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Child labor

July 2024

  • Farm workers in protective gear pick produce in a field

    Fines for child labor violations would increase under new Democratic bill

  • The acting labor secretary, Julie Su, has been asked to provide information and data on federally subsidized youth work programs.

    Democrats seek data on ‘oppressive child labor’ amid rise in reports of US abuses

May 2024

  • An industrial chicken plant.

    Alabama poultry plant could be closed for 30 days for allegedly hiring minors

    At least two children have already been killed while working in Mar-Jac Poultry plants in the US south over the last year
  • Migrants At The US-Mexico Border In California<br>The US-Mexico border wall in Jacumba, California, US, on Friday, April 5, 2024. Last week a federal judge sharply questioned the Biden administration's position that it bears no responsibility for housing and feeding migrant children while they wait in makeshift camps along the US-Mexico border, reported the AP. Photographer: Mark Abramson/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    Teen who texted 911 rescued after she was trafficked to California from Mexico

    In texts received in Spanish and translated to English, the girl tried to describe her location, though she did not know where she was
  • The meat department in a supermarket.

    US company agrees to fine for hiring children to clean slaughterhouses

    US labor department announced that Fayette Janitorial Service agreed to $650,000 fine and mandate to no longer employ minors

March 2024

  • Workers unload fish from the boat before transporting to a fish market on July 13, 2016 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

    ‘A fishing accident blinded me but I was forced to keep working’: abuses faced by workers who catch our fish

    Negligence, physical and verbal abuse are common in unregulated industry. Now labor groups and government officials are trying to crack down
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