cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/11235723
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13576449
The company, Tuff Torq, was fined nearly $300,000 for hiring 10 children. It must also set aside $1.5 million to help the immigrant minors who were illegally employed.
Immigrant children as young as 14 were found working illegally amid dangerous heavy equipment at a Tennessee firm that makes parts for lawn mowers sold by John Deere and other companies, according to Labor Department officials.
The company, Tuff Torq, was fined nearly $300,000 for hiring 10 children. As part of a consent agreement with the federal government, the company is also required to set aside $1.5 million to help the children who were illegally employed. Ryan Pott, general counsel for Tuff Torq’s majority owner, the Japanese firm Yanmar, acknowledged the violations to NBC News.
Some capitalist exec somewhere is masturbating at the idea of having illegal immigrant minors working for him on a factory floor for less than minimum wages with no benefits.
Where are all the “build a wall” and “they take our jobs” screamers now?
Oh those top execs don’t give two shots about those. It’s all a show to them to watch with popcorn.