Starbucks Coffee Support Child Labour

[Packerjohn]

Hey you! Do you think that those "little brats" should be out there earning a living rather than "wasting" their time getting an education or sitting around the local mall starring at their iphones? Well, you have a friend in Starbucks Coffee. Kids as young as 8 years old are working 40 hour weeks. Isn't that nice? It's all a part of you getting that shot of caffeine each day & Starbucks making millions in profits. I think someone calls this "free enterprise or is it "survival of the fit".

https://www.theguardian.com/busines...-coffee-beans-used-by-starbucks-and-nespresso

 

[fuzzybuddy]

I think before we get outraged by a news story, we should get more of the facts. This takes place in Guatemala. This is not one of your more affluent areas of the world. While we may think that a child needs to spend time on his education; the 40 hrs that he is working, pays for the bit of food keeping him alive. While Starbucks reaps the profits of the injustices in places like Guatemala; I really don't think they invented the place. I am not denying that what exists in Guatemala isn't atrocious,. I'm not sure Satrbucks is guilty of causing it. What about the people working at Starbucks for minimum wage. Aren't they being exploited as well? That Starbucks can address.

 

[Lc jones]

One other place of business to add to my boycott list....the list gets longer day after day.....

 

[Lvstotrvl]

I don’t know why anyone is surprised, child labor laws have been broken forever, do we really believe the clothes we buy at Walmart or even American Eagle aren’t made by young children. It’s a terrible thing to see a young mind wasted n a spirit broken because of greed, I wish there was a solution but I’m not counting on it in my lifetime.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Many countries in the world are playing catch up or evolving at a slower pace than the United States.

Child labor was a fact of life here until it was finally banned in 1938 when Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act.

IMO we should not meddle in the affairs of developing nations unless we are offering them a sustainable solution to the problems that they face.

It's the same when we criticize emerging nations for burning large tracts of land in the rain forests of South America or creating large amounts of pollution as they begin the process of industrialization. Instead of penalizing them we should be offering to help them acquire a better standard of living as we do what we can to maintain/improve our own.