Outdoor worker safety under attack in Florida: Who is to blame for the abuse of workers?
Heat-related deaths in the U.S. have skyrocketed due to global climate change. Outdoor workers, as well as elderly people and young children, face the highest risk of overheating. In 2022, heat-related deaths had increased by 95% since 2010, and temperatures are only getting hotter, with 2023 ranking as the hottest year on record. While those with access to […]
Child Labor Abuse Continues to Rise
Child labor abuse continues to rise as states weaken laws prohibiting it.
Migrant Children Seek A Better Future; U.S. Bosses See Cheap Labor
Over the past several years, hundreds of thousands of young people without adults (known as unaccompanied minors) have entered into the United States, mainly from Central America, every single year, and the number has been steadily increasing. Many of these youth flee environments in their home countries that are plagued with poverty and violence. Because […]
Big Business Attacks Child Labor Laws
Reported violations of state and federal child labor laws are on the rise nationwide. From meatpacking plants to construction sites to food packaging and coffee harvesting, teenagers, mostly immigrants, are being exploited in violation of longstanding child labor laws. Now let’s be clear — this isn’t all that new. Businesses trying to hire the cheapest […]