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Eww boy…. …..I’m not the one being led around by the nose ring by a few right wing extreme lunatics with insane policies and fascist ideals. But thanks for playing.

That thinking was pounded into my head during the Reagan years too. But I can’t imagine clinging to that BS all the way through the Trump years. The Republican Party has become vile and made it’s followers the same. Toxic is the most fitting label.

It’s a fascist way of thinking. They want their supreme white elite to prevail. Even as a minority the self proclaimed white elite will fight to the end to keep their supremacy from being replaced by others who have been suppressed by them. It’s history repeating itself once again. Rinse repeat.

It's a catch all phrase they use as some negative label to represent everything they despise. Basically the opposite of asleep.

Nothing but political posturing like las time. Once again, this demeans what it means for an impeachment process.

Smells like "because they did it, we can do it too!"

What a mess we have in Washington.

Back to our regularly scheduled program.....

Iowa governor signs bill loosening child labor laws

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa teenagers could work more jobs and for longer hours under a bill signed into law Friday by Gov. Kim Reynolds.

The Republican governor signed the law after it was approved by the Legislature earlier in May with only Republican support. Several states are embracing a rollback of child labor laws in response to complaints from business owners that they can’t find enough workers. Iowa’s April unemployment rate was 2.7%.

“With this legislation Iowa joins 20 other states in providing tailored, common sense labor provisions that allow young adults to develop their skills in the workforce,” Reynolds said in a statement.

Child welfare advocates worry the measures represent a coordinated push to scale back hard-won protections for minors.

Legislators removed language in earlier versions of the bill that would have let state officials allow 14- and 15-year-olds to work in jobs now banned for minors. Some potentially dangerous work such as mining and meatpacking also would be off limits to those younger than 18.

The new law would let 16- and 17-year-olds work in areas such as manufacturing as long as it was in a work-based learning program given an exemption by the Iowa Department of Education or Iowa Workforce Development. Those jobs could potentially mean the teens would operate power saws or join in demolition.

Under the new rules, 16- and 17-year-olds also could serve alcohol in restaurants as long as business owners have written permission from the worker’s parent or guardian. Two adult employees would need to be in an area where the children served drinks, and restaurant employees would need to complete sexual harassment prevention training.

The law would also let children younger than 16 work up to six hours a day while school is in session. They previously could work no more than four hours.

Reynolds on Friday signed a dozen bills into law ahead of the Memorial Day holiday weekend, including high-profile legislation that bans instruction on gender identity from classrooms through grade six, and books that include sex acts from school libraries.

https://apnews.com/article/iowa-gov...cgyeBGsFSol7e64FVf0WmWRgY4WzLkcCu16IUkmI

Child labor laws being rolled back in multiple states

3,800 minors were employed in violation of federal child labor laws in 2022

Support: This is a good thing, keeping kids off the streets and working

Critics: Taken to extremes of having to work longer hours, do tough jobs

CHICAGO (NewsNation) — States across the nation are moving to ease child labor laws as the federal government is finding a rising number of violations of laws still on the books, some involving grade-schoolers who have jobs.

The US Department of Labor found two 10-year-olds working at a McDonald’s in Kentucky, unpaid and sometimes working until 2 a.m.

This is just one of hundreds of child labor violations recently uncovered by the agency.

In fiscal year 2022, federal investigators reported a 40% increase in kids working in hazardous conditions compared to just five years ago. More than 3,800 minors were employed nationwide in violation of federal child labor laws. That’s up 140% since 2017.

The number of children being employed illegally has been steadily growing, with a 69% increase since 2018. Last year, the U.S. Department of Labor found that 835 companies were employing about 3,800 children in violation of labor laws.

In the past two years, hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied migrant children have crossed into the United States and many end up working to try to make ends meet.

Some labor experts blame the ongoing worker shortage made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the Economic Policy Institute, in the past two years, 10 states have introduced or passed laws that have weakened child labor laws. The 10 states include Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

People in favor of the move say this is a good thing, keeping kids off the streets and in the workforce. But critics say weakening child labor laws will actually weaken the economy, not grow it.

“They’re learning how to handle various aspects of a job. Maybe cooking, cleaning, running a cash register,” attorney Andrew Reed said. “There’s a flipside. They are taken to the extreme of having to work longer hours than they’re supposed to or doing jobs they most likely shouldn’t be doing.”

One of those jobs is being around liquor. Despite being far under the legal drinking age, the Iowa state legislature passed a bill on Wednesday that will roll back hazardous work protections for 14- and 15-year-olds. It will also allow 16-year-olds to serve alcohol.

In neighboring Wisconsin, legislators are working to get a bill passed that allows 14-year-olds to actually serve liquor.

https://www.newsnationnow.com/business/child-labor-laws-multiple-states/

Hey, if we can't get adults to work for below poverty level wages we'll just roll back child labor laws so we can hire the children to do it.

Safety Officials Investigating Death of Wisconsin Teen After Freak Sawmill Accident

Michael Schuls, a 16-year-old high school student, died at a pediatric hospital after being injured in an industrial accident at a sawmill where he worked, authorities said.

Worker safety authorities are investigating the death of a 16-year-old Wisconsin boy who suffered injuries during an industrial accident at a sawmill where he worked, officials said.

Michael Schuls was a high school student who "enjoyed fishing, hunting, spending time with his family, and hanging out with his friends and his dog, Buckley," reads his online obituary. He also played football, basketball, baseball, and soccer at Florence High School.

The teen was found unresponsive at Florence Hardwoods, where help had been summoned for the injured boy, according to the Florence County Sheriff’s Office.

He died July 1 at a pediatric hospital in Milwaukee.

His death comes as several states including Wisconsin are considering allowing children to work in more hazardous jobs for longer hours on school nights and allowing teens as young as 14 to serve alcohol in restaurants and bars.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death and has made a referral to the U.S. Department of Labor for possible child labor violations regarding dangerous jobs, a Labor Department spokesman told Wisconsin Public Radio.

A cause of death was not released.

The Associated Press reporter the sawmill company declined comment, citing the ongoing investigation.

A GoFundMe account for Schuls' family said the teen was “working at Florence Hardwoods when horrible tragedy struck.” The boy was on life support before he died, according to the site.

“Our small community is in absolute shock,” a post says. A celebration of his life is scheduled for July 15.

https://www.insideedition.com/safet...dqvpWvPCkH0kD8IhIxWssRtRFm6i0nY2J1cBEgh8

A 16 year old working at a sawmill?

Who the heck thinks it's a good idea to let a 14 year old serve alcohol?!?

US States To Allow 14-Year-Olds To Serve Alcohol At Bars And Restaurants

Ten US states are planning to reshape the employment landscape for teenagers, granting them extended working hours.

Several US states are contemplating relaxing their child labour laws, which will allow youngsters to serve alcohol in bars and businesses to make students work for longer hours. Ten states are planning to reshape the employment landscape for minors, granting them extended working hours on school nights and expanding their job responsibilities. This comes after the Governor of Arkansas, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, signed a bill that abolished work permits for children under 16, according to news agency Associated Press.

“The Governor believes protecting kids is most important, but this permit was an arbitrary burden on parents to get permission from the government for their child to get a job,” a spokesperson for the Republican governor said.

Under the Republican-led initiatives across various states, child labour laws are undergoing significant changes. These initiatives aim to broaden the scope of work opportunities for children and increase their working hours, even on school nights. Iowa legislature recently made headlines by passing a bill in April that permits children aged 14 and 15 to work in industrial laundromats, meat freezers and engage in ‘light assembly work’ in specific factories, the report added.

Moreover, minors aged 16 and 17 may soon find themselves serving alcohol at restaurants and bars, as these establishments also offer food services. These changes also seek to extend the permitted working hours for children under the age of 16. Currently restricted to a maximum of four hours per day, the proposed adjustments would expand this limit to six hours.

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has time until June 3 to make a decision on signing the bill into law. Following Iowa’s lead, Republicans in Wisconsin introduced a similar law in May, aiming to permit children as young as 14 to serve alcohol in bars. Ohio is also considering a similar proposal, looking to eliminate the current restriction that prohibits underage students from working past 7 PM on school nights, according to the report.

https://www.news18.com/viral/us-sta...hol-at-bars-and-restaurants-7926151.html

There was always a good reason to not allow kids to do certain things before a particular age. (Driving for instance.. not allowed before 15.5 and in most states, 16 years of age.

Someone somewhere along the line determined that their brains weren't developed at certain ages. So they didn't want them doing certain things until they got older.

I guess that doesn't mean much when there is an economic component to the situation.

MAGA trash.

More states want to let kids work as bartenders

More states are letting teenagers serve alcohol at bars and restaurants, part of a growing rollback of child labor protection laws across the United States.

Since 2021, at least nine states have introduced bills to lower the minimum age for serving alcohol, according to a report released Thursday by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank. Seven states — Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, New Mexico and Alabama — have enacted them.

More states are pushing to follow. In Wisconsin, legislators are seeking to lower the alcohol service age from 18 to 14, and Idaho lawmakers want to lower it from 19 to 17.

Restaurants and industry groups like the National Restaurant Association have pushed these bills as they face challenges hiring workers. The leisure and hospitality sector had 1.3 million jobs open in May, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Around 80% of restaurant operators say they currently have job openings that are tough to fill, according to the National Restaurant Association. Millions of restaurant workers have left the industry in recent years over low wages and poor working conditions.

But lowering the minimum age to serve alcohol will put teenagers at risk of sexual harassment, underage drinking and other harms, labor experts warn. The restaurant industry already has the highest number of child labor law violations, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

“Laws that lower the alcohol service age will subject more young people, at younger ages, to potentially dangerous working conditions at low wages — all in service of employers’ pursuit of cheap labor,” said Nina Mast, an economic analyst at the Economic Policy Institute, in the report.

Efforts to lower alcohol serving ages are part of a larger push to loosen child labor protections in states around the country.

Federal laws providing minimum protections for child labor were enacted nearly a century ago. But in the past two years, at least 14 states have introduced or passed laws rolling back child labor protections, the Economic Policy Institute reports.

In March, Arkansas rolled back a number of child labor protections across the state, including a measure that had required employers to obtain work certificates for children under the age of 16.

Child labor violations are also rapidly growing.

Since 2018, the US Department of Labor has seen a 69% increase in children being employed illegally by companies. The department last year found that 835 companies it investigated had employed more than 3,800 children in violation of labor laws.

In one of the largest child labor cases in history, Packers Sanitation Services this year paid $1.5 million in civil penalties for employing minors in hazardous occupations and having them working overnight shifts at 13 meat processing facilities in eight states owned by JBS, Cargill, Tyson and others.

President Joe Biden’s administration announced plans to crack down on labor exploitation of migrant children across the country, the New York Times reported, following an investigation conducted by the newspaper into the explosive growth of migrant child labor throughout the country.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/21/busi...u2sug3Crm9DpBDAu50xD71oenX9rBqb67dzjCLpg

Well they should be allowed to sell weed too then. Maybe even work the poles for all the GOPer pedos… Friggin Ohio…