Wisconsin: Evers vetoes a Republican bill that would have allowed teens to work without parental consent

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Evers vetoes a Republican bill that would have allowed teens to work without parental consent

BY SCOTT BAUER
Updated 11:57 AM EDT, April 8, 2024

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Monday vetoed a Republican bill that would have allowed 14- and 15-year-olds in Wisconsin to work without getting consent from their parents or a state permit.

Evers vetoed the bill that passed the Legislature with all Republicans in support and Democrats against it.

The proposal came amid a wider push by state lawmakers to roll back child labor laws and despite the efforts of federal investigators to crack down on a surge in child labor violations nationally.

“Asking more kids to work is not a serious plan or solution to address our statewide workforce issues,” Evers said in his veto message.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-child-labor-evers-veto-work-permit-a562ebc31e8238434df96c7dc1c8e3d0

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Republicans do not have enough votes to override.

[CrispyQ]

1. I'm boggled that anyone would think that rolling back laws of this type is good.

What the fuck is wrong with these people??? How did so many mean-spirited pricks end up in government? Are there really that many of our fellow citizens who are just nasty fucks?

[jimfields33]

4. Parental consent should be required for everything a child does until 18.

Maybe we are heading that way. I think it used to be that way.

[Raven123]

2. Amazing. Let 'em decide when and where to work

…… but don’t let them read what they want to read

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2023/11/07/heres-a-list-wisconsin-schools-with-book-bans-and-restrictions/71401064007/

[patphil]

3. Parents in Wisconsin are legally responsible for children until age 18.

Passing a law that allows children to take a job without parental consent at 14 years of age strips the parents of their rights to make that determination.
This is what we'll get if we block immigrants from coming into the country.
We already have a labor shortage, mostly due to the Covid pandemic. We really need the labor pool that immigrants provide.
But instead we get child labor; all part of the Republican plan for the next Trump presidency.

[Stargazer99]

5. there is no labor shortage-people do not want to work for wages that do not support their needs

Republicans would bring back slave labor if they could get away with it.