Illegal child labor has risen 69% since 2018 in the US.
- March 2, 2023
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Illegal use child labour in the US has increased 69% since 2018, This was announced on Monday by the Department of Labor, which announced new measures to combat
Illegal use child labour in the US has increased 69% since 2018, This was announced on Monday by the Department of Labor, which announced new measures to combat labor exploitation of minorsMany of them are immigrants.
“In the last financial period, the Department found that 835 companies researched they hired over 3,800 minors in violation of labor laws,” he said in a joint statement with the Department of Health and Human Services.
The maximum fine that can be imposed for violation of labor laws is $15,138 According to the statement, this is “not enough” to deter large companies making profits.
We have a legal and moral obligation to do everything in our power to prevent child labour.
These actions will intensify our efforts to thoroughly investigate child labor violations and hold companies to account. https://t.co/DHltBtXZVM
— Secretary Marty Walsh (@SecMartyWalsh) February 27, 2023
US Health Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a note that all children in this country, whatever their circumstances, deserve “protection and carewhat everyone expects for their own children.
In the US, there is a flood of migrant children who come from Latin America, “escaping violence and poverty, and most of them have no relatives” in the host country, the text says.
In mid-February, the Department of Labor announced the resolution of one of the largest cases in the agency’s history involving illegal child labor.
signature Packers Sanitary Services (PSSI) will pay more than $1.5 million in fines for illegal employment of at least 102 children exposed to hazardous conditions at 13 manufacturing plants. meat processing.
State inspectors found that children aged from 13 to 17 years old, they worked night shifts cleaning dangerous industrial equipment, including chainsaws, using poisonous chemicals. At least three of them were injured.
In addition, the Justice Department expanded its investigation to find out whether the smuggling scheme led people to work in meatpacking plants in different states.
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The announcement is broadcast one day after the daily New York Times the report says that many underage migrants who come to the US without the company of their parents end up doing jobs no one wants. very harsh conditions.
Specifically, the newspaper spoke to more than 100 underage migrants from 20 states who work in slaughterhouses in Delaware, Mississippi and North Carolina; as roofers in Florida and Tennessee; or lumberjacks on the night shift in South Dakota.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre added at a press conference that the decision to set up an intergovernmental task force to combat child exploitation clarifies the situation.or that the governmentwill continue to investigate and holding companies accountable.”
“We also need Congress to act to provide the resources this administration has long requested to better enforce child labor laws,” said Jean-Pierre, who stressed that child labor is “unacceptable” and “abuse.”
According to EFE
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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