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Teenage workers die as Republicans cut worker safety laws

Fatal Greed: Teen Workers Die as Child Labor Safety Laws Cut

Leave a Comment / Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Legal, map, political districts, accountability, Mapping and Story Mapping, Uncategorized / By Deepak Puri

Who pays the price for out-of-control corporate greed and Republicans ready to sacrifice childrens’ safety for political donations? Death of 16-Year-Old at Mississippi Poultry Plant Prompts Federal Investigation. The death of an underage worker at a chicken plant in Hattiesburg, Miss., has put a spotlight on the rising number of child labor violations across the …

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Republican governors sign one of the most dangerous rollbacks of child labor laws in the country

Child Labor For Sale!

Leave a Comment / Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Messaging / By Deepak Puri

“Child Labor Is on the Rise” – The New Yorker “State legislatures across the country are making it easier to hire minors in low-paid and dangerous jobs. This surge is being propelled by an unhappy confluence of employers desperate to fill jobs, including dangerous jobs, at the lowest possible cost; a vast wave of “unaccompanied …

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Billionaires get richer by lobbying Republicans so they can exploit child labor

Real Life American HUNGER GAMES

Leave a Comment / Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), map, political districts, accountability, Mapping and Story Mapping / By Deepak Puri

“Conservative campaign to strip child workplace protections.” – WaPo Billionaires get richer by lobbying Republicans to relax labor laws that protect children. Desperate families forced to send their children to work in dangerous conditions rather than get an education. Welcome to the real world American Hunger Games. See how the game is played with this …

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Republican 10 step program to take America backwards

Leave a Comment / Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Uncategorized / By Deepak Puri

Child marriages. Child labor. Lynchings. Republicans have a plan to take America backwards. The Republican plan borrows from the fascist playbook that steal resources and freedoms from Americans to enrich corporate GOP donors richer. Cut social benefits: Cut Medicaid and social security, close librariesBoost corporate profits: lower pollution controls, Child labor, convict laborDeny women their …

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GOP enables wage slavery of undocumented workers

Leave a Comment / Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Legal, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Power mapping / By Deepak Puri

“Meat industry’s use of child labor is more widespread than previously known” – Food Safety News Billion dollar corporations with million dollar CEOs using child labor! Republicans rail against immigration but do nothing to reform the immigration system while collecting political donations for corporations. Corporations using undocumented workers to deny American workers a living wage …

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