Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs law loosening child labor protections
Source: Washington Post/By Jacob Bogage
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) signed into law this week legislation that rolls back significant portions of the state’s child labor protections.
The law eliminates requirements for the state to verify the age of children younger than 16 before they can take a job.
Sanders believes the provision was “burdensome and obsolete,” spokeswoman Alexa Henning said in an emailed statement. Remaining state and federal regulations are still in effect, she said. Sanders signed the Republican-backed bill on Tuesday.
Federal officials have pledged to crack down on child labor law offenses after regulators discovered hundreds of violations in meatpacking plants and after press reports emerged of children working in hazardous occupations around the country.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/08/huckabee-sanders-arkansas-child-labor/
She's looking to become the GOP's biggest asshole.
Update: I went on the Arkansas state home page to try and find a press release and it doesn't look like it's there yet.
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Giles was injured while working in Sanders Spinning Mill in Bessemer City, North Carolina, on August 21st, 1912. A piece of machinery fell on his foot, mashing his toe. This caused him to fall onto a spinning machine and his hand went into unprotected gearing, crushing and tearing out two fingers.
He told the investigating attorney that he was 11 years old when it happened. He and his younger brother worked in the mill several months before the accident.
