Shredding The Child Labor Safety Net in 5 states!

[Omaha Steve]

Near the top left hand side: http://buildingbridgesradio.blogspot.com/search/label/child%20labor

Shredding The Child Labor Safety Net - 26:58
written by building bridges radio at Saturday, April 23, 2011

Shredding The Child Labor Safety Net with Susan F. Feiner, Prof. of Economics & Prof. of Women
& Gender Studies, University of Southern Maine, Portland.

Republicans in Utah, Ohio, Minnesota, Maine and Missouri are
proposing sweeping changes to child labor legislation including
expanding the use of sub-minimum wages for workers up to
the age of 20 & permitting teens to work till 11pm on school
nights. Missouri is taking the lead in the race back to the 19th
century, by drastically cutting back on enforcement & inspection
of child labor protections, including those protecting child
workers' health and safety on the job.

stream or download at link.

[Scuba]

1. Welcome to Wisconsin, an ALEC State (Division of Koch Industries)

http://imgur.com/AhGXo>

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. The Missouri bill is dead

Phew.

[spedtr90]

3. MN already 11 PM for 16-17 year olds

By state law, 16- and 17-year-old high school students may not work after 11 p.m. on evenings before school days or before 5 a.m. on school days. With written permission from a parent or guardian, these hours may be expanded to 11:30 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. No other limit is set for 16- and 17-year-olds.

A minor less than 16 years of age may not work:
-before 7 a.m. or after 9 p.m.* with the exception of a newspaper carrier;
-for more than 40 hours a week or more than eight hours per 24-hour period*, except in agriculture;
*During the school year, federal law restricts hours to no later than 7 p.m., no more than three hours a day and not more than 18 hours a week.

Not finding any info on bills to change this.....

[dkf]

4. What about early grad emancipated kids?

Maybe they need flexibility no?

[HockeyMom]

5. I graduated at 17, went to work full time,

part time college at night, and got my own apartment. Never could have done any of that on BELOW Minimum Wages.

My husband skipped a year of HS and graduated at 16. 16 and 17 year old high school grads is not THAT uncommon.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

7. Sub-minimum wage child labor, sold with a ''flexibility'' euphemism...

...is something only a far far far right-winger would like.

Oh, wait...

[Tesha]

6. Its bad - really bad...

Maine State Rep. David Burns is the latest of many Republican lawmakers
concerned that employers aren’t allowed to do enough to exploit child workers:

LD 1346 suggests several significant changes to Maine’s child labor law, most
notably a 180-day period during which workers under age 20 would earn $5.25 an hour.

The state’s current minimum wage is $7.50 an hour.

Rep. David Burns, R-Whiting, is sponsoring the bill, which also would eliminate
the maximum number of hours a minor over 16 can work during school days.

Burns’ bill is particularly insidious, because it directly encourages employers to hire children or teenagers instead of adult workers.

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/03/31/gop-loves-child-labor/