USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What groups formed to solve problems of child labor, unequal pay, length of work day, and poor working conditions?
A
Political machines
B
Labor unions
C
Robber barons
D
Interest groups
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Significant among them were the National Commission on Labour (1966-1969), the Gurupadaswamy Committee on Child Labour (1979) and the Sanat Mehta Committee (1984).

Detailed explanation-2: -According to the International Labour Organization, around 12.9 million Indian children in the 7-17 age group are employed or doing unpaid work.

Detailed explanation-3: -Education and awareness. Educating people, especially businessmen and employers, about the ill effects can help prevent child labour. Talk to them about the impact of child labour on children’s mental and physical health and how it can affect their future. Also, inform them about the laws and their penalties.

Detailed explanation-4: -Child labour first started to occur in England when household businesses were turned into local labour markets that mass-produced the once homemade goods. Because children often helped produce the goods out of their homes, working in a factory to make those same goods was a simple change for many of these youths.

Detailed explanation-5: -National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme: This is a scheme by the central government of India to facilitate rehabilitation of child labourers and to aid their introduction to formal education with vocational training at NCLP Centres.

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