They don’t want immigrants, even legal ones. They prefer rolling back history and putting children to work.
Disgraceful.
Some Republican lawmakers are trying to relax child labor regulations, which are rooted in the public outcry over Lewis Hine’s photographs. https://t.co/mYBbXrb6WO
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 1, 2023
New legislation introduced Monday in Wisconsin would allow children as young as 14 to serve alcohol to restaurant patrons, the latest in a string of state legislatures’ proposals to roll back regulations around work activities for minors. https://t.co/n7Z4IRgaml
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 2, 2023
A secretive group backed by right-wing billionaires is behind the horrifying GOP push to roll back child-labor laws in several states recently.
— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) April 26, 2023
Their aim is to reduce govt accountability and oversight and let children do dangerous jobs.#UnionsForAllhttps://t.co/uB2pdY459I
The Foundation for Government Accountability, a Florida-based think tank and lobbying group, drafted state legislation to strip child workplace protections, emails show. https://t.co/NVSUSTkNoJ
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 24, 2023
Sad! 