March 08, 2023

On March 7, Mary Graw Leary, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, was quoted in an article published by Detroit Catholic. The article looked at child labor violations and reasons for an increase in violations. The article closed noting, "When we see these things happening around us, we have to call it out. It's not somebody else's problem. It's society's problem." 

Detroit Catholic
By: Kimberly Heatherington (OSV News)
Date: Mar 7, 2023
Catholics concerned as U.S. child labor violations increase and lawmakers seek to weaken laws

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Mary Leary, professor and senior associate dean for academic affairs at The Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law in Washington, agreed.

"It's a cost-cutting measure for global companies to not do what the market would normally say they have to do -- which is increase costs, decrease risk, and make this job more attractive to the workforce," she told OSV News.
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