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In reply to the discussion: Child workers found throughout Hyundai-Kia supply chain in Alabama [View all]blue neen
(12,395 posts)20. Really?
How about that employing children at a car factory is against the law. So, if Hyundai and Kia are willing to break this law, what other ones are they blowing off while they're building your automobiles?
It sure makes one wonder.
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BumRushDaShow
Dec 2022
OP
Did you deliver papers full-time, unable to go to school, like the kids in the article?
SunSeeker
Dec 2022
#89
When I was 14, I washed pots and pans in the kitchen at the local hospital.
Dysfunctional
Dec 2022
#11
But you only worked part-time, and were able to go to school and college, unlike these kids.
SunSeeker
Dec 2022
#90
That was a proactive recall (two, really) - aren't those supposed to be a good thing?
NullTuples
Dec 2022
#39
Exploding Pinto ver. 2.0. This was a design flaw built into the system by cheapening the materials
Ford_Prefect
Dec 2022
#55
I've had a Santa Fe for 10 years. Very reliable, sturdy, and virtually trouble-free.
Gidney N Cloyd
Dec 2022
#12
Fixed Or Repaired Daily or Fucked Over Rebuilt Dodge, Found On Road Dead, For the Ford fans
OverBurn
Dec 2022
#99
I gave my 2009 Kia Optima to my neighbor when it had 174,000 miles on it.
Dysfunctional
Dec 2022
#13
Can't they put a club on these cars to prevent an easy steal of the Hyundai and/or Kia models?
SWBTATTReg
Dec 2022
#100
Yes, but since most cars today have an immobilizer system most don't think of it
csziggy
Dec 2022
#105
Except it's against the law, and takes a better paying position from an adult ...
marble falls
Dec 2022
#27
Do you think child labor is a great idea??? What the hell, let's just fire all adults and hire ...
marble falls
Dec 2022
#28
Thanks. I can't believe the flippant and dismissive attitude toward this. I'd expect on a yahoo
LT Barclay
Dec 2022
#80
Usually these guys move on or get "included" out the door. I'm willing to believe he had a ...
marble falls
Dec 2022
#95
The kids should be required to have work permits and approval by parents and their schools. Those
iluvtennis
Dec 2022
#8
Absolutely true. The only sick days I took from school after 13 was to mix "mud", carry ...
marble falls
Dec 2022
#36
I did not feel privileged and it was NO compensation for not doing things that kids get to do.
marble falls
Dec 2022
#44
Wow, thanks for that video on Mother Jones and the Mill Children -I learned something new today. nt
iluvtennis
Dec 2022
#48
And meat factories or farms hiring undocumented migrant workers should be discouraged, too.
NullTuples
Dec 2022
#41
Imagine the hit to profits if newspapers had to actually pay W2 delivery people.
NullTuples
Dec 2022
#42
You have clearly not read the article. Perhaps you should before you make any
Scrivener7
Dec 2022
#85
WTF?? Western folks DO have to like it since its happening in ALABAMA. Did you read
Scrivener7
Dec 2022
#86
"That's a lot of working for a 14 year old" True but the question is why were they doing it?
cstanleytech
Dec 2022
#92
They are probably not comparing similar cultural environments either. There is a difference between
LT Barclay
Dec 2022
#81
Not new. 1905. Upton Sinclair "The Jungle".....Very Sad to see this still going on.
Stuart G
Dec 2022
#43
Led directly to the Safe Foods Act, FDA and Dept of Agticulture inspections. That book is just ..
marble falls
Dec 2022
#101
Thanks for your analysis. Read it and you will see why laws were changed. And laws were changed
Stuart G
Dec 2022
#102
Read it the first time in the fifties. I lived in the "DP" section of Cleveland. My dad's family ...
marble falls
Dec 2022
#103
As long as they are attending school still and being paid the same wage as an adult I have
cstanleytech
Dec 2022
#56
Children cannot remain children and they do grow and a job is part of growing up.
cstanleytech
Dec 2022
#77
"If you read the article, kids they profiled were not attending school" Did I say they were? No.
cstanleytech
Dec 2022
#91