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US company agrees to fine for hiring children to clean slaughterhouses (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 5 months ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 53 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Today I learned that you can “agree” to fines.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 months ago

Well, the alternative is to fight it in court.

[–] Coasting0942@reddthat.com 3 points 5 months ago

It’s part of getting a traffic ticket. Agree, confess, mail your check to the judge. Or take time off to show up and contest it.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

You've never heard of a consent decree or plea bargain? They're common legal tools to avoid lengthy and expensive trials.

[–] Incandemon@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

Yep. Once again they prove that ‘the law’ only applies to the poor. If you or I killed some one its life in prison, if a corporation kills someone in pursuit of profits its a fine. When will prison/the death penalty come for the corporate world poisoning the plant from unchecked greed?

[–] TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 5 months ago

The child labour fees plus the fine probably works out cheaper than employing off legal working age workers, so it isn’t really a fine.