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Sep 5 • 18 tweets • 7 min read
Alright, time for another thread. I've been posting about #Missouri law, but this is related to the #USA, who is the only country that has not ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. ohchr.org/en/instruments…
Who could disagree with this?
Here's Article 2:
splcenter.org/news/2022/03/2…
(see link above)
stltoday.com/news/local/gov…
nbcnews.com/think/opinion/…
tri-cityherald.com/news/local/edu…
🧵
One would hope.
So ... no trafficking? 🤔
kansascity.com/news/state/mis…
So, who would oppose ratifying this? This organization is one of them. Wish they listed their leadership on the website. hsldaaction.org
hrw.org/news/2014/11/1…

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Sep 5
What we are dealing with in Missouri goes far beyond a few high-ranking elected officials. We have a system that harms children and allows this to happen. This short 🧵is not intended to excuse anyone's actions, but ... 1/
This system is rooted in our laws and in the deep culture of Missouri.

1. We have a culture that believes corporal punishment is good and the best way to raise a child is not positive parenting, but to force bad behavior out of them. 2/
2. We have a culture that takes the puritan work ethic to a fault. Productivity is the objective, and those who are not "productive" are valued less. Work that is not "productive" like raising children or caring for the elderly is seen as second-class work. 3/
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Sep 4
Y'all ready to hear about how you don't have to get paid for the work that you do? Buckle in.
First, the law of wages is in Chapter 290, RSMo. It's got general provisions, provisions for paying prevailing wages, a part to make sure women aren't paid less than men, and the minimum wage part. Let's talk about paying minimum wage.
revisor.mo.gov/main/OneChapte…
A few years back, St. Louis decided to raise the minimum wage in the city. The legislature came back and said "nope." They were quite adamant about it, too. revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSectio…
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Sep 3
After a while, you have to ask--why would someone so vocal about fighting something be absent from the fight?
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Sep 3
I received the same documents as are in this thread from the sunshine request. (I'll let the requestor self-identify if they want to.)

A thread about Missouri's response.
First, I was interested in the Department of Labor response. I've been beyond frustrated with the MO DoL response over this:
I've since learned that wage theft in Missouri is governed by contract law, so if an employer doesn't pay the employees as promised, the only remedy is for the employee to sue. But it's a crime to pay less than minimum wage.
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Sep 3
After the news yesterday about Agape, I took a look at the auditor's reports about Cedar County (where Agape is located) since 2000. auditor.mo.gov/AuditReport/Re…
A few things about the 2009 report caught my eye: auditor.mo.gov/Repository/Pre…
More detail. This is especially concerning in light of yesterday's @KCStar article about children being taken by transport companies to religious boarding schools.
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Sep 2
The paper started investigating after a 2019 college graduate started talking about these schools. A new hire at the newspaper.

Why nobody spoke up before that, I'm not sure.

If you see something, say something. drive.google.com/file/d/1e2wuSN…
But - on a hopeful note - it wasn't someone who is well-known or powerful who started this conversation. She did it on a small-newspaper budget as a recent graduate.

You don't have to be a community leader or have power or money to make change. This one started small.
(article credit to @CotteyCollege alumni magazine.)
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