16-Year Old’s Death was NOT a “Freak Accident”
16-year old Michael Schuls did NOT die in a “freak accident” in a sawmill on June 29. The cause of…
16-Year Old Killed in Meat Processing Plant
Another teenager has died in a workplace where children have no business working. HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) – A teenage boy…
Child Labor: 16 Year Old Killed At Landfill
Some jobs teach kids good work habits and skills. Some jobs kill them. Last Thursday morning, two weeks into summer…
Child Labor: When Great Journalism Meets Bad Policy
Sometimes it takes good journalism or a bad disaster — or both — to encourage interest or activity or change…
Labor Department Cracks Down on Child Labor
Last Fall, I wrote about a Labor Department injunction against Packers Sanitation Services Inc. (PSSI) for illegally employing 31 children…
Labor Shortages? How About More Child Labor?
Last Fall, I wrote about an upsetting Labor Department injunction filed in federal court against Packers Sanitation Services (PSSI) Inc.…
Child Labor in the Most Dangerous Workplaces
School-age children working all night — and getting injured — in some of the most hazardous workplaces in the country.…
Three Workers Dead in Grain Silo, Including a Child. OSHA Can Do Nothing
In what may be the largest mass casualty workplace event this year, three workers were killed after being trapped in…
No Protections: Children Get Hurt and Die On Family Farms
What happens when financial pressures and fear of “big government” intrusion run into concerns about the safety of children. In…