Don't patronize Chipotle: Agreed to pay DC $322,400 & adopt new workplace protocols to resolve allegations that they violated DC's child labor laws at least 800 times, Schwalb announced Mon *found hundreds of instances dating to Apr 2020 in which Chipotle allowed children <18 to work after 10 PM work, >8 hours in a single day, work >48 hours in a week, or work >6 consecutive days in a week. All of those are violations of the city’s labor laws. #ChildLabor #CorporateGreed https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/28/dc-chipotle-child-labor-settlement/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

The DOL launched a specialized enforcement taskforce earlier this yr to bolster its investigations & ID signs of child exploitation. But Biden admin officials/Dems say the wage division -tasked with policing the laws protecting minors at work: UNDER-STAFFED/FUNDED🚨-needs more funding from Congress to complete its goals. Rs have blamed the #ChildLabor problem on the Biden admin’s failure to address illegal IMG +DOL: not doing enough. *LIE, US: needs IMGs, not child labor. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/child-labor-violation-surge-sparks-watchdog-probe-of-dol-efforts

Republicans are gleefully rolling back protections for children (the right to medical care, the right to privacy, the right to abortion and reproductive care), including the right not to die "on the job".

Note: there is no 'labor shortage'; there is unwillingness to pay living wagest to adults, ergo going cheap by hiring children to do dangerous work part time/no benefits, for pennies.

#ChildLabor #USPolitics

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/teen-poultry-factory-child-worker-deaths_n_64b7ecbce4b0ad7b75f67af7

Republicans are gleefully rolling back protections for children (from the right to medical care, the right to privacy, the right to abortion and reproductive care), including the right not to die "on the job".

Three non-white children dead in five weeks: that's not a bug but a feature. Non-white people are disposable to them, especially children, and if they can squeeze a few dollars off them, they will.

#ChildLabor #USPolitics

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/teen-poultry-factory-child-worker-deaths_n_64b7ecbce4b0ad7b75f67af7

Third teen dies in industrial accident since child labor weakened
#ChildLabor #unions
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/teen-poultry-factory-child-worker-deaths_n_64b7ecbce4b0ad7b75f67af7

16-Year-Old Killed In DEVASTATING Industrial Accident At Poultry Plant #GOP #ChildLabor #USPol #USPoli #USPolitics #NeverVoteConservative https://youtu.be/pYXwSQua_8g

Why worry about school, children? If you can make your way to Iowa and a number of other Republican-dominated "pro-life" states, you'll find "expanded employment opportunities."

Why worry about school when you can work in a slaughter house kill floor or in its meat coolers or in an industrial laundry? As Charles Pierce notes, pportunity awaits you in Iowa!

#ChildLabor #Iowa #education #exploitation #labor #ProLife

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a44591030/iowa-child-labor-law/

Heather Cox Richardson writes about how, until now as Republican-controlled states attacks laws designed to prevent exploitation of child labor, it had seemed the US had committed itself permanently after WWII that children belong in school and not in the workplace, since a viable democracy cannot be sustained without educated citizens.

But now the Republicans want to turn the clock back — far back.

#children #ChildLabor #education #Republicans

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-14-2023

#ChildLabor #GOPGreed
McCarthy on Fox News today:
We might have a child that has no job, no dependents but sitting on the couch, we’re going to encourage that person to get a job & have to go to work, which GIVES THEM WORTH & VALUE🚨.

This is why Republicans are #ForcedBirth -they need children in the labor force. Since they're anti-immigration, they must find a way to provide businesses with a cheap source of workers.

Why #ChildLabor in America is Skyrocketing. Corporations are now using the “labor shortage” as an excuse to bring back child labor. It’s part of a horrifying trend: Since 2015, child labor violations have risen nearly 300%. #uspol #uspoli #NeverVoteConservative https://youtu.be/0ufWhpOyJ98

Kid’s Meals at #McDonalds franchises operated by Bauer Food, Archways Richwood and Bell Restaurant Group in Kentucky, Maryland, Indiana and Ohio aren’t just *eaten* by children 🧒🏻!

Children as young as 10 were found serving drive-through customers, operating deep-fryers, and working longer hours than allowed, sometimes until 2 am! 😡 👉 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hundreds-of-children-including-two-10-year-olds-found-working-overtime-at-mcdonalds_n_64527109e4b0bc1dad7a8889

#ChildLabor

MacDonald's caught breaking child labor laws again Two ten year olds found working until two am, plus child labor violations of 305 other kids working late shift and more hrs than allowed.
#ChildLabor
#Macdonalds
#Union
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/03/kentucky-mcdonalds-child-labor-us

#ChildLabor, #GOPDeathCult members are trying to roll back most of the social progress we've made in the past century. Iowa lawmakers voted last week to roll back certain child labor protections -driven largely by a conservative advocacy group. About every 3 days a child on a US farm dies from an AG-related incident. Every day some 38 children: injured on a US farm -machinery is involved in 25% of youth fatalities-: https://crooksandliars.com/2023/04/why-do-republicans-hate-children-and-want

Are we horrified enough to care yet?

#ChildLabor #USPolitics

More Perfect Union video and transcript: https://perfectunion.us/child-labor-is-back/

Arkansas: https://www.npr.org/2023/03/10/1162531885/arkansas-child-labor-law-under-16-years-old-sarah-huckabee-sanders

Minnesota: https://www.wdio.com/front-page/local-news/minnesota-push-to-relax-child-labor-laws/

Nebraska: http://update.legislature.ne.gov/?p=33200

New Hampshire: https://www.nhpr.org/business-and-economy/2023-04-11/kids-at-work-in-new-hampshire-and-other-states-officials-try-to-ease-child-labor-laws-at-behest-of-industry

Iowa: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2023/04/18/iowa-senate-passes-child-labor-bill-letting-teens-work-more-jobs-longer-hours/70121615007/

Ohio:
https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2023/03/07/ohio-may-loosen-child-labor-laws-tim-schaffer

Warning ⚠️: The #ChildLabor loving #Iowa legislature is far from the only #BasketOfDeplorables in the state. 👉 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/teens-admit-killing-spanish-high-school-teacher_n_6441124ce4b0408f3e517c73

Stay clear of #FairfieldIowa in particular!

🏠☠️

Iowa apparently passed a child labor law.

"...allow 14- to 17-year-olds to work longer hours and in restricted fields with parental permission. Senate File 542 passed the Senate on a 32-17 vote..."

WTAF, Iowa?

They want to add Victorian suffering to modern perils?

The bill should be called 'Say You Don't Care about Children Without Actually Saying It".

#ChildLabor

#Twitter owner #hypocrite #tyrant #liar #sociopath #Elon not so "free speech" #Musk has has many grudges, and all kind of tricks to stay in the "news"
Elon Musk is #corrupt #liar with his "visionary"blablabla.
Elon Musk doesn't care about people at all!

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/07/elon-musk-twitter-employee-feud-haraldur-thorleifsson

He only backpedals when he thinks its gonna cost him money, don't be fooled.
The way Elon treats and disrespects people is structural.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/businesses-are-not-families-ex-twitter-employee-whose-pic-of-sleeping-in-office-went-viral-101677929319977.html

He is all about money, and the next one is smearing the #BBC

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/04/10/bbc-twitter-elon-musk/

Elon Musk is #KKK #Fascist #trump funded would be the same claim.

The dark side of Elon Musk

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2022/12/11/23500157/neuralink-animal-testing-elon-musk-usda-probe#:~:text=Surgeons%20used%20an%20unapproved%20adhesive,brain%20hemorrhaging%2C%E2%80%9D%20Merkley%20said.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/nov/08/cobalt-drc-miners-toil-for-30p-an-hour-to-fuel-electric-cars

Saint Elon is a shrewd #entrepreneur with no moral qualms about using #deception and #manipulation.

https://medium.com/illumination/why-elon-musk-fired-his-long-term-assistant-who-asked-for-a-raise-97e87ebb5cab

#RIPtwitter #TwitterMigration #Congo #Tesla #slaves #cobalt #mining #childlabor #dictators #Neuralink #Followfriday #animalcruelty all to do with #psycho Elon Musk.

There are people who rejoice at the immiserating effects of rolling back laws designed to protect vulnerable others. There are LOTS of people with this mentality.

As S.V. Date notes, even now, seeing all we've seen of what Trump is and portends, there are LOTS of people eager to work for him, to help him win the White House again. Trained professional people with lots of education that clearly did not include inculcating moral values….

#ChildLabor #Republicans
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/working-for-trump-despite-jan-6-coup-attempt_n_641ccbcae4b01ea5cd936b61

We're putting children to work again — 14- and 15-year-olds on kill floors in slaughterhouses, on construction sites — because we care about children and really want what's best for them.

It's for the good of the children.

But you won't find OUR children on the kill floors and construction sites.

There are people in the world — lots of them — who actually spent lots of time thinking about ways to make life more miserable for the vulnerable.

#ChildLabor #Republicans
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"And now, across the country—or at least in those parts where Republicans are in charge—we have come at last to the revival of child labor. ...

Arkansas is the most recent test case for the new 1871. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed into law a bill that repealed restrictions on work by children who are 14 or 15 years old. Her office explained that, yes, it was really only for the good of the children."

#ChildLabor #Republicans #Arkansas #SarahHuckabeeSanders
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