In 2023, Packers Sanitation paid a fine of $1.5 million for employing over 100 children in work environments involving dangerous machinery and chemicals across eight US states. A New York Times investigation also uncovered the prevalence of migrant children working in numerous industries across the US, including Ford, General Motors, J. Crew, Walmart, Ben and Jerry s, Whole Foods, and Target. Child labor has been identified in small and large companies nationwide, bringing the issue to national and international attention. Why has there been an increase in child labor across the US? In many ways, this is the wrong question. Child labor has been a persistent problem in the US for decades.
Despite U.S. Supreme Court Decision, National Coalition of 22 Attorneys General Emphasize That Abortion Remains Safe and Legal in States Across the Country NEW
Despite U.S. Supreme Court Decision, National Coalition of 22 Attorneys General Emphasize That Abortion Remains Safe and Legal in States Across the Country NEW