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Third Teen Worker Killed In Industrial Accident As States Try To Loosen Child Labor Laws
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFor the third time in five weeks, a 16-year-old boy has died after sustaining on-the-job injuries at...
A 16-year-old boy died while working in a Mississippi poultry plant. An unscrupulous hiring agency...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 10 months agoDuvan Tomas Perez, 16, died on July 14.Andrew Kelly/Reuters Tomas Duvan Perez, 16, died after...
The Republican Plot to Roast Outdoor Workers
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 1 month agoRepublicans finally recognize the threat posed by climate change. The threat is that rising temperatures will tempt local governments to impose...
OSHA is years away from issuing a federal heat standard that would protect workers. Advocates say it...
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAmid a punishing global heat wave, the U.S. agency that sets workplace safety standards is likely...
A SpaceX Worker Died and They Kept It a Secret
Futurism via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIn June 2014, just nine months after retiring from the US Marine Corps, 38-year-lold Lonnie LeBlanc was fatally struck by a piece of SpaceX rocket foam...
Labor Department Finds 44% Rise In Illegal Child Workers Since October
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe new numbers came as bi-partisan lawmakers ripped federal efforts to protect unaccompanied...
Hyundai and Kia's Alabama Suppliers Really Love Child Labor
Jalopnik via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBack in July, Reuters broke the news that SMART Alabama, a Hyundai-owned supplier, had been...
After her husband nearly died from heatstroke, she took her fight to the highest levels
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoAugust 2016 was, at the time, the planet’s hottest month on record. In Freehold, New Jersey, where...
Illegal child labor is on the rise in a tight job market
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoThere’s been a serious increase in child labor law violations in the US over the past few years....
'We don’t seem to learn': 10 years after tragic Texas chemical explosion, risk remains high
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTen years after fertilizer explosion, the impact ripples through one Texas town. And experts warn...
