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Jan 23 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
BREAKING: A Florida House committee has approved a GOP bill to let bosses schedule 16-and-17-year-olds for over 8 hours on a school night and over 30 hours a week.

One Republican said "we've been weakening our society" and the remedy is to have kids "start working full-time."
One teacher told the committee about her student who can't stay awake in class because he works too much—even under current laws.
We've been covering the multiple Florida bills seeking to roll back child labor laws.

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Jan 24
THREAD: Teacher strikes in Massachusetts are banned and punishable by fines.

But when teachers are underpaid and overworked, there's no other choice.

So educators in Newton went on strike last week for better pay, lower student-staff ratios, and a social worker in every school.
Newton teachers have reportedly been negotiating with the city over a new contract for two years, and have been working without a contract since August.

Even under the threat of increasingly heavy fines, 98% of teachers voted to strike. wbur.org/news/2024/01/1…
The city says that meeting the teachers’ demands will result in more than a hundred layoffs in the next five years, but the union has maintained that the city has the money and is underfunding the schools.

In August, Mayor Ruthanne Fuller announced Newton has a $40 million budget surplus. newtonbeacon.org/mayor-fuller-a…
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Jan 22
THREAD: Pennsylvania law encourages municipalities to sell their water and sewage systems to private corporations, then allows those corporations to jack up utility bills to the benefit of investors.

Today, PA state senators heard about what this law is doing to communities.
Some residents have seen hikes of 60% or more after private companies, including Essential Utilities and American Water, have bought their local systems. They often don’t know it’s happening until the sale is ready to close.

Pennsylvania is just one of roughly a dozen states with “fair market value” laws like Act 12. substack.perfectunion.us/p/after-water-…
While residents struggle to pay their bills, the corporate executives running their systems are making bank.

The CEO of Aqua PA made $4.5 million last year — roughly the same amount as North Penn’s entire 52-person staff.

“They see this as an opportunity to fill their own personal pockets with cash.”
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Jan 19
THREAD: Albuquerque, NM, has become the largest U.S. city to permanently make public transportation free for everyone.

It’s a huge way to help those who need it most.

And, it’s saving the city money. Here’s how /1
ABQ RIDE passengers are largely people of color, low-income, and/or don’t have access to a car. Prior to the program, 90% of passengers reported not being able to afford the fare at least once in the past month.

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Albuquerque found that transit fare revenues didn’t even cover the cost of administering the fares.

So the city made all rides free.

Eliminating transit fares actually saves the city money.

/3
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Jan 11
Rep. Linda Chaney is the author of a Florida bill to let bosses make 16- and 17-year-olds work more than 30 hours a week, and let them deny teens meal breaks.

She says "This bill is about teenagers, they're 16 and 17 years old, they're driving cars, they are not children."
A Florida House committee has now advanced the bill.

Next the full house will vote on the legislation, which specifically lets kids work these long hours when school is in session, and eliminates the mandatory breaks every 4 hours for teens.

orlandoweekly.com/news/florida-b…
One Republican legislator compared children working 30 hours per week at a low wage job to his daughters taking honors classes.

“That program kicks your butt from a homework standpoint,” Rep. Jeff Holcomb said. “I think we’re wrapping our kids in bubble wrap here.”
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Jan 9
BREAKING: An Indiana Republican has filed a bill that would allow kids as young as 14 to drop out and work on corporate farms during school hours.

Kids would only need to complete 8th grade in order to work 40 hours a week as a farm laborer.
It's hard to believe, but here's the text of the bill: iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/…

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Indiana already has a problem with child labor, like teens working in dangerous and illegal meat processing jobs.
indystar.com/story/money/20…
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Dec 15, 2023
More than 2 million people have been disabled since 2020 — but the Census Bureau has plans to change its questions in a way that would cut the amount of people considered “disabled” by nearly half.

That could mean huge cuts to state and federal disability programs.

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The Census Bureau’s American Community Survey collects data about the country and the people who live in it. Seems simple enough.
But state and federal programs rely on census data to make funding decisions. So if the number of people considered disabled is cut, the amount of funding for disability programs could be cut too.

science.org/content/articl…
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