Anais do capitalismo mais-que-tardio

Los Angeles Times 20-11-2025
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-20/children-farmworkers-california-little-oversight-from-state

Behind the strawberries on America’s tables are children bent over in the sun, racing against the clock and earning far less than the law allows. Many work through pain, heat and chemical exposure. State records reveal a system that rarely punishes violations — and leaves kids unprotected.

2025-12-07

Ahead to the 18th century

BBC Brasil 23-06-2023

https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/articles/ce5n267xme3o

No país mais rico do mundo, o trabalho infantil vem se tornando uma realidade mais frequente — e nem sempre contrariando a lei (..) em 2022, quase 4 mil crianças foram encontradas por fiscais federais trabalhando de modo irregular. (..) um levantamento divulgado no fim de maio pelo Economic Policy Institute mostrou que, nos últimos dois anos, ao menos 14 dos 50 Estados americanos têm discutido — e oito deles já aprovaram — leis locais que reduzem barreiras para o trabalho infantil. (..) Parte das propostas de lei também preveem remunerações que equivalem à metade do salário mínimo estabelecido legalmente para adultos.

2023-07-11

Anais do capitalismo-mais-que-tardio

New York Times 25-02-2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/unaccompanied-migrant-child-workers-exploitation.html

(..) These workers are part of a new economy of exploitation: Migrant children, who have been coming into the United States without their parents in record numbers, are ending up in some of the most punishing jobs in the country, a New York Times investigation found. This shadow work force extends across industries in every state, flouting child labor laws that have been in place for nearly a century. Twelve-year-old roofers in Florida and Tennessee. Underage slaughterhouse workers in Delaware, Mississippi and North Carolina. Children sawing planks of wood on overnight shifts in South Dakota. Largely from Central America, the children are driven by economic desperation that was worsened by the pandemic. This labor force has been slowly growing for almost a decade, but it has exploded since 2021, while the systems meant to protect children have broken down. (..)

Montagem: Avebarna
Legenda da imagem (NYT): Cristian, 14, has been working in construction in North Miami for two years instead of going to school.
Crédito da imagem: Kirsten Luce para o NYT  

2023-02-27