The Bureau of International Labor Affairs helped reduce the number of child laborers worldwide by 78 million over the last two decades, including by issuing grants to international organizations ...

In contrast, sub-Saharan Africa has the highest global rate of child labor — about 1 in 4 kids work. And the report points out there has only been a slight improvement, with the rate dropping ...

As states consider loosening laws that regulate child labor, Lewis W. Hine's early 20th century photographs, which helped child labor laws get passed, are worth our attention once again.

Sen. Josh Hawley urged Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer to open a child labor investigation into Tyson Foods on Tuesday after receiving a whistleblower report.

HB 49 began the erosion of longstanding child labor protections in Florida, with it allowing employers to schedule 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds for more than six days in a row during the school year, ...

Florida’s rollback of child labor laws is more than a reaction to workforce shortages—it’s a signal of the state’s priorities in a post-immigration-crackdown era.

Child labor in the U.S. agriculture and meat processing sectors has reached alarming levels, with estimates suggesting that between 300,000 and 500,000 children are working in agriculture alone.

Child labor is a big concern across the world. It is particularly acute in countries in the global south, where it is estimated that about 160 million children are engaged in child labor, about 87 ...

Republican Wants to Loosen Child Labor Laws Published May 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM EDT By Andrew Stanton ...

Three southwest Washington strawberry growers were fined $73,000 last week after the U.S. Department of Labor found children between the ages of six and 11 working in their strawberries fields in ...

In late March 2025, claims (archived) circulated online that the state of Florida was debating lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs formerly held by immigrants. (X user @crampell) ...

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 ...