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"Duvan Tomas Perez, killed working in a poultry plant.

Michael Schuls, killed working at a logging company.

Will Hampton, killed working at a landfill.

This is why child labor laws exist. Companies can't be allowed to turn to kids when adults refuse to work for poverty wages."

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[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The need for capital to find ever cheaper labor to exploit, accelerated by Republicans. I was trying to avoid loaded terms like "civilized" and "third world", but it does not make the USA look good at all.

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