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.

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.

  • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    48·
    7 months ago

    Tennessee: old enough to make assembly line lawn mower parts

    Florida: not old enough for social media.

        • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
          124·
          7 months ago

          So did I, but we didn’t have ammo in the house until I was an adult. Buying a youth-model gun and training kids to be safe with firearms early can be a responsible thing.

          Nobody at the gun range is scarier than the adult that’s never shot before who went and bought a pistol and a box of bullets. Last time I was at the range they were using freaking Airpods as their earpro.

          • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            413·
            7 months ago

            Everyone is super impressed by your story, it just seems like you don’t understand that your anecdote is meaningless in the face of actual statistical data.

            Edit: your downvotes have convinced me to disregard everything we know about statistics in order to favor this one person’s anecdotal experience. You guys are good.

            • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
              112·
              7 months ago

              So you think young people shouldn’t be taught gun safety in a controlled environment before they’re able to buy guns or ammo?

              • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                52·
                7 months ago

                This is the dumbest, most dystopian American shit I’ve ever read. No, I don’t think children should have access to firearms, period. Why is that so difficult to grasp?

                • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
                  103·
                  7 months ago

                  You have the luxury of living in a world where young people won’t be exposed to guns. There are hundreds of million of them here.

                  If you live on the shore of a lake, should you teach your kids to swim, or just let them figure it out when they fall off the dock when you aren’t around?

                  • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                    13·
                    7 months ago

                    Yeah because a child can wield a lake and kill several adult humans by simply moving their finger. Totally comparable.

                    This country is brain-broken.

                    Edit: Maybe if more ammosexuals downvote me, I’ll change my mind. Keep trying guys!