Child Labor Amendment News Today

In the last four years, state legislatures in at least 28 states have taken up proposals to roll back child labor protections; 12 states have passed such laws.

A century ago, debates about the failed Child Labor Amendment turned on larger issues about work, childhood, and the role of government.

If there is a predictable outcome from the rollback of child labor laws now taking place in red states nationwide, its that a flood of injured children is on the

Republicans are bowing to industry lobbyist in loosening state child labor laws. The inevitable result will be a rise in child deaths in the workplace.

Republicans are bowing to industry lobbyist in loosening state child labor laws. The inevitable result will be a rise in child deaths in the workplace.

Republicans are bowing to industry lobbyist in loosening state child labor laws. The inevitable result will be a rise in child deaths in the workplace.

Amid the ongoing push to expand child labor across the nation, 16-year-old Michael Schuls was tragically killed while working at a sawmill in northern

The best way to save it is to amend it.

Recent efforts to weaken labor protections for minors are linked to the social Darwinist notion that people are inherently unequal

Much of what the states are doing violates federal law under the Fair Labor Standards Act that sets the floor on wages, hours and child labor.