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Opposed to Labrador's bill on employment
in family logging companies |
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April 1,2015 |
March 30, 2015
To the Editor:
Regarding Congressman Labrador's bill permitting
minor children to work in a family logging
business (you can read the original article by
clicking here):
I am adamantly opposed to Congressman Labrador's
attempt to pass such a measure. We have Child
Labor laws for a reason.
First, logging is rated in the top-five "most
dangerous" occupations in the country. Second,
hiring your own child vs. someone else's child
should make no difference.
I am the first to promote raising up children
with a strong work ethic and teaching skills
that can be valuable over a lifetime, but this
is a very bad idea. I've witnessed children
being brought to job sites here in our county in
situations which are less dangerous than logging
and observed them in situations where they were
unsupervised.
How far will some go to duck reasonable labor
regulation, workman's comp., and wages?
Gerald Higgs
Bonners Ferry |
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