‘Not my monkey, not my circus’: Child labor scandal and safety scares rock GOP hopeful

A Republican running in one of the nation’s most competitive House races is facing tough questions about his family company’s labor record, including child labor violations and a worker’s death on the job.John Braun, a state senator challenging Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) in the battleground 3rd District, is president of Braun Northwest, a Chehalis company his parents founded 40 years ago, and the Washington Post reported that state regulators fined it more than $2,000 last year for three child labor violations involving two teenage apprentices. The violations had not been previously reported, according to the Post.One of the teens, a 17-year-old, was injured when her glove got caught in a drill press. State rules bar minors from using that machine without a barrier guard, and it had none. Records show another teen was using a hammer drill to install outlets in ambulances, and that one youth was allowed to...