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Some states have reported soaring numbers of child-labor violations over the past year, with investigators uncovering violations in fast food restaurants, but also in dangerous jobs in meatpacking, manufacturing, and construction, where federal law prohibits minors from working.
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Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
Occupying a 1921 landmark built when the city’s railroad and meatpacking industries were in full flourish, The Harper retains its historic essence while interior spaces evoke minimalist-modern pleasures and offer the warm comfort of local touches throughout both rooms and public spaces.
—Kim Westerman, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
For Eldon, jobs came from meatpacking, based in the nearby coal-mining town of Ottumwa.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
Restaurant work and related industries such as agriculture and meatpacking are demanding, poorly paid, and typically performed by the most vulnerable among us: undocumented immigrants.
—Adam Federman, The New Republic, 7 July 2023
Tillman is the daughter of Hannah-Jones’s uncle, Edward Tillman, who worked in meatpacking and steel, had no health insurance, and died from undiagnosed cancer.
—Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
Federal regulations over the decades have tightened quality controls in meatpacking – and hot dog production.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 2 July 2022
In recent months 10 states have introduced or passed laws weakening labor protections for minors, even in notoriously dangerous industries, such as meatpacking.
—Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
Child labor was finally brought under control in 1938, when Congress passed (and the Supreme Court upheld) the Fair Labor Standards Act, which, among other things, banned child labor in hazardous trades, including coal mining, firefighting and most meatpacking.
—Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
Occupying a 1921 landmark built when the city’s railroad and meatpacking industries were in full flourish, The Harper retains its historic essence while interior spaces evoke minimalist-modern pleasures and offer the warm comfort of local touches throughout both rooms and public spaces.
—Kim Westerman, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
For Eldon, jobs came from meatpacking, based in the nearby coal-mining town of Ottumwa.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
Restaurant work and related industries such as agriculture and meatpacking are demanding, poorly paid, and typically performed by the most vulnerable among us: undocumented immigrants.
—Adam Federman, The New Republic, 7 July 2023
Tillman is the daughter of Hannah-Jones’s uncle, Edward Tillman, who worked in meatpacking and steel, had no health insurance, and died from undiagnosed cancer.
—Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
Federal regulations over the decades have tightened quality controls in meatpacking – and hot dog production.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 2 July 2022
In recent months 10 states have introduced or passed laws weakening labor protections for minors, even in notoriously dangerous industries, such as meatpacking.
—Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
Child labor was finally brought under control in 1938, when Congress passed (and the Supreme Court upheld) the Fair Labor Standards Act, which, among other things, banned child labor in hazardous trades, including coal mining, firefighting and most meatpacking.
—Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
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