It seems strange to me that the framing of this is all about child labor laws–no one should have died working at any of these jobs, regardless of age–and OSHA is investigating all three incidents
They are framing it about child labor because a child died.
Who/What agency is investigating the death is not relevant to the fact that a child died while working in an industrial setting.
They are framing it the way they are because they do not think that children, or teens, should be legally able to work in these kinds of settings.
The article points out:
The number of minors employed in violation of child labor laws has increased by 37% within the last year, according to a March report by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute in Washington. The report identified 10 states that have introduced or passed bills within the last two years that would weaken child labor standards.
Adults tend to be less reckless around dangerous equipment, yet companies are increasingly breaking the law hiring underage workers leading to these types of accidents. The article highlights the trend of these inexperienced teenagers being hired to work jobs that have danger closer than they expect, loosening child labour laws a factor among that.
AND 2 other people have been killed at that same damn plant since 2020! How is OSHA not up their ass before this even happened.
How is OSHA not up their ass before this even happened.
They’re wildly underfunded and understaffed.
This is what degeneracy looks like.
Geriatric cucks permitting kids working for the holy profit… FEMA camps staffed by Obama death panels…
They said:
This is what degeneracy looks like.
Geriatric cucks permitting kids working for the holy profit… FEMA camps staffed by Obama death panels…
You’re being downvoted for being snarky, but it’s actually kinda handy after their comment was removed. Just being able to marvel at the strangeness that once existed.
I’m assuming this is what they are talking about… https://www.politifact.com/article/2009/dec/18/politifact-lie-year-death-panels/
Health insurance companies are the death panels.
I have heard from libertarians and conservatives since the 80’s about FEMA camps. Got some vhs tapes in my attic from the mid 80’s detailing the insanity. These people are the terrorists
This is what libertarian politics enables. If they get their way, they’ll all be snorting coke off the back of their 13-year-old wives while letting their 10-year-old children do all their work for them.
Not gonna lie, I was like “well at least they’re having fun” until getting to where they were snorting their coke lol. That said, when I chuckled at orphan crushing machine memes, I didn’t expect them to gradually materialize in the waking world.
Yeah and none of us actually expected Idiocracy to become reality either, yet here we are.
I mean, at least President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho actually listened to people smarter than him in an attempt to fix the issues plaguing the country that he governed, even when it went against enormous corporate interests. So, arguably Idiocracy is actually a step up from where we’re at.
Take a bow conservatives… you made this happen.
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