Packers really do suck. I mean really do

Packers Sanitation Services Inc. paid $1.5 million in fines after the Labor Department found minors using chemicals to clean saws and equipment at 13 meat processing facilities in eight states.

Packers sanitation had all kinds of minors using chemicals on meat saws to clean these places. Many got injuries.

When will we ever start putting people over money?

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna71171

Republicans Want to Let Children Clean Meatpacking Plants

And those efforts are getting more brazen: in addition to opening the door to child employment in hazardous jobs like mining, logging, and animal slaughtering under a so-called "work study" provision, the Iowa legislation—backed by business interests—would also protect those same companies from liability in cases of injury or death at the workplace.

So basically we have a labor shortage in this country and it's going to get worse because of population aging and the younger generation having fewer children. Instead of solving our immigration problem to help buoy the workforce (an maintain white supremacy) the republican answer is put kids to work. That's who they are.

Floyd Robertson wrote:So basically we have a labor shortage in this country and it's going to get worse because of population aging and the younger generation having fewer children. Instead of solving our immigration problem to help buoy the workforce (an maintain white supremacy) the republican answer is put kids to work. That's who they are.

Meatpacking (and cleaning) has a very large immigrant workforce already. Supplemented with immigrant children.

Republicans would rather have immigrants getting poisoned in factories than getting educated in our schools.

Wasn't there a gruesome article about some tree trimming outfit hiring kids to run the chipper?