☭ Blursty ☭Jun 12, 2023

102 children aged 13 in Nebraska and 7 other states were found working in slaughterhouses, doing overnight shifts, cleaning kill blades on the kill floor. 3 children sustained chemical burns from acid

https://lemmygrad.ml/post/712128

102 children aged 13 in Nebraska and 7 other states were found working in slaughterhouses, doing overnight shifts, cleaning kill blades on the kill floor. 3 children sustained chemical burns from acid - Lemmygrad

Since the Sanitation Services Inc employed by the slaughterhouses got fined for this, Arkansas under Huckabee signed a law removing requirements to verify ages of anyone working under 16. Aka no one is liable if children are working in slaughterhouses and getting chemical burns. Here’s a picture of one of the kids.

Show threadtchotchonyJun 12, 2023
I'm not sure if I entirely follow. So they don't need to verify (effectively legalizing child labour), but why would that remove liability for injuries?
Show thread☭ Blursty ☭Jun 12, 2023
The wording could be better, it's meant that they're not liable for hiring kids since they can say that they didn't know, are not responsible for knowing.
Show threadtchotchonyJun 12, 2023
Yeah, that's the child labour bit. But you don't suddenly turn immune to chemical burns once you're 16, so why would they not be liable for injuries? Even if they claim their workers to be 16, somebody still got hurt. I'm not familiar with the US legal system here, so forgive my ignorance.
Show thread☭ Blursty ☭
Presumably these kids are very poor and/or immigrants. Someone needs to take a case for them to be held liable.
Jun 12, 2023 at 3:44pmWeb