child labor

President Joe Biden is facing increasing pressure from American solar panel manufacturers and conservative lawmakers to crack down on Chinese solar manufacturer’s alleged illicit trade practices.  The American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee filed several petitions for the Biden Administration to investigate potential illegal Chinese subsidies and dumping. The committee is made up of […]

TALLAHASSEE, FL—Governor Ron DeSantis signed a Republican-led, watered-down bill loosening child labor laws on Friday afternoon, leading to questions of why the Legislature's conservative supermajority would be willing to remove the bill's teeth. "If you look at what was originally filed, and then compare it to what eventually passed, I think that's a really interesting story […]

Republican legislation to deregulate minor employment in Florida is swiftly progressing through the legislative process. A group of bills concerning minor employment would include measures such as lowering minimum age requirements to work and removing employment curfews and hourly limits.  The Florida Senate’s Education Pre-K-12 Committee recently approved SB460, a proposal to permit minors 16 […]

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has introduced the Child Labor Accountability Act of 2023 – a bipartisan bill aimed at limiting child labor which saw a massive increase in Fiscal Year 2023. According to Sen. Rubio’s press release, the recent rise in child labor demonstrates that it is time for the Department of Labor (DOL) to […]

As the world stays on edge while China threatens to invade Taiwan – producer of approximately 66% of the world’s semiconductors – politicians and pundits scrambled to find ways to address the United States’ approach to the heated situation. However, when it comes to the cobalt supply, which is a critical component to producing batteries […]