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I read an article in the New York Times maybe around ten years ago where some researchers called some labor departments to report child labor (it wasn't actuall
by emodendroket 4y ago
I read an article in the New York Times maybe around ten years ago where some researchers called some labor departments to report child labor (it wasn't actually happening that they knew of; the point was to see how they would respond). They were basically uninterested and didn't follow up.
In short, I'm less surprised but it is appalling.
- sammalloy 4y agoThis is apparently a common response. Check out Reveal’s major investigative series on the punitive and profit-driven rehab industry which depends on unpaid labor. The government has done virtually nothing about it for 50 years. https://revealnews.org/american-rehab/ https://revealnews.org/american-rehab/
- hammock 4y agoUnless there is enough behind it to become a viral news story (a photo, video, a document) there is little incentive for these authorities to act. For this reason, ensuring the freedom of whistleblowers, Wikileaks and others is so important. Without that, it becomes much easier for the authorities - which we trust our rights to - to do nothing and get away with it
- lupire 4y agoGovernment only cares about crime against wealthy property owners.
- treeman79 4y agoCalifornia, Oregon, Illinois clearly do not. As businesses are fleeing in droves.