Fletch I don't recall any newspaper's job to be establishing guilt before innocence and placing the burden of proof on the accused.
Okay, so there are all of these little chinese women working in california selling dresses for a quarter, and mexicans in the hot sun picking vegetables for a quarter per bushel.
What do we do about it? *Should* we do anything about it?
Playing devil's advocate, there is something to be said for unskilled labor. Not everyone can be the CEO of a company and there is a place for "grunt workers". If these people are voluntarily and willingly doing these jobs, who are we to stop them?
If we actively enforced minimum wage laws and forced those businesses to pay those little chinese women $7 an hour, what would happen? I'd make a guess that the little chinese women would lose their jobs and have *no* income whatsoever.
I honestly can't see today's high school students being willing to get out in a field and pick anything, no matter the pay. Ewww! They'd get all dirty and smelly!
(Remember, devil's advocate - challenging the ideas, not you personally!)