A 16-year-old boy’s death in Mississippi comes weeks after two other minors recently died on the job in Missouri and Wisconsin.
  • Brokensilence410@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    1 year ago

    And generally the pay is fuckin’ horseshit. Can barely pay rent at those payrates, let alone groceries for your family.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      Which is why they want kids to do the work, kids will work for less money.

      Which means adults that would be doing that job also get paid less because there’s more competition for those spots.

      Remove child labor and the rich owners might be slightly less rich. Which republicans vehemently disagree with.