Orphan Crushing Machine
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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/11310783 > This 7-year-old has a lemonade stand to pay for her mom's tombstone
www.nbcnews.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13576449 > _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](https://www.tufftorq.com/tuff-torq-produces-15-millionth-transmission/) and other companies, according to Labor Department officials. > > The company, Tuff Torq, was fined nearly $300,000 [for hiring 10 children](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/fayette-janitorial-hired-minors-clean-meat-saws-slaughterhouses-labor-rcna139655). 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](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/slaughterhouse-children-documentary-rcna129405) who were illegally employed. Ryan Pott, general counsel for Tuff Torq’s majority owner, the Japanese firm Yanmar, acknowledged the violations to NBC News.
www.goodmorningamerica.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11260815 > Over 7,000 students see their lunch debts wiped after $1 million donation > > Over 7,000 students in Georgia with unpaid lunch balances are getting a helping hand following a $1 million initiative from the Arby's Foundation, the nonprofit announced Thursday.
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