#childlabor — Public Fediverse posts

Florida’s answer to a labor shortage? Rolling back child labor protections.

Kids shouldn’t be exploited to fill economic gaps. But that’s exactly what Florida lawmakers are pushing for.

This is what happens when workers’ rights—and children’s rights—are treated as disposable.

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Florida Senate panel advances bill to further roll back child labor restrictions, potentially allowing 14-year-olds to work longer hours(night shifts too). Critics fear exploitation, while supporters cite parental rights. ⚖️ Full details here: https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/florida-senate-panel-advances-bill-to-further-roll-back-child-labor-restrictions/ #ChildLabor #FloridaPolitics #SB918 #newz

From the Bretton Woods Project: #HumanRights (cont'd):

"Labour #unions, for instance, have long opposed the #BWIs’ systematic weakening of labour rights either directly through conditionality or indirectly through policy advice in flagship reports and surveillance, such as the IMF’s 2017 loan programme to Greece (see Observer Autumn 2017), or the World Bank’s 2018 World Development Report (see Observer Winter 2018), respectively. Other economic and social rights, such as the right to social security, health and education, as well as the broader right to an adequate standard of living, including adequate food, clothing and housing, are all undermined by the BWIs’ promotion of excessively constrained fiscal policies and aggressive privatisation that preclude states from delivering core public services and meeting their international human rights obligations.

"A related and intersectional thread of human rights critiques focuses on how these policies supported, proposed or required by the BWIs are designed unevenly in favour of those already at the top of the economy and society, further exacerbating inequalities within and between countries and disproportionately harming the marginalised, who already are most vulnerable to human rights violations.

"Groups that are often disproportionately and cumulatively disadvantaged by the types of macroeconomic policies the BWIs promote include the poor, women, immigrants, the elderly, children and youth, ethnic and religious minorities, people with disabilities, and LGBTQI communities."

#ReligiousMinorities #EthnicMinorities #ChildLabor #LGBTQI #Exploitation #HumanRights #CorporateColonialism #IMFLoanSharks #WorldBank #LaborUnions

@SharonGibson3 @StillIRise1963. It's interesting (kind of) that #TheJungle is currently not in the eye of the storm, though it was, for sure and maybe it's only a matter of time what with the latest, sickening legalization of #ChildLabor. https://www.cityscenecolumbus.com/communities/discovergrovecity/bookmarks-SeptOct-2021/