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In reply to the discussion: Child workers found throughout Hyundai-Kia supply chain in Alabama [View all]cstanleytech
(26,837 posts)91. "If you read the article, kids they profiled were not attending school" Did I say they were? No.
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Child workers found throughout Hyundai-Kia supply chain in Alabama [View all]
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