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60. ** CAN I X-POST THIS IN THE *'OS LABOR' GROUP? THANKS..

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31 Kids Found Working Graveyard Shifts on Meat Plant 'Kill Floors,' Feds Say [View all] babylonsister Nov 2022 OP

So it's a republican wet dream come true. Ray Bruns Nov 2022 #1

Exactly Johnny2X2X Nov 2022 #7

Yeah, that would be the republican PatSeg Nov 2022 #22

ONLY if they are poorer than "they" are OR they are not the same color. Ferrets are Cool Nov 2022 #41

children that were born into poverty because abortion was unavailable rurallib Nov 2022 #43

My first thought too! The good old days party of child labor. justhanginon Nov 2022 #19

GOP wants cheap labor and to blame children for stealing our jobs IronLionZion Nov 2022 #33

Well the upper class do want to bring back child labor ..... Lovie777 Nov 2022 #2

Capitalism without restraints for the 'Job Creators'. 70sEraVet Nov 2022 #3

I was going to reference an Upton Sinclair novel DBoon Nov 2022 #59

From the source, the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division: mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2022 #4

Disgusting ProfessorGAC Nov 2022 #12

PSSI: mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2022 #13

A lot of industrial cleaning products are worse than that Warpy Nov 2022 #49

Sorry But That's Not True ProfessorGAC Nov 2022 #51

They were unlikely to be using lye or concentrated chlorine bleach Warpy Nov 2022 #53

They Use Caustic Soda All The Time ProfessorGAC Nov 2022 #55

WOW!!!!! secondwind Nov 2022 #14

You really want to tick DOL off? mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2022 #15

Would be interesting to see how/if/when they're sentenced. jaxexpat Nov 2022 #38

I also wonder if they're immigrants? LeftInTX Nov 2022 #26

The kids were Spanish speakers, so they likely are immigrants. Lonestarblue Nov 2022 #31

OK...thx LeftInTX Nov 2022 #32

Jeezus H. Graveyard shifts no less Bristlecone Nov 2022 #5

K&R Solly Mack Nov 2022 #6

Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses? Blue Owl Nov 2022 #8

JFC. Oliver Twist time. niyad Nov 2022 #9

I would like to know if they were HAB911 Nov 2022 #10

Immigrants was my first reaction LeftInTX Nov 2022 #27

We could shut this kind of thing down TODAY, if we were willing to prosecute bullwinkle428 Nov 2022 #11

+1 n/t area51 Nov 2022 #36

Shut down the company I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2022 #54

aside from the kids doing this work being illegal. Javaman Nov 2022 #16

This! Everything you said. pandr32 Nov 2022 #21

I would not be surprised if they are immigrants LeftInTX Nov 2022 #28

Especially if in the countries they were fleeing from, child labor is normal. haele Nov 2022 #44

This. Thanks Hekate Nov 2022 #46

Newt Gingrich: Child Labor Laws Are 'Stupid' keithbvadu2 Nov 2022 #17

Blast from the past: harumph Nov 2022 #18

In 1900, 18 percent of all American workers were under the age of 16. keithbvadu2 Nov 2022 #20

Thanks for the link. I had not seen all of those before. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2022 #57

WTF??? Joinfortmill Nov 2022 #23

Any amount of money says keroro gunsou Nov 2022 #24

Yep! LeftInTX Nov 2022 #29

:) Plus, D - from impoverished backgrounds. Discrimination against Hortensis Nov 2022 #37

I'm curious about the age and race of the children. intheflow Nov 2022 #25

I'm willing to be bet that they are migrants... LeftInTX Nov 2022 #30

With no unions to worry about Farmer-Rick Nov 2022 #34

Reads like a Dickenson novel BonnieJW Nov 2022 #35

As long as it's profitable for companies to engage in this Phoenix61 Nov 2022 #39

Remember when newt said kids could work as janitors, at schools childfreebychoice Nov 2022 #40

I'm feeling shocked, even though this is expected result of RW extremism Hortensis Nov 2022 #42

Who owns PSSI? AKwannabe Nov 2022 #45

There is nothing good about industrial scale meat production. Absolutely nothing. hunter Nov 2022 #47

The soul of America ... KnR Hekate Nov 2022 #48

Charles Dickens sent a time warp message . . . . Stinky The Clown Nov 2022 #50

Mother Jones, Children's March - 1903, Phila. to Long Isl., NY, Pres.Theo. Roosevelt's summer home appalachiablue Nov 2022 #52

Kickin' with DISGUST Faux pas Nov 2022 #56

I would like to see names.. Permanut Nov 2022 #58

** CAN I X-POST THIS IN THE *'OS LABOR' GROUP? THANKS.. appalachiablue Nov 2022 #60