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		jerlam 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Florida to consider relaxing child labour laws to ... The US Chamber of Commerce [...] named Florida as one of the states where the situation is severe, counting only 53 available workers for every 100 open jobs. Here is the study: https://www.uschamber.com/workforce/the-states-suffering-mos...

lesuorac 6 months ago [–]

Of course an industry trade group (US Chamber of Commerce isn't a USG organization [1]) is advocating for lower paid children to be employees.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Chamber_of_Comme...

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