Child Labor vs. Tuna Fishhttp://prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=03&year=2011&base_name=child_labor_vs_tuna_fishTRIANGLE'S ECHOES: The Unfinished Struggle for Worker Protection, Safety and Health
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN8cjH5qfRkA violation of the South Pacific Tuna Act … can be a $350,000 fine. If a dairy refuses to contribute to the fund that all dairies put into to promote milk and dairy products, the Agriculture Department can fine them $150,000. But if a worker dies, $7,000 is the maximum citation.
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There are between 400,000 and 500,000 children out there working in the fields. Under current U.S. law, children as young as 12 years old are allowed to work in agriculture with unlimited hours as long as it’s outside of school.
Some of the kids apparently use machetes and chainsaws. Here. In the United States. Think about that next time you take a bite of lettuce.
The film doesn’t say so, but it seems like if you put two and two together, then one workplace safety fine involving the death of one of these kids working in agriculture might literally amount to less than the fine for violating the Tuna Act.