The children yearn for the mines

…solves the low-wage problem by hiring kids who don’t know better.

Wow did not realise that three of our states don't have a minimum working age - NSW, Tasmania and South Australia.

The children yearn for the jam factory

Child poverty is a big issue but people seem to forget that work is the best thing again poverty /s

Some facts to consider:

• This happened in New South Wales, in a very rural area. People are not going to commute out to this remote location for minimum wage.
• Kids volunteer on the weekends and parents sign off on it.
• Some of the kids like it because they don't have anything else to do, they learn a job skill, and they make a little money.

That said, I don't agree with it. Hire adults and do what everyone else does by having a "bring your child to work day/week" if you want to teach kids. Or make a field trip. Let's not go backwards in society to benefit companies.

Wow, i swear they're about to write "jam factory help solve poverty by hiring child."

Jam factory solves lack of red-coloured blobby ingredients being forced through high-speed machinery by hiring children.

Call it what it is: child exploitation

I see red hats and reflexively cringe.

Should this be cross posted to uplifting news? Seems about their speed.

Done, with some changes. https://mander.xyz/post/10393242

This is slavery

I imagine this was a field trip or something like that and it has been evolving to be more rage inducing since that picture was taken.

Res hats have just been ruined

If a school kid wants to work and earn money, let it be. There is nothing wrong with that.

This sucks and should be illegal. This should fucking onion article not for real. But goddammit our government just shurgs tells us how great the economy is. Biden and Democrats should be ashamed that under their watch they sold out to billionaire class allowing this to happen.

Hell they don't even call it out.

Manufactured rage.

Jesus tap dancing Christ. The vast majority of these kids were working on the hospitality side of the house or washing dishes.

God forbid kids learn job responsibilities and make some cash.