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"Four weeks after its vow to "vigorously defend" itself, PSSI settled with the government. It did not dispute the finding that it hired children. PSSI promised
by Jupe 3y ago
"Four weeks after its vow to "vigorously defend" itself, PSSI settled with the government. It did not dispute the finding that it hired children. PSSI promised not to do so in the future and agreed to regular audits. The company paid the maximum fine of $1.5 million, which was about 1 percent of its cash on hand. "
WTaF? How is even this allowed to happen?
- COGlory 3y agoWho is going to jail for this?
- DANmode 3y agoPossibly some parents.
- klooney 3y agoTheir parents are all in El Salvador and Guatemala.
- yoyohello13 3y agoLol, we all know anyone with 150mil cash on hand wont go to jail. I'm sure some tangentially related peons will though.
- lithos 3y agoGoogle "10 year old McDonald's drive through". Recently some franchise owners were caught using 10 year olds to man drive throughs and deep fryers. Those same trio of owners are also guilty (as in already being fined and brought through court) of 150-300ish violations of under 16 year old labor laws (150 for sure, with a bunch still under the process or still being found by news organizations widening the net across state boundaries).
- babelthuap 3y agoChild cobalt mining is far worse than McDonalds no? We could not have laptops, cell phones, EVs, solar panels and nike shoes without child labor unfortunately. Down vote me a billion times but this is the reality of the world we live in. Child labor is worse than any moment in human history but as Julius Caesar said, “Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish”. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=child+mining+in+the+congo&pn=1&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DT___azqvPKI https://duckduckgo.com/?q=child+mining+in+the+congo&pn=1&iax...
- gdubchcb 3y agoquit being silly. all those things would still be possible. probably even cheaper without all the corruption that higher than normal profits bring. child labor only enables more profit for a very few. nothing else.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoSomething being done elsewhere does not excuse it being done in civilization. There have been substantial efforts to migrate from conflict minerals (cobalt being one of them, but also diamonds with manufactured diamonds), and hopefully such efforts continue. This is also why global declining fertility rates are a positive outcome: women have agency and are using it, which will result in less child labor over time as there are less children for child labor. https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-use-100-recycled-cobalt-batteries-by-2025-2023-04-13/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-use-100-recycled-co... https://electrek.co/2022/04/22/tesla-using-cobalt-free-lfp-batteries-in-half-new-cars-produced/ https://electrek.co/2022/04/22/tesla-using-cobalt-free-lfp-b... https://www.ilo.org/global/docs/WCMS_826749/lang--en/index.htm https://www.ilo.org/global/docs/WCMS_826749/lang--en/index.h... https://www.worldvision.org/child-protection-news-stories/child-labor-facts https://www.worldvision.org/child-protection-news-stories/ch...
- JohnFen 3y ago> Child cobalt mining is far worse than McDonalds no? Indeed, but how is that important for this story? That there is worse child exploitation doesn't mean that this is excusable.
- cyanydeez 3y agoThey'll just lobby for the laws to change. Also, the rate at which lawyers can predict the cost of doing business is probably acceperating