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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

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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] 7 points 7 months ago (4 children)

These companies are are always fined such low amounts. Just once, I want to read: company does something illegal. Government fines them $3 billion. Or half of their worth.

Or something meaningful. Just once.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

At the very least the fine should always be double what the profit gained was.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

"Tennessee factory was shut down after government crack down on child labor."

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

Pull their property leases or business licenses.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

$3 billion / a day