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Federal law bans children under 18 from working in dangerous jobs, including cleaning dangerous equipment on the floors of the meatpacking and poultry slaughtering plants.
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Karina Tsui, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
Many of these workers are employed in essential industries, including farming, construction, meatpacking, housekeeping, landscaping and restaurant services.
—Woai/kabb Staff, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
There is a long and diverse list of jobs deemed essential that entail a high COVID-19 risk: not only health-care workers but also bus drivers and meatpacking, warehouse, and grocery-store workers have little option but to continue to show up.
—Rajeev Cherukupalli, Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2020
Mass deportations would create shortages and raise prices in industries that employ large numbers of immigrants who lack permanent legal status (plus workers legally here who might be caught up in the dragnets), including agriculture, meatpacking and construction.
—Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2024
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Karina Tsui, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
Many of these workers are employed in essential industries, including farming, construction, meatpacking, housekeeping, landscaping and restaurant services.
—Woai/kabb Staff, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
There is a long and diverse list of jobs deemed essential that entail a high COVID-19 risk: not only health-care workers but also bus drivers and meatpacking, warehouse, and grocery-store workers have little option but to continue to show up.
—Rajeev Cherukupalli, Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2020
Mass deportations would create shortages and raise prices in industries that employ large numbers of immigrants who lack permanent legal status (plus workers legally here who might be caught up in the dragnets), including agriculture, meatpacking and construction.
—Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Meatpacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meatpacking. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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