{"id":136365,"date":"2018-05-09T23:15:14","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T05:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=136365"},"modified":"2018-05-10T08:23:15","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T14:23:15","slug":"because-of-course-the-trump-admin-wants-to-roll-back-child-labor-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/09\/because-of-course-the-trump-admin-wants-to-roll-back-child-labor-laws.html","title":{"rendered":"Because OF COURSE the Trump Admin wants to roll back child labor laws"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Are there no work houses?”<\/p>\n

Now, to be sure, what’s being discussed are some easing of regulations on edge cases, in the context of apprenticeships. The argument is made, for example, that if once someone turns 18 they can operate hazardous machinery full-time, why have stringent restrictions on an apprentice who is only 17\u00bd? Or 17? Or 16?<\/p>\n

Well, maybe for the same reason we have other hard-and-fast cutoffs, even if you can point to individual cases where they don’t work. We don’t say, “Hey, since you can binge-drink at 21, then at 20 you can drink up to X amount of alcohol per day, under supervision.” Because the situation is inherently open to abuse.<\/p>\n

And open to the slippery slope, too. Why stop at 16? And if it’s okay within an apprenticeship program, and if, well, keeping close watch on teens doing this stuff is hard, why not allow it outside of apprenticeship programs, so that all<\/i> poor teenagers can work<\/i> full time for their welfare, instead of just sponging off the system?<\/p>\n

Are there ways that this could be done carefully, cautiously, in limited fashion, and in ways that won’t lead to teenagers being killed on the job? I’m sure there probably are. Do I trust that the Donald Trump Dept. of Labor is going to make sure that’s the case, vs. simply giving companies access to cheap teen-aged labor and justifying workfare requirements? I’m sure I do not.<\/p>\n


\n
\n<\/a>
\nTrump Administration Wants to Train Teens in \u2018Hazardous\u2019 Jobs<\/a><\/span>
\nThe Labor Department plans to unwind decades-old youth labor protections by allowing teenagers to work longer hours under some of the nation\u2019s most hazardous workplace conditions, sources familiar with the situation told Bloomberg Law.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Are there no work houses?” Now, to be sure, what’s being discussed are some easing of regulations on edge cases, in the context of apprenticeships. The argument is made, for example, that if once someone turns 18 they can operate hazardous machinery full-time, why have stringent restrictions on an apprentice who is only 17\u00bd? Or … Continue reading “Because OF COURSE the Trump Admin wants to roll back child labor laws”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,35,528,21,358,385,376,1071],"tags":[1588,1077,1589],"class_list":["post-136365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-big-business","category-economic-justice","category-job-jollies","category-poor-citizenship","category-safety","category-taxing-spending","category-trump","tag-child-labor","tag-trump","tag-workfare"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/child-labor-breakers-boys-1911.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":136816,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/06\/22\/the-trump-gilded-age-government-restructuring-plan.html","url_meta":{"origin":136365,"position":0},"title":"The Trump “Gilded Age” Government Restructuring Plan","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 22-Jun-18 10:48pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I have no doubt that there are any number of \"Hey, we can cut down on government oversight and regulation of big business\" consolidations going on here in the name of \"efficiency\". Also any number of \"If we consolidate this stuff, then we can more easily cut its budget!\" ploys.But\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/The_Bosses_of_the_Senate_by_Joseph_Keppler5B15D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/The_Bosses_of_the_Senate_by_Joseph_Keppler5B15D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/The_Bosses_of_the_Senate_by_Joseph_Keppler5B15D.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":131636,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/27\/trump-promises-horrifying-nominees-for-scotus.html","url_meta":{"origin":136365,"position":1},"title":"Trump promises horrifying nominees for SCOTUS","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 27-Sep-16 12:07am","format":false,"excerpt":"Promises, promises ... Well, put another way, he's added in such charmers as Sen. Mike Lee of Utah (who believes that things like Medicare and Social Security are patently unconstitutional) to his list of promised \/ possible Supreme Court nominees.Will Trump actually choose such a fellow? Is he simply pandering\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":136820,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/06\/22\/some-researched-conclusions-about-trumps-border-policy-shenanigans.html","url_meta":{"origin":136365,"position":2},"title":"Some Researched Conclusions about Trump’s Border Policy Shenanigans","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 22-Jun-18 9:22pm","format":false,"excerpt":"A really good article here going through the Myths (Lies) being asserted as Facts by the Trump Administration. Some good, citeable fodder for other discussions on all of this. Originally shared by +Kee Hinckley: Facebook post from Michelle Martin:There is so much misinformation out there about the Trump administration's new\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":132868,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/02\/16\/another-labor-nominee-another-scandal-or-two.html","url_meta":{"origin":136365,"position":3},"title":"Another Labor Nominee, Another Scandal (or two)","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 16-Feb-17 10:38pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Hot off of dropping out of Andy Puzder's dropping out of the Labor Secretary race[1], Donald Trump nominated Alexander Acosta as the new pick.And, within hours, his record is not doing him any service:1. Was Acosta soft on a billionaire Jeffrey Epstein -- an old Mar-a-Lago buddy of Trump's --\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":132094,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/23\/trump-the-tweetster-2016-11-23.html","url_meta":{"origin":136365,"position":4},"title":"Trump the Tweetster – 2016-11-23","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 23-Nov-16 7:18am","format":false,"excerpt":"Two days in a row -- that's a trend, right?No early morning tweets from the PEOTUS, just stuff from yesterday.====The meeting with the @nytimes is back on at 12:30 today. Look forward to it![https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/801087976889520128]After an on-again, off-again sitch (reportedly triggered in part by obvious anagram Reince Priebus \"managing\" the info\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":135795,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/10\/draining-swamp-right-coffers.html","url_meta":{"origin":136365,"position":5},"title":"Draining the swamp … right into his own coffers","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 10-Jan-18 1:08pm","format":false,"excerpt":"It's good to have the President of the United States owe you millions of dollars. The Trump administration has waived part of the punishment for five megabanks whose affiliates were convicted and fined for manipulating global interest rates. One of the Trump administration waivers was granted to Deutsche Bank \u2014\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/unnamed-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136365"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136373,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136365\/revisions\/136373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}