Hard as it is to believe, child labor is again on the rise in this country, as harsh and exploitative as ever.
Employment of minors, of course, remains illegal with a few exceptions. But it is no longer possible to deny that more and more companies are employing them to work in conditions and occupations that violate U.S. labor law, sometimes brazenly.
Minnesota is among those states that have seen an uptick in child labor, and no, we're not talking about children who help out on the family farm. Late last year, slaughterhouses in Worthington and Marshall were found to be using a sanitation service that was employing underaged workers in dangerous positions.
