Critics Slam 'Reprehensible' Iowa Bill to Expand Child Labor

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Critics Slam 'Reprehensible' Iowa Bill to Expand Child Labor
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'This is just crazy,' said the president of the Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO. 'A kid can still lose an arm in a work-based learning program.'

"This is just crazy," said the president of the Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO. "A kid can still lose an arm in a work-based learning program.

Teens under 18 would still be generally barred from employment in fields including mining, logging, demolition, and meatpacking, and from operating potentially dangerous machinery and equipment including circular saws, guillotine shears, and punching machines.

;&#x201cThe new Iowa bill would also completely lift a ban on 14 and 15-year-olds working in freezers and meat coolers, and allow kids as young as 14 1/2 to drive themselves to work. Other dangerous jobs would be allowed with exemptions.\n\nhttps://t.

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