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| February 2023 |
Hyundai Alabama child labor allegations
Hyundai entered negotiations with the Department of Labor to ensure compliance with child labor regulations. A group of 33 Congress members, led by Democratic Congressman Dan Kildee, urged immediate action against child labor in Hyundai's supply chain.
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| February 24 2023 |
Hyundai Alabama child labor allegations
Hyundai CEO Jae Hoon Chang announced to shareholders that the company would divest its controlling stake in SMART in response to the child labor controversy.
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| November 22 2022 |
Hyundai Alabama child labor allegations
State and federal labor inspectors conducted a surprise inspection of a Hyundai Glovis warehouse in Montgomery, discovering a boy who had been working at three different parts manufacturers since age 14, resulting in fines against three staffing companies.
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| September 29 2022 |
Hyundai Alabama child labor allegations
The U.S. Department of Labor fined SL Alabama $30,076 for child labor violations, issuing a consent decree that prevents the company from shipping goods produced using underage labor and mandates comprehensive training on child labor laws.
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| August 9 2022 |
Hyundai Alabama child labor allegations
U.S. Department of Labor conducted an inspection of SL Alabama, revealing child labor violations in the Hyundai supply chain.
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| July 2022 |
Hyundai Alabama child labor allegations
Reuters reported that SMART, a Hyundai subsidiary in Luverne, Alabama, had hired minors as young as 12 years old to work in a metal stamping plant, with approximately 50 underage workers identified, many children of Guatemalan migrants.
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| 2021 |
Hyundai Alabama child labor allegations
A school official first alerted regulators about child labor in Hyundai's supply chain, reporting a child around 12 years old working at the Hwassin plant in Greenville, Alabama.
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| 2013 | The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) documented over 10,000 reports of child sex trafficking, noting this represents only a 'tiny percentage' of actual incidents. |
| 2012 | A study in Atlantic City, New Jersey found that only 14% of adolescents engaged in street-based sex markets had pimps, challenging previous narratives about pimp-exploiter relationships. |
| 2012 | In Canada, a young man was convicted of charges related to encouraging a 15-year-old girl to engage in online prostitution, keeping her earnings and threatening her with violence. |
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