MikeDunnAuthor<p>If you enjoy Labor Day, you could thank a union, like the memes suggest. But it would be historically more accurate to thank radical working-class activists and here is why. President Grover Cleveland initiated the holiday as a bone to calm the labor movement, irate over the 100 workers slaughtered in the Pullman strike of 1894. However, that strike started as a wildcat strike because the workers in Pullman, Illinois, had not yet formed a union. And when they did unionize, they affiliated with the militant American Railroad Union, led by Eugene Debs, socialist and later cofounder of the radical IWW, which struck despite a federal injunction prohibiting them from doing so (a risk that unions today refuse to take—remember the recent railroad strike?). The ARU’s militancy, solidarity and refusal to back down to federal violence led to attacks by the army, dozens of deaths, and the imprisonment of ARU leader Debs. And here is one more thing to consider: Pres. Cleveland’s commitment to the holiday had much less to do with his fear of or respect for labor, and much more to do with his desire to take the wind out of the sails of the then much more popular and radical May 1st, International Workers Day, which is currently celebrated in virtually every country in the world, except the U.S. That holiday commemorates the Haymarket anarchists who were falsely convicted and executed for their efforts fighting for the 8-hour work day and an end to child labor. </p><p>You can read more about both the Pullman Strike and the Haymarket Affair in my articles on the Pinkertons and Lucy Parsons:</p><p><a href="https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/04/04/union-busting-by-the-pinkertons/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/04/</span><span class="invisible">04/union-busting-by-the-pinkertons/</span></a><br><a href="https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/03/24/lucy-parsons/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/03/</span><span class="invisible">24/lucy-parsons/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/laborday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laborday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>strike</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/eighthourday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eighthourday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/childlabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childlabor</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/haymarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haymarket</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chicago</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IWW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IWW</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mayday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mayday</span></a></p>
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Ms. Que Banh<p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Boys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boys</span></a> living in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> across the world tell us of their lives, amusements and sometimes their hopes. Boys, Toys and the Big Blue Marble appraises <a href="https://beige.party/tags/childhoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childhoods</span></a> destroyed by <a href="https://beige.party/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> , <a href="https://beige.party/tags/criminality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminality</span></a> , <a href="https://beige.party/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a>, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SexualExploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SexualExploitation</span></a> and human stupidity.</p><p><a href="https://www.nfb.ca/film/boys__toys_and_the_big_blue_marble/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nfb.ca/film/boys__toys_and_the</span><span class="invisible">_big_blue_marble/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/ChildrensLives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildrensLives</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ProtectChildren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectChildren</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BoysNeedProtectionToo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoysNeedProtectionToo</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StolenChildhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StolenChildhood</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ChildrensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildrensRights</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CanadianFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanadianFilm</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NFB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NFB</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/documentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>documentary</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ChildLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildLabor</span></a></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History July 29, 1903: The first delegation from Mother Jones’ March of the Mill Children arrived at Teddy Roosevelt's summer home in Oyster Bay, Long Island. They went there to publicize the harsh conditions of child labor. Roosevelt wouldn’t allow them through the gates. In 1901, the millworkers in Pennsylvania went on strike. Many were young women and girls, demanding to be paid adult wages. At the time, fully one in every six American children was employed, generally at extremely low pay and often under dangerous conditions. Many of the kids had lost fingers or limbs. Mother Jones would go on to cofound the IWW, in 1905.</p><p>The march started in Philadelphia, on July 7. During the march, Mother Jones gave her famous “Wail of the Children” speech, which included the following lines:</p><p>“After a long and weary march… we are on our way to see President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. We will ask him to recommend the passage of a bill by congress to protect children against the greed of the manufacturer. We want him to hear the wail of the children, who never have a chance to go to school, but work from ten to eleven hours a day in the textile mills of Philadelphia, weaving the carpets that he and you walk on, and the curtains and clothes of the people. In Georgia where children work day and night in the cotton mills, they have just passed a bill to protect song birds. What about the little children from whom all song is gone? The trouble is that the fellers in Washington don’t care. I saw them last winter pass three railroad bills in one hour, but when labor cries for aid for the little ones they turn their backs and will not listen to her. I asked a man in prison once how he happened to get there. He had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him that if he had stolen a railroad, he could be a United States Senator.”</p><p>In her autobiography, Mother Jones wrote the following about the march: “Every day little children came into Union Headquarters, some with their hands off, some with the thumb missing, some with their fingers off at the knuckle. They were stooped things, round shouldered and skinny. Many of them were not over ten years of age, the state law prohibited their working before they were twelve years of age.</p><p>It wasn’t just in mills, either. Children worked on farms, in factories, as servants in rich people’s homes, pretty much anywhere where they could do the work. They were often chosen over adults because they could be paid much less, and were less likely to demand rights, or to organize a strike. They could also do things with their small hands that adults were often less able to do well, particularly dangerous things, like unclogging gears and conveyor belts. I portray this in my novel, ANYWHERE BUT SCHUYLKILL. My protagonist, Mike Doyle, starts work in the coal breaker at age 12. However, many boys worked in breakers as young as 6. And many of them were missing fingers or hands. Many died young, too, from accidents.</p><p>You can get a copy from these indie retailers:<br><a href="https://www.keplers.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">keplers.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.greenapplebooks.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">greenapplebooks.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Or send me $25 via Venmo (@Michael-Dunn-565) and your mailing address, and I will send you a signed copy!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/childlabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childlabor</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/motherjones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>motherjones</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/march" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>march</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pennsylvania</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IWW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IWW</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>strike</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mikedoyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mikedoyle</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anywherebutschuylkill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anywherebutschuylkill</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/historicalfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>historicalfiction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novel</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstadon</span></a></span></p>
AlcorNews<p>Des enfants russes (12‑18 ans) conçoivent, testent et assemblent des drones Geran‑2 pour l’armée. Une usine en Tatarstan tourne grâce à eux.<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/22/russia-using-children-design-test-military-drones-investigation-finds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/jul</span><span class="invisible">/22/russia-using-children-design-test-military-drones-investigation-finds</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Drones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChildLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildLabor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UAVWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UAVWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DroneFactory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DroneFactory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>
Frankie ✅<p>Florida's Plan to Replace Migrant Workers With Children Falls Apart </p><p><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/florida-plan-replace-migrant-workers-children-falls-apart-2068584" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsweek.com/florida-plan-repl</span><span class="invisible">ace-migrant-workers-children-falls-apart-2068584</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOPCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOPCult</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>florida</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/childlabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childlabor</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Too Young to Work, Too Young to Die: Egypt’s Ongoing Child Labor Crisis <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1198391/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1198391/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ChildLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildLabor</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ChildLabourInEgypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildLabourInEgypt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Egypt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EgyptianWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EgyptianWomen</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/egyptians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>egyptians</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InformalEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InformalEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InformalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InformalWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Life</span></a>&Society <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LowWages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LowWages</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/menoufia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>menoufia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UNICEF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UNICEF</span></a></p>
Voting is Your POWER<p>There are more than 20 million fewer children in child labor today than in 2020. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>world</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/childlabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childlabor</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a></p><p><a href="https://stopchildlabor.org/updates-on-the-global-status-of-child-labor-in-2024-progress-made-but-challenges-remain/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stopchildlabor.org/updates-on-</span><span class="invisible">the-global-status-of-child-labor-in-2024-progress-made-but-challenges-remain/</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-delano/77569/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Franklin Roosevelt</b></a></p><blockquote>Competition, of course, like all other good things, can be carried to excess. Competition should not extend to fields where it has demonstrably bad social and economic consequences. The exploitation of child labor, the chiseling of workers’ wages, the stretching of workers’ hours, are not necessary, fair or proper methods of competition.</blockquote><p><b>Franklin Delano Roosevelt</b> (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)<br>Message (1938-04-29) to Congress, On Curbing Monopolies</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-delano/77569/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=franklinroosevelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>franklinroosevelt</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=franklindroosevelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>franklindroosevelt</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=cheaplabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cheaplabor</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=childlabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childlabor</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=economicinjustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economicinjustice</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=freemarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freemarket</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=laborrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laborrights</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=socialills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialills</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=laborlaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laborlaws</span></a></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History July 3, 1835: 2000 children, mostly Irish and female, went on strike at the silk mills of Paterson, N.J., for an 11-hour day and 6-day week. They were currently being forced to work 13 hours per day Monday through Saturday, and were regularly fined for minor disciplinary infractions. Solidarity by workers in neighboring cities, including financial support from New York and Newark, helped sustain the strike for two weeks. However, the bosses eventually won the strike, but did offer a compromise of a 69-hour work week. And strike leaders, and their families, were permanently barred from future employment in Paterson.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>strike</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/paterson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paterson</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/silk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>silk</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mill</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/childlabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childlabor</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/childexploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childexploitation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workinghours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workinghours</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/newjersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newjersey</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>Let’s Get <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChildLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildLabor</span></a> Off Our <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DinnerPlates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DinnerPlates</span></a> </p><p>From <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/restaurants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>restaurants</span></a>, more and more <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> in this country is produced by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/child" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>child</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a>. That’s putting whole <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/communities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communities</span></a> at risk.</p><p><a href="https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/lets-get-child-labor-off-our-dinner-plates/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">goodmenproject.com/featured-co</span><span class="invisible">ntent/lets-get-child-labor-off-our-dinner-plates/</span></a></p>
John Colagioia<p>Let’s Get Child Labor Off Our Dinner Plates <a href="https://otherwords.org/lets-get-child-labor-off-our-dinner-plates/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">otherwords.org/lets-get-child-</span><span class="invisible">labor-off-our-dinner-plates/</span></a></p><p>Child labor puts an additional strain on local health care, education, and social services when kids who are injured or fail to keep up at school. It also harms the labor market by depressing wages — and puts businesses that actually abide by labor laws or ethical standards at a competitive disadvantage.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChildLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildLabor</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>Let’s Get <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChildLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildLabor</span></a> Off Our <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DinnerPlates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DinnerPlates</span></a></p><p>From <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/restaurants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>restaurants</span></a>, more and more <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> in this country is produced by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/child" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>child</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a>. That’s putting whole <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/communities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communities</span></a> at risk.</p><p><a href="https://otherwords.org/lets-get-child-labor-off-our-dinner-plates/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">otherwords.org/lets-get-child-</span><span class="invisible">labor-off-our-dinner-plates/</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>At least 770 child workers have died in occupational accidents in Turkey since 2013 <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1100304/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1100304/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AKParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AKParty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AKP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AKP</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ChildLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildLabor</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Erdo%C4%9Fan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Erdoğan</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LAW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LAW</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MESEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MESEM</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/oppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oppression</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TheHealthAndSafetyLaborWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheHealthAndSafetyLaborWatch</span></a>(İSİG) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TheInternationalTradeUnionConfederation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheInternationalTradeUnionConfederation</span></a>(ITUC) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>From 2023: Alone and Exploited, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Migrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Migrant</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Children</span></a> Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S. </p><p>Arriving in record numbers, they’re ending up in dangerous jobs that violate <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChildLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildLabor</span></a> laws — including in factories that make products for well-known brands like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cheetos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cheetos</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FruitOfTheLoom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FruitOfTheLoom</span></a>.<br> <br>By Hannah Dreier<br>Photographs by Kirsten Luce </p><p>Hannah Dreier traveled to Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota and Virginia for this story and spoke to more than 100 migrant child workers in 20 states. </p><p>Published Feb. 25, 2023</p><p>Read more [CW - contains graphic descriptions]:<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/unaccompanied-migrant-child-workers-exploitation.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/unac</span><span class="invisible">companied-migrant-child-workers-exploitation.html</span></a></p><p>Archived version [is missing some of the photographs]:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/Ed8El" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/Ed8El</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChildLaborLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildLaborLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImmigrantChildren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrantChildren</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CapitalismIsEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalismIsEvil</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborDay</span></a>: Children at Work</p><p>"Muckraking journalists and photographers were some of the most helpful in exposing the conditions in which children worked. Among the most famous was <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LewisHine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LewisHine</span></a>, photographer for the National <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChildLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildLabor</span></a> Committee."</p><p>September 3, 2018 by Jessie Kratz, </p><p>"Today’s post comes from Megan Huang, an intern in the National Archives History Office.</p><p>"The Federal holiday Labor Day honors the American worker. When considering the accomplishments and contributions of the our workers throughout history, one category—the child laborer—doesn’t always come to mind. However, child labor was a significant part of the American labor story."</p><p>Read more [CW - contains graphic descriptions of work-related accidents]:<br><a href="https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2018/09/03/labor-day-children-at-work/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">prologue.blogs.archives.gov/20</span><span class="invisible">18/09/03/labor-day-children-at-work/</span></a></p><p>Archived version ['cuz, in case it disappears]:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/TroFn/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/TroFn/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChildLaborLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildLaborLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImmigrantsFeedUs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrantsFeedUs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICERaids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICERaids</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HungerGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HungerGames</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KillThePoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KillThePoor</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EatTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EatTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USHistory</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> considers easing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChildLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildLabor</span></a> laws after pushing out <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a></p><p>A new law under consideration in the state Legislature would roll back child labor laws to make up for a dwindling labor pool.</p><p>By Ja'han Jones<br>March 27, 2025, 12:15 PM EDT</p><p>"As Florida officials enable Trump’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassDeportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassDeportation</span></a> policies, lawmakers in the state are looking to children to take on some of the jobs that have typically been done by immigrants.</p><p>"Making its way through the state Senate is a new law, Senate Bill 918, that aims to loosen child labor laws and allow teenagers to work overnight shifts. </p><p>"As CNN reported: 'The state’s legislature on Tuesday advanced a bill that would loosen child labor laws, allowing children as young as 14 years old to work overnight shifts. If the new law is passed, teenagers would be able to work overnight jobs on school days. They are currently prevented from working earlier than 6:30 am or later than 11 pm per state law.'</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SB918" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SB918</span></a> also 'includes a number of changes including eliminating working time restrictions on teenagers aged 14 and 15 if they are home-schooled and ending guaranteed meal breaks for 16 and 17 year olds,' CNN reported.</p><p>"Florida Gov. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RonDeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RonDeSantis</span></a> backs the law and has defended the idea of teenagers and college students working these jobs. DeSantis also explicitly linked the effort to the loss of immigrant labor. Speaking about the consequences of state verification laws at an event with border czar <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TomHoman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TomHoman</span></a>, the governor said, 'Yes, we had people that left because of those rules, but you’ve also been able to hire other people. And what’s wrong with expecting our young people to be working part-time now?'</p><p>"In recent years, several states — many of them led by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> governors — have rolled back child labor laws. This map from the Economic Policy Institute illustrates the spike in states rolling back these laws from 2021 to 2024. Back in 2023, for example, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arkansas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arkansas</span></a> Gov. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SarahHuckabeeSanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SarahHuckabeeSanders</span></a> signed a bill that made it easier for companies to hire children without getting consent from their parents. One month earlier, The New York Times published a bombshell report about the exploitation of immigrant children in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/factories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>factories</span></a> operated by some of the most well-known companies in the U.S. </p><p>"That story should have spurred a nationwide push to strengthen child labor laws. Instead, states like Florida are going in the opposite direction, weakening such laws in part to deal with the fallout from the conservative movement’s demonization of immigrants. They’re essentially using child labor to paper over the gaps left by their draconian immigration policies.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a>, the far-right playbook for Trump’s second term, specifically calls for rolling back <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HazardRegulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HazardRegulations</span></a> around child labor. The text claims, 'Some young adults show an interest in inherently dangerous jobs' and argues that 'with parental consent and proper training, certain young adults should be allowed to learn and work in more dangerous occupations.'</p><p>"Even as child labor laws are being rolled back, the Trump administration is working to gut social services, including funds that help provide school lunches to children and programs, like the supplemental nutrition assistance program, that help feed poor families. And if those cuts stay in place, they may leave American families with few alternatives to sending their children to work to keep food on the table."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/florida-child-labor-law-sb-918-rcna198275" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/f</span><span class="invisible">lorida-child-labor-law-sb-918-rcna198275</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeSantis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeSatan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeSatan</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SNAPCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SNAPCuts</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResistICE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MedicaidCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MedicaidCuts</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsANazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsANazi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AuthoritarianRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AuthoritarianRule</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThisIsFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImmigrantsFeedUs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrantsFeedUs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImmigrationCrackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrationCrackdown</span></a></p>
Opinion | The Guardian US<p>The Guardian view on Trump and children: protect the innocent from this dark vision of the US soul | Editorial <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/01/the-guardian-view-on-trump-and-children-protect-the-innocent-from-this-dark-vision-of-the-us-soul" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/jun/01/the-guardian-view-on-trump-and-children-protect-the-innocent-from-this-dark-vision-of-the-us-soul</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Trumpadministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpadministration</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USimmigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USimmigration</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/RonDeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RonDeSantis</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Childlabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Childlabor</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Children</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USnews</span></a></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History June 1 is the day that U.S. labor law officially allows children under the age of 16 to work up to 8 hours per day between the hours of 7:00 am and 9:00 pm. Time is ticking away, Bosses. Have you signed up sufficient numbers of low-wage tykes to maintain production rates with your downsized adult staffs?</p><p>The reality is that child labor laws have always been violated regularly by employers and these violations have been on the rise recently. Additionally, lawmakers have weakened existing, poorly enforced laws to make it even easier to exploit children. Over the past few years, the number of children employed in violation of labor laws rose by 37%, while lawmakers in at least 10 states passed, or introduced, new laws to roll back the existing rules. Violations include hiring kids to work overnight shifts in meatpacking factories, cleaning razor-sharp blades and using dangerous chemical cleaners on the kills floors for companies like Tyson and Cargill. Particularly vulnerable are migrant youth who have crossed the southern U.S. border from Central America, unaccompanied by parents. <a href="https://www.epi.org/publication/child-labor-laws-under-attack/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">epi.org/publication/child-labo</span><span class="invisible">r-laws-under-attack/</span></a></p><p>Of course, what is happening in the U.S. is small potatoes compared with many other countries, where exploitation of child labor is routine, and often legal. At least 20% of all children in low-income countries are engaged in labor, mostly in agriculture. In sub-Saharan Africa it is 25%. Kids are almost always paid far less than adults, increasing the bosses’ profits. They are often more compliant than adults and less likely to form unions and resist workplace abuses and safety violations. Bosses can get them to do dangerous tasks that adults can’t, or won’t, do, like unclogging the gears and belts of machinery. This was also the norm in the U.S., well into the 20th century. Many kids began work before they were 10. They often had missing limbs and died young from work-related injuries and disease. However, when the bosses abused them, they would sometimes walk out, en masse, in wildcat strikes. And when their parent went on strike, they would almost always walk out with them, in solidarity.</p><p>In my novel, “Anywhere But Schuylkill,” the protagonist, Mike Doyle, works as a coal cleaner in the breaker (coal crushing facility) of a coal mine at the age or 13. He is trying to find a new home for his family before his alcoholic uncle kills one of his siblings. So, he takes a job with a union leader, who is also a gangster, while secretly courting his daughter, and quickly learns that the gang leader, cops and rival gang all want him dead.</p><p>You can pick up a copy of my book here:<br>keplers.com/<br><a href="https://www.greenapplebooks.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">greenapplebooks.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://christophersbooks.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">christophersbooks.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://boundtogether.org//" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">boundtogether.org//</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.historiumpress.com/michael-dunn" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">historiumpress.com/michael-dun</span><span class="invisible">n</span></a></p><p>Or send me $25 via Venmo (@Michael-Dunn-565) and your mailing address, and I will send you a signed copy!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/childlabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childlabor</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nike</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AnywhereButSchuylkill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnywhereButSchuylkill</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novel</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hisfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hisfic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/historicalfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>historicalfiction</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstadon</span></a></span></p>
Atma Unum<p>"Chinese Children" by the Dor Brothers spotlights capitalism's dark side through vibrant visuals and poignant lyrics of Devendra Banhart. It challenges us to reflect on the unseen labor behind everyday luxuries. 🎶💔 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChildLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildLabor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Activism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MusicVideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusicVideo</span></a></p><p><a href="http://atmaunum.com/2025/05/30/chinese-children/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">atmaunum.com/2025/05/30/chines</span><span class="invisible">e-children/</span></a></p>
Maggie Maybe<p>Idk how I feel about this. Getting into a career type job at age 18 would have saved me from getting a cocaine addiction, probably, but here in the US we don’t trust them to drive rental cars until they are 26. So a train seems unsafe, or maybe not . . . it’s on a track at least. </p><p>Teenagers to drive trains due to concerns over labour shortages | UK News | Sky News <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/teenagers-to-drive-trains-due-to-concerns-over-labour-shortages-13362760" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.sky.com/story/teenagers-t</span><span class="invisible">o-drive-trains-due-to-concerns-over-labour-shortages-13362760</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ChildLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildLabor</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/LaborShortage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborShortage</span></a> (lol pay them more and you won’t have a shortage)</p>
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