Report calls for child labor protections as Project 2025 seeks to limit regulations

Injury rates among workers under the age of 18 nearly doubled from 2011 to 2020. All child labor violations almost increased by four times between 2015 and 2022, and hazard occupation violations more than doubled during the same time period… 

Project 2025, a conservative guide for a second Trump administration, which aligns closely with Donald Trump's policies and was authored and promoted by numerous former Trump officials and allies, advocates for rolling back child labor protections, the report cites…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/16/child-labor-regulations-project-2025

Project 2025 Exposed: Child labor and decimated unions promised by Trump election

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J52NFB1Ejk8

Children Risk Their Lives Building America’s Roofs - The New York Times

After questions from The Times, the department is revisiting several cases, including two fatalities. None of the deaths in this story have resulted in any child labor fines...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/14/us/roofing-children-immigrants.html

‘It’s slavery for modern times’: how children of 12 toil in Colorado’s fields | Child labour | The Guardian

As Democrats in Washington fight looser child labour laws, the debate is more nuanced in the farms of San Luis valley. It's hard and hazardous work but the Hispanic migrants need every cent…

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/sep/06/how-children-of-12-toil-in-colorado-san-luis-valley-farms

‘They were little’: photos show children illegally working in US slaughterhouse

The department started its investigation into PSSI in August 2022 after a middle school in Grand Island, Nebraska, notified police that a 14-year-old student came to school with acid burns on her hands and knees. The girl told staff that she was working night shifts at a local slaughterhouse plant. Teachers also noticed that other students were falling asleep in class after reportedly working at the plant at night...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/09/nebraska-slaughterhouse-children-working-photos-labor-department

Foundation for Government Accountability behind child labor law rollbacks, emails show - The Washington Post

The Foundation for Government Accountability, a Florida-based think tank and lobbying group, drafted state legislation to strip child workplace protections, emails show…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/04/23/child-labor-lobbying-fga/

Biden Administration Plans Crackdown on Migrant Child Labor - The New York Times

The announcement came days after a Times investigation showed children were working in dangerous jobs throughout the United States...

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/27/us/biden-child-labor.html

‘It’s just crazy’: Republicans attack US child labor laws as violations rise

"In the Iowa legislation, one of the provisions is to exempt employers from civil liability due to the company's negligence. It is astounding that they would have the gall to knowingly acknowledge that more young people will be harmed, but focus on exempting businesses," said Marcy Goldstein-Gelb, co-executive director of the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/us-child-labor-laws-violations

A GOP lawmaker wants to repeal child labor laws in his state. He employs hundreds of minors - The Washington Post

Under Indiana’s child labor laws, minors can work for a limited number of hours: 18 hours a week for those ages 14 and 15 and 30 hours a week for 16- and 17-year-olds. Working more than that and into late-night hours requires parental consent. A six-hour work day must include 30-minute breaks.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/30/gop-lawmaker-wants-repeal-child-labor-laws-his-state-he-employs-hundreds-minors/

The Trump administration says global slavery and child labor are bad — for American businesses - Vox

They give an "unfair advantage" to US competitors, according to the US Labor Department. ....
https://www.vox.com/2018/9/21/17886464/trump-labor-department-forced-labor-slavery

Trump’s pick for Education Secretary worked with an organization advocating child labor

Donald Trump’s selection for Secretary of Education, billionaire voucher advocate Betsy DeVos, has made her imprint on policy through large donations to extremist conservative groups, including the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty.

In addition to being a donor, DeVos has served on Acton’s Board of Directors for 10 years. The Institute is a non-profit research organization “dedicated to the study of free-market economics informed by religious faith and moral absolutes.”

In a recent blog post, an Acton Institute writer and project coordinator showed his dedication to something else: child labor....
https://thinkprogress.org/betsy-devos-child-labor-186e5794aa2e#.xsixpuskb