child labor

Child Labor is a term used to represent the employment of minors in work that may interfere with their education, or endanger their health. Throughout the ages and in all cultures children joined with their parents to work in the fields, in the marketplace, and around the home as soon as they were old enough to perform simple tasks. The use of child labor was not regarded a social problem until the introduction of the …

…life of a young worker was in essence a life of a slave. Many reforms were made to protect the working children in 19th century Britain. Michael Sadler’s report was the stepping stone for reforms that eventually made the factory atmosphere a better one. Many people had to die in order to be heard. It is because of the children’s previous suffering that we as young people are protected by labor laws today.