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Louisiana lawmakers vote to remove lunch breaks for child workers, cut unemployment benefits (www.nola.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Yay.... more bad news from the land of the free.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

First-term state Rep. Roger Wilder, R-Denham Springs, who sponsored the child labor measure and owns Smoothie King franchises across the Deep South, said he filed the bill in part because children want to work without having to take lunch breaks.

It's just some greedy asshole who wants those 14 year olds to work a little harder and a little cheaper. Breaks cost money.

Next time read the article.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

The bit about worker’s compensation is in the article.