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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...
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...
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...
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...