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Minor who died in poultry plant accident got the job with the identity of a 32-year-old
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Now why do I doubt that anyone of the bosses responsible for this hiring will be held personally accountable? I have a sneaking suspicion some measly fines (compared to company profits) will be the result of the vast majority of these 'investigations.'
I hope I'm wrong.
You're not wrong, and that's the sad part. They just caught a warehouse here in Cincinnati using an 11 year old and a 13 year old to shift pallets, with one of them operating a forklift. The entire thing amounted to a $30k fine, for a company that makes multiple billions a year.
That's the thing I can't get. In all cases with minors illegally working, they have a boss or supervisor. And they're just fine with that? They take it in their stride instead of taking it to the press?
I honestly can't fathom it because all the supervisors I've had, regardless of their strengths and weaknesses, genuinely cared about me as a person. It was the corpo suits and execs that didn't give a shit.
Christ, they need to thoroughly investigate these companies, because this highly suggests there's more wrongdoing to be found.
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