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White House announces enhanced enforcement of child labor laws as abuse and violations surge: report

Author:     Brandon Gage
Source:     AlterNet
Publication Date:     February 28, 2023
 Link: White House announces enhanced enforcement of child labor laws as abuse and violations surge: report
Stephan:  

You will, I am sure, remember the articles on child labor I ran a few days ago. Well, I am happy to report that the Biden administration is doing something about this awful trend that fosters wellbeing. Not everything I would like to see done, but something meaningful. Biden is actually getting some serious work done. The media doesn't focus on it. Most people don't even know about it.

Children play in a migrant labor camp in rural North Carolina. Most of the children attend local schools and speak fluent english. The agricultural fields of rural Eastern North Carolina produce bountiful crops for America’s food markets, as well as most of the tobacco grown in America. These crops are harvested by migrant farm workers, mostly from Mexico, some of who have seasonal work visas and some of who are undocumented. Some farm workers settle in the area, while others migrate. Credit: Andrew Lichtenstein / Corbis / Getty 

President Joe Biden’s administration revealed on Monday that it is stepping up enforcement of child labor laws amid a surge of industry abuses throughout the United States, including the illegal employment of migrant kids, Reuters exclusively reported late Monday night.

“The Labor Department had seen a nearly 70% increase in child labor violations since 2018, including in hazardous occupations. In the last fiscal year, 835 companies were found to have violated child labor laws,” Reuters learned on a call with federal officials.

The Biden White House, according to Reuters’ […]

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