“Working Families Party 🐺 @WorkingFamilies”
“Duvan Tomas Perez, killed working in a poultry plant.
Michael Schuls, killed working at a logging company.
Will Hampton, killed working at a landfill.
This is why child labor laws exist. Companies can’t be allowed to turn to kids when adults refuse to work for poverty wages.”
floofloof@lemmy.ca 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months ago
Making some bold assumptions there, I think.
brimnac@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I think you described exactly what is happening to this “civilized” country.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
The need for capital to find ever cheaper labor to exploit, accelerated by Republicans.
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months 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 11 months 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?