My Mother Refused to Pay My 13-Year-Old for Six Weeks of Work. Forty-Eight Hours Later, the Labor Board Knocked.

to fine us fifty thousand dollars. The bakery will close. We’ll lose everything.”

“Good,” I said before I could stop myself.

Her face went white. “You want us to lose everything?”

“No. What I want is for you to face consequences. You gambled everything on the assumption that you could exploit people forever. I’m not the one who put your business at risk.continue reading …