nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230513-181737-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230513s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230513-181737-0 doi eng 342 23 Mark, Skip Author aut A Problem of Our Own Making - Understanding Child Labor in the United States Mark, Skip Verfassungsblog 2023-05-13 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In 2023, Packers Sanitation paid a fine of $1.5 million for employing over 100 children in work environments involving dangerous machinery and chemicals across eight US states. A New York Times investigation also uncovered the prevalence of migrant children working in numerous industries across the US, including Ford, General Motors, J. Crew, Walmart, Ben and Jerry's, Whole Foods, and Target. Child labor has been identified in small and large companies nationwide, bringing the issue to national and international attention. Why has there been an increase in child labor across the US? In many ways, this is the wrong question. Child labor has been a persistent problem in the US for decades. CC BY-SA 4.0 Lind, Mary Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-problem-of-our-own-making/ raw object