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By *bi Haive OP   Man
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6 days ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

"The state’s legislature on Tuesday advanced a bill that would loosen child labor laws, allowing children as young as 14 years old to work overnight shifts. If the new law is passed, teenagers would be able to work overnight jobs on school days. They are currently prevented from working earlier than 6:30 am or later than 11 pm per state law."

"The state’s Republican-led legislature on Tuesday will debate the new law, which also includes a number of changes including eliminating working time restrictions on teenagers aged 14 and 15 if they are home-schooled and ending guaranteed meal breaks for 16 and 17 year olds.

The number of child labor violations in Florida has nearly tripled in recent years, according to US Department of Labor statistics."

I guess moving back to Victorian times is one way to fill the gap in workers due to tighter immigration controls. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Pesky immigrants, doing all the jobs Americans didn't want to do and taking away the chance for kids to be exploited........

MAGA. 'Make America Gobacktothe Ateenhundreds'.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/25/business/florida-child-labor-laws/index.html

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By *deepdiveMan
6 days ago

France / Birmingham


""The state’s legislature on Tuesday advanced a bill that would loosen child labor laws, allowing children as young as 14 years old to work overnight shifts. If the new law is passed, teenagers would be able to work overnight jobs on school days. They are currently prevented from working earlier than 6:30 am or later than 11 pm per state law."

"The state’s Republican-led legislature on Tuesday will debate the new law, which also includes a number of changes including eliminating working time restrictions on teenagers aged 14 and 15 if they are home-schooled and ending guaranteed meal breaks for 16 and 17 year olds.

The number of child labor violations in Florida has nearly tripled in recent years, according to US Department of Labor statistics."

I guess moving back to Victorian times is one way to fill the gap in workers due to tighter immigration controls. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Pesky immigrants, doing all the jobs Americans didn't want to do and taking away the chance for kids to be exploited........

MAGA. 'Make America Gobacktothe Ateenhundreds'.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/25/business/florida-child-labor-laws/index.html"

Why didn't Johnson think of that to solve the mass exodus from the UK of immigrant fruit pickers.

The Brexiteers complained that 'they steal our jobs' then, when those same jobs are available find that it is easier to let the crops rot in the fields rather than do some manual labour.

Much easier to stay on social security and support Farage and co. from keyboards than actually work!

Getting child labour in may yet be the answer to finally give us those sunny uplands!

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By *uddy laneMan
6 days ago

dudley


""The state’s legislature on Tuesday advanced a bill that would loosen child labor laws, allowing children as young as 14 years old to work overnight shifts. If the new law is passed, teenagers would be able to work overnight jobs on school days. They are currently prevented from working earlier than 6:30 am or later than 11 pm per state law."

"The state’s Republican-led legislature on Tuesday will debate the new law, which also includes a number of changes including eliminating working time restrictions on teenagers aged 14 and 15 if they are home-schooled and ending guaranteed meal breaks for 16 and 17 year olds.

The number of child labor violations in Florida has nearly tripled in recent years, according to US Department of Labor statistics."

I guess moving back to Victorian times is one way to fill the gap in workers due to tighter immigration controls. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Pesky immigrants, doing all the jobs Americans didn't want to do and taking away the chance for kids to be exploited........

MAGA. 'Make America Gobacktothe Ateenhundreds'.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/25/business/florida-child-labor-laws/index.html"

I gather you never had a job to get money when you were at school.

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By *bi Haive OP   Man
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6 days ago

Cheeseville, Somerset


""The state’s legislature on Tuesday advanced a bill that would loosen child labor laws, allowing children as young as 14 years old to work overnight shifts. If the new law is passed, teenagers would be able to work overnight jobs on school days. They are currently prevented from working earlier than 6:30 am or later than 11 pm per state law."

"The state’s Republican-led legislature on Tuesday will debate the new law, which also includes a number of changes including eliminating working time restrictions on teenagers aged 14 and 15 if they are home-schooled and ending guaranteed meal breaks for 16 and 17 year olds.

The number of child labor violations in Florida has nearly tripled in recent years, according to US Department of Labor statistics."

I guess moving back to Victorian times is one way to fill the gap in workers due to tighter immigration controls. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Pesky immigrants, doing all the jobs Americans didn't want to do and taking away the chance for kids to be exploited........

MAGA. 'Make America Gobacktothe Ateenhundreds'.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/25/business/florida-child-labor-laws/index.html

I gather you never had a job to get money when you were at school."

Oh I did. For around 5 or 6 hours in a supermarket stacking shelves on a weekend. And I washed cars for a taxi firm in school holidays.

I was never a cheap replacement for adult labour, and it was never I a situation where I wasn't allowed breaks, was expected to work overnight and it had zero impact on my education.

This isn't about kids having part time jobs to have pocket money. It's not about them being 'empowered' in any way. It's a means of enabling businesses to expoit a new segment of society since they can no longer do that to immigrant labour.

I take it you think this is a good idea? 🤔

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By *0shadesOfFilthMan
6 days ago

nearby

Can’t see anything wrong here.

People need money

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By *uddy laneMan
6 days ago

dudley


""The state’s legislature on Tuesday advanced a bill that would loosen child labor laws, allowing children as young as 14 years old to work overnight shifts. If the new law is passed, teenagers would be able to work overnight jobs on school days. They are currently prevented from working earlier than 6:30 am or later than 11 pm per state law."

"The state’s Republican-led legislature on Tuesday will debate the new law, which also includes a number of changes including eliminating working time restrictions on teenagers aged 14 and 15 if they are home-schooled and ending guaranteed meal breaks for 16 and 17 year olds.

The number of child labor violations in Florida has nearly tripled in recent years, according to US Department of Labor statistics."

I guess moving back to Victorian times is one way to fill the gap in workers due to tighter immigration controls. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Pesky immigrants, doing all the jobs Americans didn't want to do and taking away the chance for kids to be exploited........

MAGA. 'Make America Gobacktothe Ateenhundreds'.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/25/business/florida-child-labor-laws/index.html

I gather you never had a job to get money when you were at school.

Oh I did. For around 5 or 6 hours in a supermarket stacking shelves on a weekend. And I washed cars for a taxi firm in school holidays.

I was never a cheap replacement for adult labour, and it was never I a situation where I wasn't allowed breaks, was expected to work overnight and it had zero impact on my education.

This isn't about kids having part time jobs to have pocket money. It's not about them being 'empowered' in any way. It's a means of enabling businesses to expoit a new segment of society since they can no longer do that to immigrant labour.

I take it you think this is a good idea? 🤔"

What kind of exploitive toil will these 14 year olds and up be doing that the previous incumbents were doing.

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By *bi Haive OP   Man
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6 days ago

Cheeseville, Somerset


""The state’s legislature on Tuesday advanced a bill that would loosen child labor laws, allowing children as young as 14 years old to work overnight shifts. If the new law is passed, teenagers would be able to work overnight jobs on school days. They are currently prevented from working earlier than 6:30 am or later than 11 pm per state law."

"The state’s Republican-led legislature on Tuesday will debate the new law, which also includes a number of changes including eliminating working time restrictions on teenagers aged 14 and 15 if they are home-schooled and ending guaranteed meal breaks for 16 and 17 year olds.

The number of child labor violations in Florida has nearly tripled in recent years, according to US Department of Labor statistics."

I guess moving back to Victorian times is one way to fill the gap in workers due to tighter immigration controls. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Pesky immigrants, doing all the jobs Americans didn't want to do and taking away the chance for kids to be exploited........

MAGA. 'Make America Gobacktothe Ateenhundreds'.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/25/business/florida-child-labor-laws/index.html

I gather you never had a job to get money when you were at school.

Oh I did. For around 5 or 6 hours in a supermarket stacking shelves on a weekend. And I washed cars for a taxi firm in school holidays.

I was never a cheap replacement for adult labour, and it was never I a situation where I wasn't allowed breaks, was expected to work overnight and it had zero impact on my education.

This isn't about kids having part time jobs to have pocket money. It's not about them being 'empowered' in any way. It's a means of enabling businesses to expoit a new segment of society since they can no longer do that to immigrant labour.

I take it you think this is a good idea? 🤔

What kind of exploitive toil will these 14 year olds and up be doing that the previous incumbents were doing."

The jobs they might be doing don't matter, but given this is a response to lack of available workers due to tightening of immigration you can guarantee they'll be low paid manual ones. It'll be the kids of less financially stable families that suffer. The affluent parents won't be sending their kids out to work, but you can bet those families that are struggling may well do. Kids shouldn't be working to support families. There's a massive difference between a part time pocket money job, and loosening laws to suit business needs at the expense of kids education and wellbeing.

This guy sums it up perfectly.

https://youtu.be/CW52E19UFYw?si=-BD77jGcTue9H-oG

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By *eoBloomsMan
6 days ago

Springfield

These jobs have previously been done by undocumented workers with absolutely no legal rights or protection. Seemed to be very little concern about that.

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By *aygee246Man
6 days ago

South Lanarkshire

When you give business a free reign but take away their natural cheapest labour source (illegal immagrants) then they will look to exploit the next best thing.

I think capitalism is the best system in the world but it must be tempered by some socialism otherwise you will end up with todays america.

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By *uri00620Woman
6 days ago

Croydon

The teenagers I know who have jobs (15/16 year olds moreso) often find them pretty all consuming even if the hours aren't. We've had instances of students not being given detentions or homework because of their jobs - as requested by parents. Can be detrimental to learning too. One top set GCSE student I have is never in now for period 1 because of a paper round. His performance is dropping so interventions are being put into place in the curriculum to compensate. This shouldn't be happening. It creates extra work for staff and is still pressurised for the pupil. I work in a VERY middle class area so it's not always driven by poverty (as I've seen highlighted here as a contributer).

It would hugely disappointing to further diminish the value of education by offering what appears to be attractive alternatives to pupils; esp in a climate where employers and higher level institutions are flagging a drop in competency esp in basic literacy/numeracy skills.

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By *uddy laneMan
6 days ago

dudley


""The state’s legislature on Tuesday advanced a bill that would loosen child labor laws, allowing children as young as 14 years old to work overnight shifts. If the new law is passed, teenagers would be able to work overnight jobs on school days. They are currently prevented from working earlier than 6:30 am or later than 11 pm per state law."

"The state’s Republican-led legislature on Tuesday will debate the new law, which also includes a number of changes including eliminating working time restrictions on teenagers aged 14 and 15 if they are home-schooled and ending guaranteed meal breaks for 16 and 17 year olds.

The number of child labor violations in Florida has nearly tripled in recent years, according to US Department of Labor statistics."

I guess moving back to Victorian times is one way to fill the gap in workers due to tighter immigration controls. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Pesky immigrants, doing all the jobs Americans didn't want to do and taking away the chance for kids to be exploited........

MAGA. 'Make America Gobacktothe Ateenhundreds'.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/25/business/florida-child-labor-laws/index.html

I gather you never had a job to get money when you were at school.

Oh I did. For around 5 or 6 hours in a supermarket stacking shelves on a weekend. And I washed cars for a taxi firm in school holidays.

I was never a cheap replacement for adult labour, and it was never I a situation where I wasn't allowed breaks, was expected to work overnight and it had zero impact on my education.

This isn't about kids having part time jobs to have pocket money. It's not about them being 'empowered' in any way. It's a means of enabling businesses to expoit a new segment of society since they can no longer do that to immigrant labour.

I take it you think this is a good idea? 🤔

What kind of exploitive toil will these 14 year olds and up be doing that the previous incumbents were doing.

The jobs they might be doing don't matter, but given this is a response to lack of available workers due to tightening of immigration you can guarantee they'll be low paid manual ones. It'll be the kids of less financially stable families that suffer. The affluent parents won't be sending their kids out to work, but you can bet those families that are struggling may well do. Kids shouldn't be working to support families. There's a massive difference between a part time pocket money job, and loosening laws to suit business needs at the expense of kids education and wellbeing.

This guy sums it up perfectly.

https://youtu.be/CW52E19UFYw?si=-BD77jGcTue9H-oG"

Sry bud the only tube channel I use is theantiterrorist channel.

I can't see it happening not with the current potus, children being picked up from street corners as were the illegal migrants to go and do a shift rather than their schooling.

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By *bi Haive OP   Man
Forum Mod

6 days ago

Cheeseville, Somerset


""The state’s legislature on Tuesday advanced a bill that would loosen child labor laws, allowing children as young as 14 years old to work overnight shifts. If the new law is passed, teenagers would be able to work overnight jobs on school days. They are currently prevented from working earlier than 6:30 am or later than 11 pm per state law."

"The state’s Republican-led legislature on Tuesday will debate the new law, which also includes a number of changes including eliminating working time restrictions on teenagers aged 14 and 15 if they are home-schooled and ending guaranteed meal breaks for 16 and 17 year olds.

The number of child labor violations in Florida has nearly tripled in recent years, according to US Department of Labor statistics."

I guess moving back to Victorian times is one way to fill the gap in workers due to tighter immigration controls. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Pesky immigrants, doing all the jobs Americans didn't want to do and taking away the chance for kids to be exploited........

MAGA. 'Make America Gobacktothe Ateenhundreds'.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/25/business/florida-child-labor-laws/index.html

I gather you never had a job to get money when you were at school.

Oh I did. For around 5 or 6 hours in a supermarket stacking shelves on a weekend. And I washed cars for a taxi firm in school holidays.

I was never a cheap replacement for adult labour, and it was never I a situation where I wasn't allowed breaks, was expected to work overnight and it had zero impact on my education.

This isn't about kids having part time jobs to have pocket money. It's not about them being 'empowered' in any way. It's a means of enabling businesses to expoit a new segment of society since they can no longer do that to immigrant labour.

I take it you think this is a good idea? 🤔

What kind of exploitive toil will these 14 year olds and up be doing that the previous incumbents were doing.

The jobs they might be doing don't matter, but given this is a response to lack of available workers due to tightening of immigration you can guarantee they'll be low paid manual ones. It'll be the kids of less financially stable families that suffer. The affluent parents won't be sending their kids out to work, but you can bet those families that are struggling may well do. Kids shouldn't be working to support families. There's a massive difference between a part time pocket money job, and loosening laws to suit business needs at the expense of kids education and wellbeing.

This guy sums it up perfectly.

https://youtu.be/CW52E19UFYw?si=-BD77jGcTue9H-oG

Sry bud the only tube channel I use is theantiterrorist channel.

I can't see it happening not with the current potus, children being picked up from street corners as were the illegal migrants to go and do a shift rather than their schooling.

"

This isn't hidden cash in hand work. This is the drive to replace waiters, cleaners, hospitality staff, kitchen workers etc that previously were immigrant workers with kids. Because that's the next easiest source of cheap labour.

Business lost the staff due to regulation changes. Yes, some may have been illegal but the majority weren't.

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By *uddy laneMan
6 days ago

dudley


""The state’s legislature on Tuesday advanced a bill that would loosen child labor laws, allowing children as young as 14 years old to work overnight shifts. If the new law is passed, teenagers would be able to work overnight jobs on school days. They are currently prevented from working earlier than 6:30 am or later than 11 pm per state law."

"The state’s Republican-led legislature on Tuesday will debate the new law, which also includes a number of changes including eliminating working time restrictions on teenagers aged 14 and 15 if they are home-schooled and ending guaranteed meal breaks for 16 and 17 year olds.

The number of child labor violations in Florida has nearly tripled in recent years, according to US Department of Labor statistics."

I guess moving back to Victorian times is one way to fill the gap in workers due to tighter immigration controls. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Pesky immigrants, doing all the jobs Americans didn't want to do and taking away the chance for kids to be exploited........

MAGA. 'Make America Gobacktothe Ateenhundreds'.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/25/business/florida-child-labor-laws/index.html

I gather you never had a job to get money when you were at school.

Oh I did. For around 5 or 6 hours in a supermarket stacking shelves on a weekend. And I washed cars for a taxi firm in school holidays.

I was never a cheap replacement for adult labour, and it was never I a situation where I wasn't allowed breaks, was expected to work overnight and it had zero impact on my education.

This isn't about kids having part time jobs to have pocket money. It's not about them being 'empowered' in any way. It's a means of enabling businesses to expoit a new segment of society since they can no longer do that to immigrant labour.

I take it you think this is a good idea? 🤔

What kind of exploitive toil will these 14 year olds and up be doing that the previous incumbents were doing.

The jobs they might be doing don't matter, but given this is a response to lack of available workers due to tightening of immigration you can guarantee they'll be low paid manual ones. It'll be the kids of less financially stable families that suffer. The affluent parents won't be sending their kids out to work, but you can bet those families that are struggling may well do. Kids shouldn't be working to support families. There's a massive difference between a part time pocket money job, and loosening laws to suit business needs at the expense of kids education and wellbeing.

This guy sums it up perfectly.

https://youtu.be/CW52E19UFYw?si=-BD77jGcTue9H-oG

Sry bud the only tube channel I use is theantiterrorist channel.

I can't see it happening not with the current potus, children being picked up from street corners as were the illegal migrants to go and do a shift rather than their schooling.

This isn't hidden cash in hand work. This is the drive to replace waiters, cleaners, hospitality staff, kitchen workers etc that previously were immigrant workers with kids. Because that's the next easiest source of cheap labour.

Business lost the staff due to regulation changes. Yes, some may have been illegal but the majority weren't. "

Like I said previously I can not see this happening with the present potus and if a company is structured around cheap exploitive Labour it deserves to fail, do you not agree.

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By *bi Haive OP   Man
Forum Mod

6 days ago

Cheeseville, Somerset


""The state’s legislature on Tuesday advanced a bill that would loosen child labor laws, allowing children as young as 14 years old to work overnight shifts. If the new law is passed, teenagers would be able to work overnight jobs on school days. They are currently prevented from working earlier than 6:30 am or later than 11 pm per state law."

"The state’s Republican-led legislature on Tuesday will debate the new law, which also includes a number of changes including eliminating working time restrictions on teenagers aged 14 and 15 if they are home-schooled and ending guaranteed meal breaks for 16 and 17 year olds.

The number of child labor violations in Florida has nearly tripled in recent years, according to US Department of Labor statistics."

I guess moving back to Victorian times is one way to fill the gap in workers due to tighter immigration controls. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Pesky immigrants, doing all the jobs Americans didn't want to do and taking away the chance for kids to be exploited........

MAGA. 'Make America Gobacktothe Ateenhundreds'.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/25/business/florida-child-labor-laws/index.html

I gather you never had a job to get money when you were at school.

Oh I did. For around 5 or 6 hours in a supermarket stacking shelves on a weekend. And I washed cars for a taxi firm in school holidays.

I was never a cheap replacement for adult labour, and it was never I a situation where I wasn't allowed breaks, was expected to work overnight and it had zero impact on my education.

This isn't about kids having part time jobs to have pocket money. It's not about them being 'empowered' in any way. It's a means of enabling businesses to expoit a new segment of society since they can no longer do that to immigrant labour.

I take it you think this is a good idea? 🤔

What kind of exploitive toil will these 14 year olds and up be doing that the previous incumbents were doing.

The jobs they might be doing don't matter, but given this is a response to lack of available workers due to tightening of immigration you can guarantee they'll be low paid manual ones. It'll be the kids of less financially stable families that suffer. The affluent parents won't be sending their kids out to work, but you can bet those families that are struggling may well do. Kids shouldn't be working to support families. There's a massive difference between a part time pocket money job, and loosening laws to suit business needs at the expense of kids education and wellbeing.

This guy sums it up perfectly.

https://youtu.be/CW52E19UFYw?si=-BD77jGcTue9H-oG

Sry bud the only tube channel I use is theantiterrorist channel.

I can't see it happening not with the current potus, children being picked up from street corners as were the illegal migrants to go and do a shift rather than their schooling.

This isn't hidden cash in hand work. This is the drive to replace waiters, cleaners, hospitality staff, kitchen workers etc that previously were immigrant workers with kids. Because that's the next easiest source of cheap labour.

Business lost the staff due to regulation changes. Yes, some may have been illegal but the majority weren't.

Like I said previously I can not see this happening with the present potus and if a company is structured around cheap exploitive Labour it deserves to fail, do you not agree."

I agree that it shouldn't happen and that those businesses should fail.

But this is Florida. A red state through and through, governed by someone who was 2nd in the Republican nominations for candidacy in the 2024 election. It'll get voted through for sure.

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