Investigative
Underage & Unprotected
A two-year investigation by The Public’s Radio reveals how some migrant teens end up working in risky jobs at seafood processing plants in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Underage and Unprotected examines the role of staffing agencies, which many teens said hired them and sent them to jobs at processors. The series also exposes weaknesses in the systems government agencies rely on to uncover child labor law violations. And it shows the toll the work takes on young people.
Follow up stories:
U.S. Senators discuss crisis of migrant children working dangerous jobs
Without a work permit, a young migrant in New Bedford worries about her debt
Federal child labor investigation into New Bedford’s seafood processing industry expanded
U.S. Senators discuss crisis of migrant children working dangerous jobs
Without a work permit, a young migrant in New Bedford worries about her debt
Federal child labor investigation into New Bedford’s seafood processing industry expanded
