The job was to operate a machine that transforms sheet metal into auto components. The location was the Smart plant in Luverne, Alabama, which provides components for the Hyundai automaker. The person in charge of this task worked between 50 and 60 hours per week, for a minimum of six months. All this information is contained in a recent lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor, and the person doing the work was a 13-year-old girl. Sometimes you don’t have to travel to remote places to put a face to child labor.
The lawsuit, a rare occurrence in these cases, opens a legal proceeding…
