Iowa Teens Allowed to Work Longer Hours Following New Child Labor Law

Iowa Senate Passes New Child Labor Bill Allowing Teens to Work Longer Hours, Serve Alcohol

A bill passed by the Iowa Senate would allow children to work longer hours, including in jobs currently prohibited, like serving alcohol.

The 12-Year-Old Tobacco Laborers of America

By Nicole Akoukou Thompson
In the United States, it's illegal for children under 18 to buy cigarettes. But it's permissible for those very same children to be a part of the cultivation and harvesting of tobacco, which produces side effects far worse than if they'd simply taken a puff.
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