exposure!It happened in the United States

Human rights have always been advertised, often using the so -called human rights issues and "forced labor" to suppress the United States, such as other countries, but from time to time, child labor problems have been revealed. According to Reuters on the 23rd, the local police said that a modern car subsidiary provided component factories near Moncorley, Alabama, USA. There was a phenomenon of hiring children's workers. Three employees and 8 former employees of the factory belonged to child workers.

These minor workers -some are only 12 years old and have recently worked at a metal stamping factory operated by Smart Alabama Co., Ltd. SMART is owned by Hyundai Motors and provides components for modern car assembly plants in Moncorley in the United States. After Reuters first announced the results of the investigation on the 22nd, Hyundai stated in a statement that "cannot tolerate illegal employment behavior of any modern entity. We have formulated policies and procedures to require compliance with all places, states and federal laws." However, there is no such detailed question about the results of Reuters on the results of the investigation.

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Reuters said that after a short disappearance of a Guatemara immigrants in February, they learned that Smart hired minor workers. People familiar with the matter revealed that the girl who was only 14 years old this month, and her 15 -year -old brother and 12 -year -old brother worked at the factory earlier this year. Their father Pedro Tzi also confirmed this statement in an interview.

The Office of the General Attorney General of Alabama has been told, and the office spokesman Mike Lewis refused to comment. It is unclear whether the office or other investigators have contacted SMART for possible violations. On the 22nd, a spokesperson for the Alabama labor department said that it would coordinate investigations with the US Department of Labor and other institutions.

It is reported that according to interviews with more than a dozen current or ex -factory employees and labor recruiters, Pedrozz ’s children are part of more minor workers who work in this factory in the past few years. Many such minors have given up their studies in order to work in the factory for a long time. This factory covers a huge area and has a history of violations of health and safety, including the dangers of workers' amputation.

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The phenomenon of hiring children's workers like Smart is not uncommon in the United States. At the time of the US labor shortage and the interruption of the supply chain, labor experts told Reuters that children, especially immigrants without documents, and eventually entered the risk of harmful and illegal workplaces to minors.

Enterprise, an ENTERPRISE of Pedroz, has a large -scale meat and poultry industry. Earlier this year, Reuters also disclosed how an adult from Guatemala was found to find a job in a local chicken processing plant.

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