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**__Child labour By Aleisha and Esther__**
In 1906, ten thousand children worked in factories. By 1940 thirty-four thousand children were working in factories. A rich person would go into an orphanage and take a child to work for them, paying them about a penny a day.

Even children in families who were poor were taken to work in the factories. In New York City on May 1st 1909, children started protesting. Two girls stood outside wearing banners with “ABOLISH CHILD LABOUR!”

In 1883, kids worked in factories and mines in safer conditions and for less hours. This was called the Mining Act and Factory Act.

Every country now has ratified this convention. Now children can only work when they are 14 years or over in Australia. Now children can work in safe conditions and they have fewer hours, but they must go to school everyday.