When it comes to child labor laws, Wisconsin GOP leadership parties like its 1899

 

Photos:  Wisconsin Senate, Wisconsin  Assembly

Headline:  Wisconsin Public Radio, 11/17/2023

GOP lawmakers and business groups backing the move argue it would cut government red tape, but state regulators warned at a public hearing on the plan Thursday it will make it harder to enforce child labor laws. 

Work permits for minors in Wisconsin date back more than 130 years and were passed along with laws that first required children between the ages of 7 and 14 to attend school.

Here's one of the reasons, found in a Marquette University document, why child labor law are important.

Child-labor laws also are needed to prevent work of children at unsuitable ages or under undesirable conditions, for excessive hours or at night, at tasks too heavy for their strength or at jobs that may result in injury, or at jobs that may retard their physical development or be injurious to their health. Laws preventing child labor, like other laws for the protection of workers, help to improve working and living conditions for all the people.

The Democratic leadership supports laws to protect children from being exploited in the workplace.

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