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What Next - How Young Is Too Young to Work?

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News Commentary, Politics, News

4.56K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In response to a spike in child labor violations, some states are strengthening their laws against the practice—while 16 states have weakened laws against child labor. What’s going on?


Guest: Lauren Kaori Gurley, labor reporter for the Washington Post.


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18 plus until the 14th of April 2024, T. So Lauren, your beat is labor, right?

1:05.0

That's correct.

1:10.0

So how often are you trying to talk to workers?

1:14.0

How often do I talk to workers? Gosh, I talk to workers all the time.

1:25.9

Lauren Kauri Gurley reports over at the Washington Post.

1:30.0

So retail workers, fast food workers,

1:33.6

restaurant workers, meat packing workers,

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