In this episode: Sixteen- and seventeen-year-old high-school students in Florida could be made to work overnight shifts and 40-hour workweeks under a bill being lobbied through the state Legislature. The legislation was written by a think tank financed by a billionaire donor to Ron DeSantis, and it’s being pushed by lobbyists for chain restaurants like McDonald’s, Burger King, Outback and Olive Garden. It’s the latest example of billionaire-backed foundations and big-business front groups joining forces to squeeze working families in Florida.
Further Reading:
House Bill 49 — Employment and Curfew of Minors
Washington Post: The conservative campaign to rewrite child-labor laws
Seeking Rents: A billionaire-backed think tank keeps sabotaging Florida workers. More attacks are coming.
Seeking Rents: A think tank funded by a far-right billionaire wrote a bill to weaken child-labor laws in Florida, records show
Tampa Bay Times: 2 Florida bills could roll back child labor laws. What do they do?
Seeking Rents: Local communities keep trying to help workers. Corporate lobbyists and Florida politicians keep teaming up to stop them.
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