Conservative campaign rewriting child labor laws
When Iowa lawmakers last week gave final approval to roll back certain child labor protections, they blended into a growing movement driven largely by a conservative advocacy group.
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When Iowa lawmakers last week gave final approval to roll back certain child labor protections, they blended into a growing movement driven largely by a conservative advocacy group.
Annie B. Smith, the director of the University of Arkansas School of Law’s Human Trafficking Clinic, joins Lisa Dent to explain what’s behind the push to strip child workplace protections through legislation in three states, and what it means if those laws pass. Follow The Lisa Dent Show on Twitter:Follow @LisaDentSpeaksFollow @SteveBertrand Follow @kpowell720 Follow […]
The Foundation for Government Accountability, a Florida-based think tank and lobbying group, drafted state legislation to strip child workplace protections, emails show.
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The measure, which must still pass the Iowa House to become law, is one of several similar pushes by Florida-based think tank the Foundation for Government Accountability.