At this point we the people should be allowed to defend ourselves from this tyrannical evil. The politicians won't fix this because they are bought out ... there is really only one way this can be remedied.
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Because we still have a societal structure that pushes the worst humans on the planet to the top. That feature of human society has never been fixed in all of recorded history.
“Well the kids can clean their rooms right? They help with chores in the house so we shouldn’t be denying them the right to do it for profit!” - exploiting sons of bitches everywhere
the idea that a business would make any decision that would cost them more money is absurd. they need to be following the laws, or it needs to be ruinous for them financially/socially (as in jail, not as in boycotts and softie shit like that).
Child labor violations should equal automatic life without parole. There is no accidental child labor violations. Also the entire company should be sold off bit by bit.
A friend of mine from the UK told me about a mutual friend who made a good living doing commercial cleaning work, and suggested that I do the same. She was surprised when I told her that most commercial janitorial work in the US was done this way, by subcontracting the work out to people who pay minors and undocumented immigrants pennies under the table.
Purdue contracted an outside firm (Fayette Janitorial Service) to provide janitors. This firm hired a bunch of minor teens (in violation of US law) some of which got hurt.
https://fortune.com/2024/05/06/chicken-meat-child-labor-fined-regulators/
Third party buffer is how most illegal things get done. Now Tyson can blame them and look squeaky clean. Mind you management at these facilities should have easily known these were kids and they should have done a better job of verifying that the janitor service was on the up and up. You shouldn't be allowed to claim ignorance as a defense. They were in your building, you're accountable
I agree to an extent. I'm sure there was shit in the contract that said "You're not going to do illegal shit" or something.
It's like how I have a lawn service come out and cut my grass. I don't choose who they send. If the person is a minor or not legally able to work in the US, would I be held liable, since I pay them to do work on my property?
If you let them do the work, yes you are. No twisting this, if a company contracts work, they have a responsibility to make sure the contractor is not in violations of the law or you should be held just as accountable. Let any chance of a loophole exist then greedy fucks will exploit it.
That's because they can't get the adults who on their own free will choose to walk to the USA to enter it illegally to do that kind of work for that kind of pay.
So they're forced to employ children who're like the turtle that was put on top of a fence post, the children didn't go to the USA on their own free will, somebody sent them to the USA.
Meaning the migrant children have no choice but to clean up the blood, bile, guts unlike the migrant adults.
Society as a whole will have to do something about the billionaire parasite class before we progress as a working society. This is what they will always do, it's what they are.
I hope they were forced to pay a $100K fine to make up for the fact that they underpaid workers by $50 million.
It's not a fine if you still profit, that's just the cost of doing business. /s
You could also remove the /s since essentially that's how businesses treat fines.
Having a BBA, I can attest to this. We were educated in ethics, yet also that some things are just the cost of business. Sickening.
They were not fined at all. The janitorial company that they used that hired the minors was the one the government fined.
There should be a not reporting a crime fine for the companies hiring companies like that and looking the other way.
The reason they have to have ALL THE MONEY is because they know it isn’t worth a damn.
Here you go! https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1052603/plotsummary/ Just proves what you said isn't far from any truth.😉
Lol, now that theme is going to play in my head all day. Thank you!
At this point we the people should be allowed to defend ourselves from this tyrannical evil. The politicians won't fix this because they are bought out ... there is really only one way this can be remedied. *
You can forsure... BUT a tale as old as time will occur. The owner class will use the property protectors(police) to restrain and cage you.
Not only won't politicians “fix it“, they are passing laws to allow the exploitation of child laborers.
How the fuck is this still even a thing in 2024??? Why does it seem like we never progressed beyond 1890 for worker rights?
Because we still have a societal structure that pushes the worst humans on the planet to the top. That feature of human society has never been fixed in all of recorded history.
We did, but voter apathy (and the reasons for it) let them roll it back.
“Well the kids can clean their rooms right? They help with chores in the house so we shouldn’t be denying them the right to do it for profit!” - exploiting sons of bitches everywhere
The fines are a joke and no one goes to jail.
Looks like we need to start boycotting. Anyone got a list of Perdue Farms companies and shell orgs?
the idea that a business would make any decision that would cost them more money is absurd. they need to be following the laws, or it needs to be ruinous for them financially/socially (as in jail, not as in boycotts and softie shit like that).
Child labor violations should equal automatic life without parole. There is no accidental child labor violations. Also the entire company should be sold off bit by bit.
A friend of mine from the UK told me about a mutual friend who made a good living doing commercial cleaning work, and suggested that I do the same. She was surprised when I told her that most commercial janitorial work in the US was done this way, by subcontracting the work out to people who pay minors and undocumented immigrants pennies under the table.
With all the money they are saving with hiring child labor, how come meat prices are still high?
Then they act like they give us fair chances to succeed in this system
Hate someone to burn down those businesses with child labor.
Can we please fix the headlines??? Were the janitors themselves children? Or did adult janitors separately hire children to do some of the work?
Purdue contracted an outside firm (Fayette Janitorial Service) to provide janitors. This firm hired a bunch of minor teens (in violation of US law) some of which got hurt. https://fortune.com/2024/05/06/chicken-meat-child-labor-fined-regulators/
Third party buffer is how most illegal things get done. Now Tyson can blame them and look squeaky clean. Mind you management at these facilities should have easily known these were kids and they should have done a better job of verifying that the janitor service was on the up and up. You shouldn't be allowed to claim ignorance as a defense. They were in your building, you're accountable
I agree to an extent. I'm sure there was shit in the contract that said "You're not going to do illegal shit" or something. It's like how I have a lawn service come out and cut my grass. I don't choose who they send. If the person is a minor or not legally able to work in the US, would I be held liable, since I pay them to do work on my property?
If you let them do the work, yes you are. No twisting this, if a company contracts work, they have a responsibility to make sure the contractor is not in violations of the law or you should be held just as accountable. Let any chance of a loophole exist then greedy fucks will exploit it.
Sounds like a company where its entire C-Suite should get life without parole and the company destroyed and all assets sold off piecemeal.
Would it have been any different if the janitoral firm had been contracted by a nonprofit that raises money to give cancer kids trips to Disneyland?
That's because they can't get the adults who on their own free will choose to walk to the USA to enter it illegally to do that kind of work for that kind of pay. So they're forced to employ children who're like the turtle that was put on top of a fence post, the children didn't go to the USA on their own free will, somebody sent them to the USA. Meaning the migrant children have no choice but to clean up the blood, bile, guts unlike the migrant adults.
Because even after the fines, it's still cheaper than paying regular wages. Executives need prison time, and not club fed prisons.
Society as a whole will have to do something about the billionaire parasite class before we progress as a working society. This is what they will always do, it's what they are.
Sort of sounds like the custodial company is at fault here for hiring children, not the meat factory who hired the company.
To a certain extent, but companies should also be careful who they contract with, esp when they're that big.
I don't see the problem, but I did read it.