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Kids as young as 14 were found working at a Tennessee factory that makes lawn mower parts (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/11235723

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13576449

The company, Tuff Torq, was fined nearly $300,000 for hiring 10 children. It must also set aside $1.5 million to help the immigrant minors who were illegally employed.

Immigrant children as young as 14 were found working illegally amid dangerous heavy equipment at a Tennessee firm that makes parts for lawn mowers sold by John Deere and other companies, according to Labor Department officials.

The company, Tuff Torq, was fined nearly $300,000 for hiring 10 children. As part of a consent agreement with the federal government, the company is also required to set aside $1.5 million to help the children who were illegally employed. Ryan Pott, general counsel for Tuff Torq’s majority owner, the Japanese firm Yanmar, acknowledged the violations to NBC News.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

They probably saved way more than they were fined.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

when a company makes profit from crimes and a gov "fines" them only a fraction of their crimes profits, that gov is basically saying 'good job, go on, do more! but we want to get paid for protecting you and participate in profiting from your crimes" to them. it does not matter if that gov actually says such words bcs this is what the criminal groups will hear AND experience then anyway. thus words are neither needed nor could stop such crimes. but such words can help raise the crimerate again when news talk like that company had payed the fine and the crowd would stop looking into it but look rather away of it. this way those "fines" -when too low- actually help the criminals to go on with crimes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

As is sadly tradition....