Terri Gerstein: 'Government leaders should do everything in their power to stop the swell of child labor violations.'
And when child labor violations come to light, especially horrifying ones, shouldn’t elected officials strengthen laws and fund enforcement rather than allow more children to be exploited?
Facing a labor shortage that could have been avoided, it appears that some business interests and lawmakers would prefer to expand the pool of exploitable workers to vulnerable children rather than improve working conditions to attract age-appropriate employees. This is shameful and should immediately stop. For their part, government leaders at all levels should shore up workplace protections and adequately fund enforcement.
The U.S. labor shortage that has employers scrambling should not be a surprise; it’s a foreseeable result of policy decisions of recent years, specifically related to COVID-19 and immigrants. Many employers, especially in low-wage industries, were cavalier with their workers’ health and lives, failing to provide personal protective equipment or improved ventilation. Government enforcement agencies didn’t do enough to safeguard workplace safety, especially in COVID’s early days, when the Occupational Safety and Health Administration response, in the view of many labor organizations, wasPredictably, these policies reduced the available labor force. More than 1.
日本 最新ニュース, 日本 見出し
Similar News:他のニュース ソースから収集した、これに似たニュース記事を読むこともできます。
This is what happens when government floods our economy with easy moneyThe culprit responsible for high inflation was profligate government spending in the form of multitrillion-dollar spending bills sold as 'COVID relief' and 'infrastructure.'
続きを読む »
Top Biden official raises eyebrows by 'lobbying' former agency after leaving government, watchdog saysA former top Biden official is being scrutinized as an example of the 'revolving door' of political appointees shuttling between government and outside special interests.
続きを読む »
Tribe warns US government against moving ahead with mineNative American tribal members fighting plans for an enormous copper mine on land they consider sacred say they are increasingly worried U.S. officials will move forward on the project even as they await a federal appellate court ruling in the case. A U.S. government attorney said last month during a hearing of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that a final environmental review will pave the way for the mine's construction at Oak Flat, Arizona, could be published this spring. San Carlos Apache Tribe Chairman Terry Rambler says that U.S. Forest Service officials delivered the same message during a visit last week.
続きを読む »
Judge suspends FDA approval of key abortion pill and gives government time to appeal.lawofruby: 'If this ruling sticks, this means a world in which mifepristone is likely not available throughout the United States, in which medication abortion is available through misoprostol...that's a much more painful process.'
続きを読む »
Tribe warns US government against moving ahead with mineNative American tribal members fighting plans for an enormous copper mine on land they consider sacred say they are increasingly worried U.S. officials will move forward on the project even as they await a federal appellate court ruling in the case.
続きを読む »