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The Forgotten History of the Child Labor Amendment
Time via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoA young girl tends the spinning machine at a cotton mill in North Carolina. Children worked adult hours for pennies in mills and factories all over the...
States With the Lowest Minimum Wage
GOBankingRates via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoIn 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act established the federal minimum wage. Businesses were required to pay employees at least $0.25 per hour (the...
Tipping Is Out of Control. It's Also a Serious Labor Issue
Time via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA tip jar at a coffee shop in the Union Market district in Washington, DC, on Sept. 8, 2023. Credit...
Climate change could push produce prices higher, slowing the fight for food justice
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAbout seven minutes into Emily Cohen Ibañez's film, "Fruits of Labor," a high school teacher tells...
Kids working overnight in meatpacking plants? US is sliding backward on child labor | Opinion
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 9 months agoOver 100 years ago, the National Child Labor Committee used photos of children doing industrial work...
100 Years On, We're Having the Same Debate About Child Labor
Time via Yahoo News· 1 day agoSpindle boys in Georgia cotton mill. Photo by Lewis Hine. Undated. Credit - Bettmann Archive/Getty...
Could the Senate pass federal bill for shorter workweek? Here's what to know
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWASHINGTON − There's a revived effort on Capitol Hill to make a shorter workweek the new norm. Sen....
2023: the year of rising child labor
The Week via Yahoo News· 5 months agoCounter area, kitchen and menus are visible in wide angle view in interior of McDonald's restaurant in San Ramon, California. The labor market stayed...
Some Disabled People Are Paid Below Minimum Wage. This Bill Would End That.
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA group of lawmakers in Congress is vying to end subminimum wages for disabled people, a policy that...
A Federal Proposal Could Turn Gig Workers Into Employees. Here's What That Means
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA DoorDash delivery driver riding a bicycle picks up food from a restaurant in New York City Credit...