Col3814444@kbin.social to Politics@kbin.social · 1 year agoTeen dies in sawmill accident as US states aim to roll back child labor lawswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up172arrow-down1external-linkTeen dies in sawmill accident as US states aim to roll back child labor lawswww.theguardian.comCol3814444@kbin.social to Politics@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
Investigation underway after police were called to find unresponsive teenager last week at Florence Hardwoods sawmill
minus-squareAdmiralSnackbar@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 year agoThis is fucking 19th century America shit right here. Are we really not better than this?
minus-squarejubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoYou know the country is headed in a bad direction when it’s turning into the setting for a Charles Dickens novel.
minus-squareCol3814444@kbin.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoTo be honest - no. Your workers rights and social support systems are extremely lacking. You have allowed corporations and those with wealth to control your representatives for over a century and this is where it got you.
minus-squareAdmiralSnackbar@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoYep, and we’re going to reap what we have sown. I have no optimism for our future.
This is fucking 19th century America shit right here. Are we really not better than this?
You know the country is headed in a bad direction when it’s turning into the setting for a Charles Dickens novel.
To be honest - no. Your workers rights and social support systems are extremely lacking. You have allowed corporations and those with wealth to control your representatives for over a century and this is where it got you.
Yep, and we’re going to reap what we have sown. I have no optimism for our future.