Labor/Employment
Nov. 14, 2000
Child Labor Caper
The issue that has been left out of this election is the abysmal failure of our child-labor laws. A society can face no more serious indictment than letting its children be exploited and conscripted into a life of poverty. Sixty years after Congress outlawed child labor in its most onerous forms, underage children still toil in fields and factories across America.
The issue that has been left out of this election is the abysmal failure of our child-labor laws. A society can face no more serious indictment than letting its children be exploited and conscripted into a life of poverty. Sixty years after Congress outlawed child labor in its most onerous forms...
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