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Child Labor and Divided America

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On January 2, 2025
January 1 always brings a raft of new laws. Five states have new child labor laws. Blue states think kids should probably be studying. Red states see kids as cheap labor to exploit. Both varieties of states are acting accordingly. A new law in Indiana...
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Will it surprise you that Iowa's pro-child labor law is a complete disaster? No, I don't suppose it will. Iowa businesses have been openly disregarding federal rules about when and how much children can work, and the federal government has taken notice. Who are the...

Testimony

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On March 11, 2024

There is a bill before the Connecticut state legislature for the state to ratify the Child Labor Amendment. As this is something I have advocated for over a long period.

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Hold the Employers Accountable

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On February 23, 2024
I am 100% on board with this strategy: The union representing meatpacking workers employed by Tony Downs Foods in Madelia, Minn., has a new and historic proposal in response to the plant’s employment of teenagers aged 14 to 17 in illegal and hazardous positions. United Food and...
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Kill the Children

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On December 14, 2023
Children are so small and supple, they make the best workers on dangerous jobs. And what's a few dead Guatemalan kids...... The New York Times spoke with more than 100 child roofers in nearly two dozen states, including some who began at elementary-school age. They...
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