05/07/2023: Illegal Child Labor, Industrial Revolution, Photographer James Nachtwey
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The Disgrace of PSSI
The U.S. outlawed child abuse in sweatshop labor 85 years ago. So it was a shock to learn that an American company owned by a Wall Street firm sent children as young as 13 to work in slaughterhouses. The disgrace was more disturbing because the company, PSSI, is vital to national food safety and its owner, Blackstone, claims to be a model of management. Both companies say they had no idea they employed children in eight states,. but it was obvious to teachers in Grand Island, Nebraska, who noticed acid burns on a child.
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