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Special Report: How a fake ID let Hyundai suppliers use child labour in Alabama

Special Report: How a fake ID let Hyundai suppliers use child labour in Alabama

ON November 22, a team of state and federal labour officials conducted a surprise inspection and noticed a young-looking worker at a warehouse operated here by the logistics unit of Korean automaking giant Hyundai Motor Group. The inspectors, according to an Alabama Department of Labour field report reviewed by Reuters, had received a complaint from an unspecified tipster about "under-age children working" at the facility. During their visit to Hyundai Glovis Co Ltd, the report notes, the boy "was manually restacking large metal castings." Inspectors approached the boy, named in company paperwork as "Fernando Ramos," and questioned him about his…
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