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The Hill: Conservatives’ savage child labor agenda wants kids working more for less

First published in The Hill.

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People For President Svante Myrick discusses unfair child labor conditions and calls for reform.

We tend to think of child labor under harsh conditions as a problem in developing countries, or in this country a century ago. So it was a shock to see this headline in the last couple of days: “Louisiana lawmakers vote to remove lunch breaks for child workers.”

No lunch breaks? Child workers?  In America in 2024?

Read the full article in The Hill.