LIUNA Protests Child Labor In Minnesota

By Doug Cunningham

The Laborers International Union of North America is calling for an investigation into possible use of child labor on a St. Paul Minnesota construction site. A formal complaint was made Tuesday to both the U.S. and Minnesota Departments of Labor. Tim Mackey, Business Manager of Laborers’ Local 563, says a youth who appeared 13 or 14 years old was seen doing work on the Cornelia Elementary School in St. Paul on multiple occasions. Mackey says kids should be sitting in classrooms, not building them. The youth was spotted moving and placing concrete blocks and cutting blocks with a concrete saw – without safety equipment or apparent supervision.