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Bipartisan bill allowing more teen labor on construction sites nears finish line
The bill cleared the Florida Senate on Friday with unanimous support.
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Florida House votes to allow more teen labor on construction sites
The bill passed the Republican-dominated House in a 84-30 vote, with several Democrats joining Republicans in support.
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Orange County school board and teachers’ union spar over start time for impasse hearing on health insurance rate hike
The board says teachers won’t be able to talk during the hearing anyway, while the union argues that teachers still deserve the right to be there
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Florida senator revamps industry-backed teen labor bill in preparation for full Senate vote
HB 49, originally written by a right-wing think tank, was watered down after a flood of pushback
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Wells Fargo workers at Apopka bank file petition to unionize
It’s the second Wells Fargo branch in Florida to petition for union representation
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Florida bill weakening child labor protections on construction sites heads to full Senate
The bill fits within a trend of proposed child labor rollbacks popping up in state legislatures across the country.
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Florida bill that would allow for more teen labor on construction sites heads to the full House
The Florida bill fits into a trend of child labor rollbacks being proposed or enacted in state legislatures across the country
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Orlando International Airport sees union flight attendants rally for fair contracts, against corporate greed
The action comes as over two-thirds of U.S. flight attendants are in negotiations for new union contracts
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Florida bill that would give construction companies more child laborers advances with Democratic support
One senator’s defense: ‘People who break the law are not going to follow the law anyway, whether this bill is passed or not’
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Orange County teachers shouldn’t be forced to pay higher health insurance premiums, special magistrate rules
The school district had proposed raising the cost of health insurance by 64%, according to the union
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Florida sees its first major purge of public sector unions following passage of Republicans’ anti-union law
Over 30 public sector bargaining units in Florida have been decertified since October.
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‘Like a punch in the gut’: Volusia County teachers union calls out school board for union-busting behavior
The school board used a private attorney to contact the state and accuse the union of falsifying information
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House Republicans vote to roll back child labor laws in Florida
The measure would eliminate a decades-old restriction on 16- and 17-year-olds working more than eight hours
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Moms, Disney fans call on Disney World to rescind support for proposed child labor rollbacks in Florida
‘The happiest place on earth must not support laws that put our teens at risk’
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Industry-backed Florida child labor bill allowing older teens to work longer hours clears first Senate committee
Bill sponsor Danny Burgess has been in talks with the think tank behind child labor rollbacks in other states
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Florida Republicans seek to ‘fix’ confusion around anti-union law they championed last year
The new proposal would carve out more unions from last year’s controversial law, an idea proposed by Democrats that Republicans rejected
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Florida bill loosening child labor law begins to snatch up support from Democrats
Democratic Rep. Susan Valdes said she trusts the bill can still be changed for the better before its final passage
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Florida child labor bill poised for a vote by full Florida House
The bill would legally allow employers to work minors 16 and older over 30 hours per week and gut other protections for older teens on the job
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Florida Republican co-sponsor of child labor bill owns company with history of wage theft
Sen. Keith Perry is a co-sponsor on legislation that would loosen hazardous work requirements in construction for children as young as 16
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Florida Republicans advance watered-down proposal to weaken child labor law following public pressure
The legislation passed its first committee hearing Wednesday, despite opposition from the Florida PTA and others