"When I was 12, I started working in a cotton mill as a child laborer." Fan Xiaofeng, the former vice-director of the Labor Protection Department of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, wrote this sente..."When I was 12, I started working in a cotton mill as a child laborer." Fan Xiaofeng, the former vice-director of the Labor Protection Department of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, wrote this sentence in one of her books. In 1932, she came展开更多
According to the data surveyed and released respectively by 3 official authorities including the Bureau of Agricultural Economics under US Department of Agriculture,Bureau of Labor Statistics under US Department of La...According to the data surveyed and released respectively by 3 official authorities including the Bureau of Agricultural Economics under US Department of Agriculture,Bureau of Labor Statistics under US Department of Labor and the Census Bureau under US Department of Commerce,the agricultural population in the United States had a sharp decrease in 1910-1970,and the population structure had completed the transition from agricultural population to industrial population. But there are also some omissions in the official statistical data,mainly including the " agricultural service" workers,floating agricultural population,illegal immigrants and child laborers. These 4 kinds of labor force population that directly or indirectly engage in farm production are not included in the agricultural population of the United States. For the purpose of exaggerating agricultural labor productivity and covering up exploitation from the perspective of the official US authorities and due to limited statistical methods as well as complicated conditions,some data problems including great difference in agricultural population statistics and inaccurate absolute quantity have been caused.展开更多
The Shanxi Province child labor scandal has shocked China to its core. Over 1,000 children were forced into illegal labor by morally bankrupt brick kiln businesses, throwing a depressing shroud over China's rapid ...The Shanxi Province child labor scandal has shocked China to its core. Over 1,000 children were forced into illegal labor by morally bankrupt brick kiln businesses, throwing a depressing shroud over China's rapid development. Uncovering these tales of abduction, death and the physical and mental abuse endured by these children has been a proud moment for China's press. Several hundred of the kiln slave children have now been reunited with their families. Kiln owners, contractors and accomplices are being brought to justice or hunted down, some even charged with murder.However, in all this gloom some good has surfaced.Public and government attention is now focused on erasing child labor once and for all and for better protecting workers' rights, hopefully ridding China of such disgraces in the future.展开更多
文摘"When I was 12, I started working in a cotton mill as a child laborer." Fan Xiaofeng, the former vice-director of the Labor Protection Department of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, wrote this sentence in one of her books. In 1932, she came
基金Supported by Shaanxi Social Science Foundation Program of 2014(2014D24)
文摘According to the data surveyed and released respectively by 3 official authorities including the Bureau of Agricultural Economics under US Department of Agriculture,Bureau of Labor Statistics under US Department of Labor and the Census Bureau under US Department of Commerce,the agricultural population in the United States had a sharp decrease in 1910-1970,and the population structure had completed the transition from agricultural population to industrial population. But there are also some omissions in the official statistical data,mainly including the " agricultural service" workers,floating agricultural population,illegal immigrants and child laborers. These 4 kinds of labor force population that directly or indirectly engage in farm production are not included in the agricultural population of the United States. For the purpose of exaggerating agricultural labor productivity and covering up exploitation from the perspective of the official US authorities and due to limited statistical methods as well as complicated conditions,some data problems including great difference in agricultural population statistics and inaccurate absolute quantity have been caused.
文摘The Shanxi Province child labor scandal has shocked China to its core. Over 1,000 children were forced into illegal labor by morally bankrupt brick kiln businesses, throwing a depressing shroud over China's rapid development. Uncovering these tales of abduction, death and the physical and mental abuse endured by these children has been a proud moment for China's press. Several hundred of the kiln slave children have now been reunited with their families. Kiln owners, contractors and accomplices are being brought to justice or hunted down, some even charged with murder.However, in all this gloom some good has surfaced.Public and government attention is now focused on erasing child labor once and for all and for better protecting workers' rights, hopefully ridding China of such disgraces in the future.
