Perhaps not... There is a group of people known as the transient population of china now number about 220 million people. They are made up of migrant workers, most of which are between the ages of fourteen to nineteen and came to the city from a rural area looking for work. Roughly 80% of all consumer goods in the world are produced by China's migrant workers. These teenagers are payed less than $2.00 a day, clearly not enough to survive. As a result, many hold multiple jobs and often are pressured into breaking the law in order to obtain the money needed to just live. The society they live in turns these young adults into modern slaves, desperate for help.
To help you understand just how many people actually make up this transient population consider that the USA has a population of 310 million. The China's migrant workers are equivalent t0 70% of that. Is that bothersome now? But wait, there's more! It makes up a full 3% of the world's population. Tomorrow, is International Migrant Day, formed by the United Nations. I will be participating by turning my China-made shirt inside out as instructed on the shirt and by Faces Behind the Label to represent IMD. Can you imagine working in a factory for only $2.00 a day under bitter conditions?
Source: http://www.facesbehindthelabels.com
Why do they chose to work for that wage?
ReplyDeleteShould they unionize?
Is this the only way to move China towards prosperity?
You give a lot of information, but not much analysis from the perspective of the information in our class.
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