Here’s the thing about 2023: You have to grade it on a curve. Things weren’t great; they could have been a whole lot worse.
child labor
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Poultry plant workers protest child labor, ask for better working conditions
Dozens of protesters marched to Tyson Foods headquarters in Springdale Monday to demand safer working conditions for adults and safeguards to make sure children aren’t toiling away in meat processing plants.
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Tyson under investigation for potential child labor violations at poultry plants
A spectacular piece of NYT reporting leads to a federal investigation of Tyson Foods and Purdue Farms over hiring children to work in slaughterhouses. Meanwhile, states are rolling back child labor laws.
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Abusing child labor just got easier in Arkansas, and that means educational attainment will go down. Here’s proof.
If better education is our goal, rolling back child labor protections is counterproductive.
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Arkansas meat processor plants busted for child labor violations amid national push to ease child labor rules
Ten Arkansas youths were found to be working overnight in dangerous conditions during an investigation that revealed more than 100 such violations spanning eight states. The story unfurled amid a nationwide push by conservatives, including some in Arkansas, to roll back regulations on young workers.
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This is not fake news: Advocacy of child labor in background of Education secretary pick
A think tank funded by Dick and Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s pick to be Education secretary, published this piece endorsing the return of child labor.
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War is over
The departure of troops from Iraq is all over the news and commentary this morning.
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Needed: More child labor
Elwood proudly notes, and gives rights to re-publish, his letter to the editor in this morning’s Democrat-Gazette in which he seconds U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin’s admiratation of China.