Across the country, some officials — overwhelmingly Republicans — are looking for ways to usher underage workers into potentially dangerous jobs like factory work, including having them take ...

The elimination of protections for young workers, if enacted, would lead more children to work in dangerous workplaces such as factories and slaughterhouses—as well as increase the likelihood of ...

Washington, D.C. — Federal laws have protected children from dangerous labor practices and workplaces for nearly 100 years—but the radical Project 2025 policy agenda aims to undermine those ...

Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers that hire undocumented immigrants. But that presented a problem for businesses in the state that are desperate for workers to fill ...

The Missouri House chamber during debate on March 12, 2023 (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications). A push to eliminate Missouri’s requirement for children under 16 to obtain official work permits ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker this week signed into law two labor-related measures, one of which prohibits employers from holding mandatory meetings for workers with anti-union messages. In addition to ...

A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on Monday to block a poultry processing plant in the city of Irwindale from using “oppressive” child labor. The order came after investigators with ...

Shein said it found two cases of child labor at its suppliers last year. The fast-fashion giant uncovered these cases during sustainable sourcing audits in China. The report comes as Shein gears up to ...

It’s called the “The Bisbee Deportation,” something worth remembering over Labor Day weekend. Especially this Labor Day. On July 12, 1917, armed vigilantes abducted striking mine workers in Bisbee, ...

March 5 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday refused to hold five major technology companies liable over their alleged support for the use of child labor in cobalt mining operations in the ...