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2024 Domestic Child Labor Bills the Child Labor Coalition endorses:

June 11th, 2024: Bills to increase

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Tue Jun 11 2024

Press Release: National Consumers League condemns legislation in Florida that preempts local ordinances to protect workers from heat exposure

April 4th, 2024: The National Consumers League is condemning a vote by the Florida House of

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Thu Apr 4 2024

Child Labor Coalition welcomes the Senate Introduction of the Children’s Act for Responsible Employment and Farm Safety Act of 2024 (CARE Act)

April 4th, 2024: With the beginning of Farmworker Awareness Week today, the Child Labor Coalition

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Thu Apr 4 2024

Child Labor Coalition lauds Wage and Hour’s child labor enforcement strategies that include creating a fund for victims and use of “hot goods” provisions

April 4th, 2024: The Child Labor Coalition (CLC), representing 37 groups engaged in the fight

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Thu Apr 4 2024

The CLC’s Reid Maki on the “Chad and Cheese” Podcast talks about the domestic child labor crisis

November 1st, 2023: Please listen to the October 2023 Chad and Cheese podcast

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Wed Nov 1 2023

“Last Week Tonight” with HBO’s John Oliver takes aim at rampant child labor in the production of chocolate

November 1st, 2023: Chocolate: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

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Wed Nov 1 2023

The CLC’s Reid Maki joins America’s Workforce Union Podcast in a segment called “Child Labor in America on the Rise as States Weaken Labor Protections:”

August 21st, 2023: Please listen to the podcast and Reid's discussion of alarming child labor

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Mon Aug 21 2023

Opinion: Revisiting American Exceptionalism in Light of Child Labor Scandals

August 18th, 2023: In the collective American mind, stories of labor rights abuses normally take

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Fri Aug 18 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

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