Comment on I think minors need a union, may help with the safety issues at the work place
floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
It’s appalling that this is even a question. Children don’t need better terms for working at the abattoir, the garbage dump or the sawmill; they need not to be working in those places.
Karjapuskuri@lemmy.world 1 year ago
So true. I can’t fathom why a civilized country would let children do labour. This is some straight up 3rd world shit.
Kichae@kbin.social 1 year ago
Making some bold assumptions there, I think.
brimnac@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I think you described exactly what is happening to this “civilized” country.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
The need for capital to find ever cheaper labor to exploit, accelerated by Republicans.
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
That it’s still third world shit perpetuates our tolerance of it at all. Our manufacturing industries shouldn’t br able to move factories offshore to developing countries where they can hire workers for pennies.
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 year ago
They should allow children to work to get money, if that is the only way to get money. Of course, it would be preferable that no one has to work to survive. Or do you think the government should provide free money only to children?
SheeEttin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Some people would argue for UBI for everyone, not just children.
But at least in my experience, children get money as an allowance from their parents, which I suppose is somewhat like UBI.
In any case, children should not need money of their own to survive. Their needs should be provided for by the parents.
Xariphon@kbin.social 1 year ago
I think a guaranteed basic income for young people only would certainly make up for keeping them from working. Like you said, nobody having to work to live would be the ideal, but to ban people from being able to support themselves and doing nothing to make up the difference creates artificial dependence that keeps people in abusive situations with no recourse.