a** off to get what you want and need.
246 million children are child labourers
73 million child workers are less than 10 years of age
2.5 million children work in developed economies
2.5 million work in transitional economies
127 million - the largest number of working children under 14 years of age - work in the Asia Pacific region
1 million children work in mines or quarries
22,000 children die in work-related accidents each year
BBC NEWS | Business | Lightening the load of child miners
Quite right, Jet. If we had unions we wouldn't be able to force these kids to work 20 hours a day 7 days a week, we'd probably even have to do something to stop them dying in the mines (children are a renewable resource, why should we worry about their safety?). Why, we'd probably even have to pay them enough that they could actually eat! Rank communism of the worst order, I mean what, apart from lack of electricity, medicine, water, food, education, and money, is to stop them getting off their lazy asses and improving their own lot?