Regardless of what you think of the wisdom of changing our child labor laws, Newt does have a point.
It also engendered safety and child labor laws, after reformers documented the lives of the poor in a way painters never could.
Here in the cradle of liberty, the first state with child labor laws, and such a rich tradition of supporting working families, 111 representatives voted to take away collective bargaining rights because the Speaker of the House made them.
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New GOP presidential front-runner Newt Gingrich has gotten into some hot water lately over his comment that child labor laws should be amended or even repealed to allow kids to earn money in school by cleaning bathrooms or working in the cafeteria.
So many things we take for granted came about because of the union movement -- minimum wage, 40-hour workweek, child labor laws -- you name it -- weekends -- a lot of these things came about because people were fighting for them.
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In an article published on Wednesday, it claims that, according to interviews with state officials and official documents obtained under the state's open records act, the producers had been warned by the state attorney general's office during filming last spring that they might be violating New Mexico's child labor laws.
From child labor laws to the Clean Air Act to our most recent strictures against hidden fees and penalties by credit card companies, we have, from time to time, embraced common sense rules of the road that strengthen our country without unduly interfering with the pursuit of progress and the growth of our economy.
The fingers in question belonged to the trade magazine TV Week, which reported in a July 15 article that the show's brass had declared the production a "summer camp" rather than a place of work and took advantage of New Mexico's since-changed child labor laws, which were lenient when it came to television and theatrical productions.
At the core of each plan should be strategies for policing an end to child labor, enforcing laws against child marriage, and clamping down on discrimination against girls.
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His name, opinions, and sheer moxie were the stuff of headlines for years, for as a voluble man of causes, he was on record as loathing capital punishment, child labor, and the unfair laws depriving women of civil rights.
While the government has enacted laws to curb child labor, the rules have so far done little to curtail the problem.
One of the highest priorities at the U.S. Labor Department is to identify situations in which workers are erroneously considered not to be employees or other covered individuals for purposes of complying with minimum-wage, overtime, and recordkeeping requirements and child-labor restrictions of the FLSA and similar federal wage laws it enforces.
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These advancements are reflected not only in laws but also in our culture, including banning child labor, ensuring safe working conditions, setting extra pay for overtime and ensuring trained and skilled workers.
These retailers say they are aware of child-labor problems, have strict policies against selling products made by underage kids and abide by the laws of the countries from which they import.
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