The new Iowa bill would also completely lift a ban...

The new Iowa bill would also completely lift a ban on 14 and 15-year-olds working in freezers and meat coolers, and allow kids as young as 14 1/2 to drive themselves to work. Other dangerous jobs would be allowed with exemptions.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/business/2023/02/06/key-points-of-bill-to-change-iowa-child-labor-law/69870761007/

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Justin Stanley

@yogthos Incredible. Love living in Victorian London.

8 Feb 2023 at 2:02 | Open on mastodon.online

Poed_P

@yogthos As a person currently residing in Iowa, I am truly ashamed of this. The crazy thing is that people here are unphased by this. "It builds character" they say. Most of them worked at this age under the table already.

8 Feb 2023 at 3:35 | Open on kolektiva.social

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