Child labor in the Philippines By: Tasos, Joseph, and Ken

Describe the working conditions for children Describe the effects on the children as a result of their working conditions. Poverty is a root cause of child labor. Filipino boys and girls try hard to support their families and are forced to worked and even quit school. Homelessness and abandonment of children are forced to beg or work in dangerous facilities because nobody will know and is perfect for a worker. Lack of schooling and parents who want only money force their kids to work. active children suffer injuries or illnesses while working in Philippines Poverty-related health problems increase the risks and consequences of work-related hazards and may lead to permanent disabilities and premature death. Long hours of work on a regular basis can harm children’s social and educational development. Kids who work more than 20 hours per week have reported more problem behaviors, and sleep deprivation and related problems. They are more likely to drop out of school and complete fewer months of higher education. Children working in agriculture suffer particularly high rates of injury. In the Philippines, for example, has agriculture had five times greater risk of injury compared with children working in other industries. Several conditions cause the relatively high rates of injuries, health problems, and fatalities among agricultural child laborers: exposure to pesticides and working with machinery and sharp tools.

Explain how the government has dealt with child labor and the laws on child labor. Describe the working conditions for children The Inter-Agency Council against Trafficking (IACAT) trained over 5,000 service providers to ensure the protection, prevention, and prosecution of human trafficking cases, and established three additional regional task forces bringing the countrywide total to 19. Labor Policy in the Philippines is specified mainly by the country’s Labor Code of the Philippines and through other labor laws. They cover 38 million Filipinos who belong to the labor force and to some extent, as well as overseas workers. They aim to address Filipino workers’ legal rights and their limitations with regard to the hiring process, working conditions, benefits, policymaking on labor within the company, activities, and relations with employers Some children have jobs that place them in immediate physical danger. These risks include exposure to potentially harmful chemicals or sharp tools, and other dangers that may be less obvious but no less risky. Children are often forced to work long hours with few breaks, which takes a toll on their physical development. Others are abused by their employers both physically and psychologically.

Describe the working conditions for children Hazardous Work Chemical - work involves exposure to: Dust (e.g. silica, dust, standing dust), Liquid (e.g. oil, gasoline, mercury), Mist, fumes, or vapors (e.g. paint, insecticides or pesticide spraying), Gas (e.g. oxygen, ammonia), etc. Physical - work involves exposure to: Noise, Temperature or humidity, Pressure, Inadequate illumination or lighting, Slip, trip, or fall hazards, Insufficient exit for prompt escape, Congested lay-out Radiation, ultraviolet, or microwave, etc. Biological - work involves exposure to: Viral, Bacterial, Fungal, Parasitic (e.g. drinking water affected with amoeba), etc. Permissible Work Children are allowed to undertake work under certain conditions A child below 15 years old can be permitted to work if he/she is under supervision by family senior/ parents provided that the child works directly under the sole responsibility of his/her parents or legal guardian and where only members of his/her family are employed. The child’s employment does not endangers his/her life, safety, health, and morals, or impairs his/her normal development. Children aged 15 to below 18 years of age are permitted to work in any economic activity not considered child labor, but not more than eight hours a day and in no case beyond forty hours a week.

Describe working conditions for children Describe the effects on the children as a result of the working conditions Children would work in an environment with pollution and fibrous materials would get in their lungs They got paid food that was not very good They were forced to work long periods of time If they did not do their work because they got tired or couldn’t do it they would get beaten and forced to keep working They usually died at the age of 25 because of the diseases from the coal mines or pollution Machines were very loud The children would get hearing problems and even end up being deaf because of the loud machineries They would get horrible diseases from coal mines and other industries because of the pollution going in their lungs leading to even death They got deformed because of dangerous machines when they had to go under and fix them

Identify the causes of child labour Explain how the government dealt with child labor and laws on child labor. Evaluate its effectiveness. Identify the causes of child labour Education was not required so they didn’t have any other choice but working to make money for their families Poor families had to use their children in labour so they could make some money to get food Children were small enough to fit in under the machines where adults couldn’t The government tried to limit child labour by law but factory owners did not like that and refused In 1833 and 1844, the first laws against child labor, the Factory Acts, were passed in Britain children under the age of nine were not allowed to work, they couldn’t work at night, children under eighteen could only work twelve hours After ten years later, children and women working in mining were forbidden from working there These laws decreased the number of child laborers  

Provide personal accounts from children about their experiences. Child says that it is very cold because its winter and his old, dirty and small clothes did not prevent that His face and hair is covered in dirt from the factory, his hands are dry and cracked He doesn’t have any parents to live with so he lives in an alleyway which is not far from the factory He used to cry more but now he doesn’t cry that much and uses it to his advantage The boy can see the black smoke coming out from the smokestacks making the snow turn black and swirl, this makes his eyes water and his teeth chatter Tries to get at least a little bit warm so he wraps his hands around him but that doesn’t seem to work, he knows that but he keeps trying hoping that would work The boy is eleven and considers himself a slave

Explain whether child labour has gotten better or worse since the Industrial Revolution. the working conditions were terrible during the Industrial Revolution. As factories were being built, businesses were in need of workers. With a long line of people willing to work, employers could set wages as low as they wanted because people were willing to do work as long as they got paid. People worked fourteen to sixteen hours a day for six days a week. However, the majority were unskilled workers, who only received about $8-$10 dollars a week, working at approximately 10 cents an hour. Skilled workers earned a little more, but not significantly more. Women received one- third or sometimes one-half the pay that men received. Children received even less. Owners, who were only concerned with making a profit, were satisfied because labor costed less.  Children were paid less than 10 cents an hour for fourteen hour days of work. They were used for simpler, unskilled jobs. Many children had physical deformities because of the lack of exercise and sunlight. The use of children as labor for such long hours with little pay led to the formation of labor unions. so because of industial revolution its gone worst 

Explain the similarities and differences between child labour in the country today and during the Industrial Revolution in Britain. Differences similarities There were more laws issue regarding They still have a minimal Child labor in the present amount of wages Than in the past. There is less Child labor because of the laws And the regulation

Conclusion One of the root causes of child labor is poor or corrupt schools and a lack of earning during learning. Most basically, what lack of earning during learning means that children are not earning money while they are attending school; this lack of earning and the need for families to earn more money results in school dropout. Improving access to quality education is one way to intervene and help stop child labor and that with better learning, everybody will be educated and be aware of everything and we can to everything we learned to push thing the right way so nobody will have to be forced to work again.