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Bricks for Bread and Milk
India's capital city has been flooded with a new wave of migrant workers -- children.
BY KAYVAN FARZANEH, ANDREW SWIFT | FEBRUARY 5, 2010
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articl...and_milk?print=yes&hidecomments=yes&page=full
Bring Your Child to Work Day: In New Delhi there are upwards of 100 construction projects underway in preparation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games scheduled to take place from Oct. 4 to 13. These projects -- ranging from several new stadiums to a new international airport terminal -- are drawing vast numbers of migrant workers from all over India to provide the extra labor needed. Contractors, already behind schedule, are taking advantage of lax labor laws and coercing their employees to bring their children to work alongside them, promising payments of bread and milk. Above an Indian girl carries a brick at a construction site in front of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Feb. 3.
Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
India's capital city has been flooded with a new wave of migrant workers -- children.
BY KAYVAN FARZANEH, ANDREW SWIFT | FEBRUARY 5, 2010
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articl...and_milk?print=yes&hidecomments=yes&page=full
Bring Your Child to Work Day: In New Delhi there are upwards of 100 construction projects underway in preparation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games scheduled to take place from Oct. 4 to 13. These projects -- ranging from several new stadiums to a new international airport terminal -- are drawing vast numbers of migrant workers from all over India to provide the extra labor needed. Contractors, already behind schedule, are taking advantage of lax labor laws and coercing their employees to bring their children to work alongside them, promising payments of bread and milk. Above an Indian girl carries a brick at a construction site in front of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Feb. 3.
Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images