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Youth Employment

U.S. DOL News Release: Court orders operators of 14 Bay Area Subway locations to pay employees nearly $1M in wages, damages; sell or shut down their businesses

October 10th, 2023: Labor Department finds employers endangered children, bounced paychecks, stole

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Tue Oct 10 2023

Child Labor Personal Experience: Growing Up in the Fields

July 18th, 2023: I grew up in a small rural area named Center, Colorado which has a population of

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Tue Jul 18 2023

U.S. DOL News Release: Three McDonald’s Franchises in Kentucky Pay $212,000 in Fines after Federal Investigations Find 305 Minors — Including 10-year-olds — Working Illegally

May 2nd, 2023: Investigators from the department’s Wage and Hour Division found two 10-year-old

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Tue May 2 2023

Do Children in America Ever Work in Deplorable, Dangerous, Dickensian Conditions? The Short Answer is “Yes” — The Child Labor Coalition’s Top Ten U.S. Child Labor Developments in 2022

February 2nd, 2023: Most Americans are unaware that the U.S. still has child labor, but 2022 made

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Thu Feb 2 2023

The Child Labor Coalition’s letter to Wisconsin Gov. Evers, Urging Him to Veto Legislation that Would Weaken Existing Child Labor Laws

January 21st, 2022: The Child Labor Coalition (CLC) based in Washington, D.C., represents 38 groups

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Fri Jan 21 2022

Keeping Teens Safe at Work — Tips for Parents, Employers, and Teens”

April 28th, 2021: While work plays an important role in the development of teenagers, teens and

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Wed Apr 28 2021

What has happened to nurturing and protecting children?

June 24th, 2019: The Child Labor Coalition is a non-partisan group that is concerned with the

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Mon Jun 24 2019

How many child workers die in the work place in the US each year?

May 7th, 2018: In 2015 and 2016 we averaged 27 teen work deaths a year compared to 72.5 deaths in

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Mon May 7 2018

A Toxic Decision — How Protecting Child Farmworkers May Be Pushed Aside by the EPA

February 28th, 2018: America's fields, orchards and farms are toxic places for children; and things

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Wed Feb 28 2018

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