u. s. department of labor reported child labor violations rose by 70 percent since 2018. in 2021. 24 children died from work injury is about half of them on farms. in the past year, lawmakers and at least 10 states loosened or proposed to ease the laws that govern children were economists say, a labor shortage is in part behind the drive to loosen laws. in some states with child labor has long been an issue in the us, especially in agriculture. brenda de ms. lopez now 22 members working illegally starting at age 5 in the blueberry fields and later hug farms alongside her parents who could not afford child care. she says after several years, she could no longer remember the names of her employers. she says a main reason for the child labor problem in the us is race. a lot of these communities out there in the fields or the indigenous communities, the latinos, communities, and the black communities. we see these law makers and we know that the kids in the fields don't resemble there's no seal late. that might be part of the problem, right? there, so by that they don't care

u. s . department of labor. and when she approached apple about correcting all of these problems, she was told her only option was simply to work from home. more whistle blowing was to follow, actually complained that some of apples internal policies on employee privacy, on the privacy of the public. and on the retention of documents and user data were unethical, she even filed complaints in the u. k. with the data protection information commissioner's office in the counter part office in brussels. and didn't dublin with the data protection commissioner. those complaints are still under investigation. not only did actually not receive any help, her satisfaction from apple, the company began to harass her in response, she took the twitter to air her complaints. consequently, she was retaliated against repeatedly and was transferred in the end. she was fired . some of the complaints actually made are still being investigated on others. the national labor relations board found that she had told the truth and the ap

u. s. department of labor reported child labor violations rose by 70 percent since 2018. in 2021. 24 children died from work injury is about half of them on farms. in the past year, lawmakers and at least 10 states loose and or proposed is the laws that govern children. and we're economists say, a labor shortage is in part behind the drive to loosen laws in some states. but child labor has long been an issue in the us, especially in agriculture. brenda de ms. lopez now 22 remembers working illegally starting at age 5 in the blueberry fields and later hug farms alongside her parents who could not afford child care. she says after several years she could no longer remember the names of her employers. she says a main reason for the child labor problem in the us is race. a lot of these communities out there on the fields or the indigenous communities, the latinos, communities, and the black communities. we see these law makers and we know that the kids in the fields don't resemble there's no seal late. that might be part of the problem right there. so right there, they don't