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the_nobodys t1_ja8enlj wrote

Reply to comment by simonhunterhawk in That 44-unit tiny home development, built by employer who can't keep staff by GraniteGeekNH

I agree, I think that will happen in Dover. I'd hate to be that little boy earning half of daddy's Dover Delite pay, but whatayagonnado? Someone has to scoop, I mean mine those ice cream tubs.

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simonhunterhawk t1_ja8ff2t wrote

I mean laws are different now so realistically they’d probably just evict a family but even then for some low income people that could mean homelessness if they can’t find different housing, and most families are dual income these days anyways. But I just feel like it’s important to remember why company towns went away in the first place.

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IntelligentMeal40 t1_ja9takx wrote

What do you mean the laws are different now? Just last year New Hampshire made it so that 15 and 16-year-olds can work 32 hours a week. You haven’t seen the signs for McDonald’s help wanted giving different wages for different ages?

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simonhunterhawk t1_ja9twxb wrote

I didn’t know that, I’m a fairly recent import from FL, but they had really lax child labor laws there too. When I was a minor my managers at two different companies regularly broke break schedule laws even though I would remind them I had to take an unpaid break every 4 hours, I’d hit overtime and work overnights at one job because I didn’t have a traditional school schedule and could work different hours. At 16/17 years old. But it’s a little different than 10 year olds hitting the mines, hopefully it never goes to that again at least.

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