Louisiana lawmakers vote to remove law requiring lunch breaks for child workers
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Louisiana lawmakers on a House committee voted Thursday to repeal a law requiring employers to give child workers lunch breaks.
  • Rapidcreek@lemmy.worldOP
    1422·
    6 个月前

    I really can’t think of a quippy response to this. The cruelty is flabbergasting. They’re actively campaigning for future generations to be worse off than they are.

    • WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world
      52·
      6 个月前

      I can’t get over the quote from the bills author when he says “Give me a break”. In my district in the last election there were 3 candidates running for the state Legislature and they all tried to out conservative eqch other.

      • lost_tortie@lemmy.world
        75·
        6 个月前

        First-term state Rep. Roger Wilder, R-Denham Springs, who sponsors the child labor measure and owns Smoothie King franchises across the Deep South, said people have been too critical of his bill. “The wording is ‘we’re here to harm children.’ Give me a break," he says. "These are young adults.”

        This is the quote and it’s appalling.

        • Cosmos7349@lemmy.world
          25·
          6 个月前

          Oh got it so ya we’re saying this all wrong then, ya? It should be “we’re here to harm young adults”, right?

        • El Barto@lemmy.world
          12·
          5 个月前

          As if that makes it better. “Oh it’s not children who are suffering but young adults who are suffering! Phew! Never mind, then!”

        • BigMacHole@lemm.ee
          61·
          5 个月前

          People are LYING! We’re NOT trying to harm Children! We’re trying to harm Young Adults!

          -That guy.

        • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
          4·
          5 个月前

          He needs to be removed from office by force if necessary. And we need fucking law that you have give up your business to run and hold political office. Fuck this scumbag.

        • WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world
          2·
          6 个月前

          Thanks. I went to get the quote and the article was behind a paywall. This guy probably can’t figure iut why he has high employee turnover.

    • Dasus@lemmy.world
      12·
      5 个月前

      They’re actively campaigning for future generations to be worse off than they are.

      Just the ones who weren’t born into massive inherited wealth gathered by systemic exploitation. Ie none of their friends or family be affected.