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18. So you're arguing that it's okay to have kids operate slicers because they're dangerous?

Fri Aug 2, 2013, 02:25 PM

Aug 2013

Keep drinking.

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Hy-Vee, Fareway stores in Nebraska, Iowa fined for violating child labor laws [View all] Omaha Steve Aug 2013 OP

Not a word about this is our local news yet!! Peacetrain Aug 2013 #1

That's a shame - Hy-Vee seemed like a great company when I lived in IA sweetloukillbot Aug 2013 #2

Thanks for Posting. Sherman A1 Aug 2013 #4

I wonder how much younger than 18 they are NV Whino Aug 2013 #6

I'm not advocating that 9 or 12-year-olds run this machinery. NV Whino Aug 2013 #12

The fine is a slap on the wrist. Posteritatis Aug 2013 #22

If you read the article, it states the kids weren't running the balers NV Whino Aug 2013 #13

No. NV Whino Aug 2013 #19

I'm three chapters from a phd. in Rhetoric. B Stieg Aug 2013 #21

I lost my last 2 fingers on my right hand to a slicer. fasttense Aug 2013 #8

I worked at a grocery store beginning at age 16. We did some of those sinkingfeeling Aug 2013 #9

I worked at a grocery for years. gvstn Aug 2013 #15

See, this would not happen if they had a Labor union. Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel Aug 2013 #16

'where there's a little child, in every aisle' LOL nt markiv Aug 2013 #17

Rules and regulations? We don't need them! sakabatou Aug 2013 #20

Child labor laws place an undue burden on small businesses... KinMd Aug 2013 #23

Almost all these violations were for minors throwing boxes away jmowreader Aug 2013 #24

Unloading trucks is definitely not a completely safe job Fumesucker Aug 2013 #25

With palletized freight that's not as big a danger as it used to be jmowreader Aug 2013 #27

Letting someone under 18 around a meat slicer exboyfil Aug 2013 #26