Corporate executives will put anyone at risk to make a profit.
60 Minutes:
"A Nebraska middle school reporting a child with acid burns led to one of the largest investigations into child labor in the U.S. The Department of Labor found children as young as 13 were working overnights cleaning slaughterhouses."
#ChildLabor investigation spreads to meatpacking, produce companies in 11 states
A federal investigation into Guatemalan children working in the U.S. in violation of child labor laws has expanded to include firms across the nation, from Virginia to Colorado.
Clarence Thomas' opinion in Sackett is one of the most nihilistic opinions written by any federal judge in the last nine decades. This opinion is particularly notable, moreover, because it is joined by another justice, Neil Gorsuch. Gorsuch, who was appointed to the Court in 2017, had not previously revealed just how far he is willing to go in sabotaging the United States government. Now we know.
Lewis Wickes Hine photographed oppressive working conditions of thousands of children in the early 20th century. The black-and-white photographs suggest a bygone era – an embarrassing past that many Americans think we’ve left behind.
But with numerous reports of #childlabor violations, many involving #immigrants, and an uptick in state's rolling back the minimum working age – Hine’s work is as relevant as it was a century ago.
A FL state senator who's co-sponsoring legislation that would allow 16- &17-year-olds to work on residential construction projects is himself the owner of a roofing co that’s been found guilty in the past of breaking fed wage & hour laws. Perry Roofing Contractors, founded & led by him, has been sued at least six times for wage theft, the Gainesville Sun reported in 2019, & was later cited by the fed govt.
Beto O'Rourke is correct, most Republicans are against immigration (nearly all are immigrants or their ancestry records indicate that they're in the US bc of immigration *allowed them to live here) that's needed for the economy. They're pro: #childlabor &
anti: abortion & birth control :
"There're 9.5M unfilled jobs in the US.
The GOP would rather gut child labor laws & ban abortion than allow immigrants to legally work them."
Today in Labor History November 7, 1915: Emiliano Zapata proposed a new labor law that included an 8-hour day, prohibition of work for children under age 14, worker cooperatives to run factories abandoned by owners, and a fixed minimum wage.
In July, 16-year-old Michael Schuls died of "traumatic asphyxia," according to the local coroner's office, two days after he became trapped on a conveyor for freshly cut stacks of lumber while working at Florence Hardwoods, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported. His funeral was attended by "hundreds" of people, according to a...
Child labor is not uncommon in the food industry and the agricultural sector — some estimates indicate that there are as many as half a million kids aged 8 to 17 working in farm jobs.
Eater took a look at the history of children working in America, why some lawmakers want to relax the laws now, and what child labor means for the food industry and society.
More kids are working dangerous jobs in the U.S. amid weaker labor laws and child migration.
CBS News reports: "In the last 10 months, federal regulators have found almost 4,500 children working in violation of federal child labor laws, an increase of 44% from a year earlier."
🤦🏻♀️ Two 10-year-old children were found working at a #Louisville McDonald’s restaurant — sometimes until 2 a.m. — the US Department of Labor said Tuesday. #ChildLabor
Starbucks sued for allegedly using coffee from farms with rights abuses while touting its ‘ethical’ sourcing -lawsuit calls for the coffee chain to end its “unfair & deceptive” trade practices and argues that the co is aware of the child & forced labor on some of its supplier farms -cites reporting about human rights & labor abuses on specific coffee & tea farms in Guatemala, Kenya & Brazil-.
"In dozens of interviews, auditors said that sometimes their firms provide little more than a veneer of compliance for global corporations, which overstate how rigorously they review sprawling supply chains"
ICYMI: rampant child labor violations in all 50 states (NYT, gift link)
Under the DeSantis regime, schools will now indoctrinate kids to believe that slavery was a “personal benefit” to the enslaved because they “developed skills.”
As Republicans take an axe to child labor laws, they are teaching children that exploitation sets you free. The GOP is not only coming for African Americans, but the bodies and souls of our children.
My local paper, The Press Democrat, ran a story about local teens at a Subway who were not paid, tips stolen, forced to use dangerous equipment and work alone at night.
The US Dept of Labor took an interest and now the franchise owner is in deep trouble for the labor violations.
Trenton Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Smallest boy, Tom Jenkins. Said 13 years old. Been in mill 3 years. Brother Walter Jenkins. Said 15 years old. Been in mill four years. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.
Little girl, apparently 6 yrs. old - but didn't know her name or age - tending stand at #Washington and #3rdSt. for older sister #3234). Saloon on corner. 3 P.M. Location: #Hoboken, #NewJersey.
Today in Labor History March 25, 1911: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City killed 146 people, mostly immigrant women and young girls who were working in sweatshop conditions. As tragic as this fire was for poor, working class women, over 100 workers died on the job each day in the U.S. in 1911. What was most significant was that this tragedy became a flash point for worker safety and public awareness of sweatshop conditions.
The Triangle workers had to work from 7:00 am until 8:00 pm, seven days a week. The work was almost non-stop. They got one break per day (30 minutes for lunch). For this they earned only $6.00 per week. In some cases, they had to provide their own needles and thread. Furthermore, the bosses locked the women inside the building to minimize time lost to bathroom breaks.
A year prior to the fire, 20,000 garment workers walked off the job at 500 clothing factories in New York to protest the deplorable working conditions. They demanded a 20% raise, 52-hour work week and overtime pay. Over 70 smaller companies conceded to the union’s demands within the first 48 hours of the strike. However, the bosses at Triangle formed an employers’ association with the owners of the other large factories. Soon after, strike leaders were arrested. Some were fined. Others were sent to labor camps. They also used armed thugs to beat up and intimidate strikers. By the end of the month, almost all of the smaller factories had conceded to the union. By February, 1910, the strike was finally settled.
Tuff Torq was fined nearly $30OK for hiring 10 children - required to set aside $1.5M to help the children who were illegally employed. Children as young as 14 working late at night at the 24-hr MANU FAC amid power-driven EQP-.
"Giving ppl legal status would make it harder for employers to exploit them, bc bad actors can't use the possibility of deportation as a threat."
-A Reichlin-Melnick
We have a horrific #childlabor problem. Violations have⬆️>250% since 2017. Children have died in shocking circumstances: unjamming a blocked sawmill in WI, sucked into a poultry machine in MS... -result of an intentional starving of labor LE.
MO bill would loosen child labor law by removing work permit reqs.
LA's lawmakers are trying repeal a law requiring employers to provide a 20-minute meal break to any minor who works >5 hrs...
Wisconsin sawmill has agreed to stop hiring children after a 16-year-old died on the job (www.businessinsider.com)
In July, 16-year-old Michael Schuls died of "traumatic asphyxia," according to the local coroner's office, two days after he became trapped on a conveyor for freshly cut stacks of lumber while working at Florence Hardwoods, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported. His funeral was attended by "hundreds" of people, according to a...