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A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt
Competition, of course, like all other good things, can be carried to excess. Competition should not extend to fields where it has demonstrably bad social and economic consequences. The exploitation of child labor, the chiseling of workers’ wages, the stretching of workers’ hours, are not necessary, fair or proper methods of competition.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
Message (1938-04-29) to Congress, On Curbing MonopoliesSourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #business #capitalism #cheaplabor #childlabor #competition #economicinjustice #freemarket #laborrights #socialills #laborlaws
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#Florida considers easing #ChildLabor laws after pushing out #immigrants
A new law under consideration in the state Legislature would roll back child labor laws to make up for a dwindling labor pool.
By Ja'han Jones
March 27, 2025, 12:15 PM EDT"As Florida officials enable Trump’s #MassDeportation policies, lawmakers in the state are looking to children to take on some of the jobs that have typically been done by immigrants.
"Making its way through the state Senate is a new law, Senate Bill 918, that aims to loosen child labor laws and allow teenagers to work overnight shifts.
"As CNN reported: 'The state’s legislature on Tuesday advanced a bill that would loosen child labor laws, allowing children as young as 14 years old to work overnight shifts. If the new law is passed, teenagers would be able to work overnight jobs on school days. They are currently prevented from working earlier than 6:30 am or later than 11 pm per state law.'
"#SB918 also 'includes a number of changes including eliminating working time restrictions on teenagers aged 14 and 15 if they are home-schooled and ending guaranteed meal breaks for 16 and 17 year olds,' CNN reported.
"Florida Gov. #RonDeSantis backs the law and has defended the idea of teenagers and college students working these jobs. DeSantis also explicitly linked the effort to the loss of immigrant labor. Speaking about the consequences of state verification laws at an event with border czar #TomHoman, the governor said, 'Yes, we had people that left because of those rules, but you’ve also been able to hire other people. And what’s wrong with expecting our young people to be working part-time now?'
"In recent years, several states — many of them led by #Republican governors — have rolled back child labor laws. This map from the Economic Policy Institute illustrates the spike in states rolling back these laws from 2021 to 2024. Back in 2023, for example, #Arkansas Gov. #SarahHuckabeeSanders signed a bill that made it easier for companies to hire children without getting consent from their parents. One month earlier, The New York Times published a bombshell report about the exploitation of immigrant children in #factories operated by some of the most well-known companies in the U.S.
"That story should have spurred a nationwide push to strengthen child labor laws. Instead, states like Florida are going in the opposite direction, weakening such laws in part to deal with the fallout from the conservative movement’s demonization of immigrants. They’re essentially using child labor to paper over the gaps left by their draconian immigration policies.
"#Project2025, the far-right playbook for Trump’s second term, specifically calls for rolling back #HazardRegulations around child labor. The text claims, 'Some young adults show an interest in inherently dangerous jobs' and argues that 'with parental consent and proper training, certain young adults should be allowed to learn and work in more dangerous occupations.'
"Even as child labor laws are being rolled back, the Trump administration is working to gut social services, including funds that help provide school lunches to children and programs, like the supplemental nutrition assistance program, that help feed poor families. And if those cuts stay in place, they may leave American families with few alternatives to sending their children to work to keep food on the table."
Source:
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/florida-child-labor-law-sb-918-rcna198275#DeSantis #DeSatan #SNAPCuts #ResistICE #Authoritarianism #USPol #MedicaidCuts #TrumpIsANazi #AuthoritarianRule
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Ummm... #Florida considers easing #ChildLabor laws after pushing out #immigrants
A new law under consideration in the state Legislature would roll back child labor laws to make up for a dwindling labor pool.
By Ja'han Jones, March 27, 2025
Excerpt: "Florida Gov. #RonDeSantis backs the law and has defended the idea of teenagers and college students working these jobs. DeSantis also explicitly linked the effort to the loss of immigrant labor. Speaking about the consequences of state verification laws at an event with border czar #TomHoman, the governor said, 'Yes, we had people that left because of those rules, but you’ve also been able to hire other people. And what’s wrong with expecting our young people to be working part-time now?'
"In recent years, several states — many of them led by #Republican governors — have rolled back child labor laws. This map from the Economic Policy Institute illustrates the spike in states rolling back these laws from 2021 to 2024. Back in 2023, for example, #Arkansas Gov. #SarahHuckabeeSanders signed a bill that made it easier for companies to hire children without getting consent from their parents. One month earlier, The New York Times published a bombshell report about the #exploitation of immigrant children in #factories operated by some of the most well-known companies in the U.S.
"That story should have spurred a nationwide push to strengthen child labor laws. Instead, states like Florida are going in the opposite direction, weakening such laws in part to deal with the fallout from the conservative movement’s demonization of immigrants. They’re essentially using child labor to paper over the gaps left by their draconian immigration policies.
"#Project2025, the far-right playbook for Trump’s second term, specifically calls for rolling back 'hazard' regulations around child labor. The text claims, 'Some young adults show an interest in inherently dangerous jobs' and argues that 'with parental consent and proper training, certain young adults should be allowed to learn and work in more dangerous occupations.'
"Even as child labor laws are being rolled back, the Trump administration is working to gut #SocialServices, including funds that help provide #SchoolLunches to children and programs, like the supplemental nutrition assistance program [#SNAP], that help feed poor families. And if those cuts stay in place, they may leave American families with few alternatives to sending their children to work to keep food on the table."
Full article:
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/florida-child-labor-law-sb-918-rcna198275
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Florida Destroys Child Labor Laws for children over 14 years old 😡
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This 1910 #LewisWickesHine photo of #Albany #newsboys has been popping up, stripped of all information. I took a deeper dive to learn about boys who were out selling newspapers on the city streets at 10 o'clock at night. Each one saw trouble with the law, starting right around when this was taken. For some, that trouble continued their entire lives.
#localHistory #histodons #AlbanyNY #AlbanyHistory #UpstateNewYork #UpstateNY #ChildLabor
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This is the #DisintegrationChecklist. #TheChecklist of what we can expect to lose in the next four years. That makes it a tool for gauging the progress of loss. 43 items. A grim countdown score in the form of a simple number: how many are still left? That is the #DisintegrationScore. 43... for now.
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from https://absurdistwords.bsky.social:#ThingsThatWillDisappearInTheNextFourYears (A non-exhaustive list)
#AbortionRights
#Contraception
#NoFaultDivorce
#ViolenceAgainstWomenAct (#VAWA)
#CivilRightsAct
#VotingRightsAct
#FirstAmendment Protections
#BirthrightCitizenship
#NaturalizationProtection
#EnvironmentalProtection
#ConsumerProtection
#FraudProtection
#PoliceBrutality #ConsentDecrees
#HabeasCorpus
Three #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment
#GenderAffirmingCare
#HormoneReplacement
#InVitroFertilization
#SameSexMarriage
#InterracialMarriage
#AntiDiscrimination Laws
#WorkerSafety Laws
#CollectiveBargaining
#AffordableCareAct (#ACA)
#PrisonReform
#AmericansWithDisabilitiesAct (#ADA)
#RightToPrivacy
#SeparationOfChurchAndState
#ForeignAid Programs
#PovertyPrograms
#PublicRadio & #PublicTelevision
#SexualFreedom
#AntiSegregation Laws
#VaccineMandates
#PublicSchool System
#PublicLibrary System
#StareDecisis
#ChildLabor Laws
#Antitrust Laws
#LegalCannabis
#Pornography
#SexWorker Protections
#InternetFreedom
_________________________Keeping track of this #DisintegrationChecklist, & the
#DisintegrationScore, is not a silly thing. I am not trying to #gamify the #apocalypse. It is a concrete measure, and if it is widely shared, it will make apparent even to the distracted the accelerating loss. A tool for those capable of caring.https://bsky.app/profile/absurdistwords.bsky.social/post/3lb5wwj23v22u
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According to the Economic Policy Institute, which is tracking the trend, 12 states have enacted laws in the last three years that roll back safety rules and regulations on hours and working conditions for workers under age 18. Arkansas allows employers to hire 14- and 15-year-olds without having to verify their ages or report their job conditions. Iowa permits children as young as 14 to work in industrial laundries and roofing and demolition jobs — occupations that federal law considers too hazardous for anyone younger than 18. Florida is among several states allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to work between 11 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. and for more than eight hours — even when they have school the next day. #ChildLabor #Labor #LaborLaws #Children #SaveTheChildren
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So, the same people who want to "protect" children by keeping books out of the library, preventing them from listening to #Dragstoryhour and banning #affirmativetreatment for #transchildren are ok with dangerous #childlabor.
#bookbanning https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-14-2023?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email -
Arkansas bill to remove work permit requirement for children under 16 goes to Sanders’ desk
https://www.knoe.com/2023/03/06/arkansas-bill-remove-work-permit-requirement-children-under-16-goes-sanders-desk/
#news #childlabor #migrantchildlabor #migrantlabor #childexploitation #labor #politics #government #capitalism #arkansas -
Arriving in record numbers, they’re ending up in dangerous jobs that violate child labor laws — including in factories that make products for well-known brands like Cheetos and Fruit of the Loom.
Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/unaccompanied-migrant-child-workers-exploitation.html
#news #childlabor #migrantchildlabor #migrantlabor #childexploitation #labor #politics #government #capitalism
