Group accuses Bolingbrook manufacturing plant of using child labor: 'Unacceptable'

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Illinois workers rights groups claim children are working illegally in warehouses in Bolingbrook and they are pushing for laws to stop the practice and to protect whistleblowers.

said he talked to a worker at Hearthside who told him minors are used to work with machines because their hands are faster than the older workers. She reported it and she felt targeted for punishment because she is undocumented.

"The fact we have kids working in warehouses across the country is unacceptable, it’s something we are fighting to change," Andrew Herrara of The Chicago Workers Collaborative said.FOX 32 reached out to Hearthside Foods for a statement. The company has not responded.that I have read and agree

 

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