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.

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    7 months ago

    They explicitly believe the government has used them as collateral, that hat the value of them has earned interest over time, and that they should be able to access that capital. Y’all are bedfellows

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      7 months ago

      We don’t even agree on the same source of entrenched power as the problem, but believe whatever you like.

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        7 months ago

        They believe their labor is collateral used by the state, via industry. The only difference is they think they can download a form to access it

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            7 months ago

            There’s a sub here about Facebook posts from them it is hilarious.

            I sent in 10 silver coins and sealed the envelope with a red thumb print! Why didn’t that pay off my mortgage???