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Hyundai in talks with U.S. Labor Department over Alabama child labor

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Hyundai's Alabama assembly plant. (PRNewswire)
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MICA ROSENBERG, KRISTINA COOKE and JOSHUA SCHNEYER
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February 08, 2023 08:43 PM

NEW YORK -- Hyundai Motor Co. said it is in talks with the U.S. Department of Labor to resolve concerns about child workers in its U.S. supply chain, and the company is taking corrective actions after a Reuters investigation found children as young as 12 working in hazard-laden Alabama factories linked to the automotive giant.

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