Child++labour++in+the+factories+and+in+the+mines

Child labour in the factories and in the mines

//**In factories and mines allover England more and more children have to work all day long, they are placed in dangerous positions were small fingers and bodies are convenient. The accident where small children are involved are increasing. The children also get low wages.**//

More and more children all over England are set to work long hours in factories and mines, because they are poor and need a job to survive. The number of hard-working children are also increasing because the numbers of factories have been growing over the last years. Mine- and factory owners prefer small bodies and hands in the narrow mines and machineries. In addition they are lesser paid than grown up workers. This is hard and dangerous work for a small child. Too many children get killed or hurt at work. We have heard about children who have got stuck in the mines, bringing up coal, and that never got out. Children also get killed or seriously hurt in factory machines. The working conditions are bad. They also have to work long hours every day, 10-12 hours ore more is not unusual. The kids are often badly nourished. Because of this there is a lot of diseases among the working children. In the factories the children have dangerous tasks. They have to crawl inside and repair the machines when something is stuck, often without the machineries being stopped(Because the factory owners want to save money). The work in the mine is extremely hard. The children work in dark, wet and cold conditions. The mines are so narrow that they might get stuck. The mines sometimes collapse and close the poor souls inside for a desperate and lonely grave. The air is often bad and polluted. This is no place for claustrophobia. It is a tragedy for england that the industry have developed to be this cold and heartless. And it is sad that nobody does anything with this increasing problem. Sunniva H. Foss