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Advocates urge Massachusetts to ratify long‑pending federal child‑labor amendment
Summary
A small coalition of advocates asked the Joint Committee to approve a resolution supporting the Child Labor Amendment (S5‑21 and companion bills), citing recent state and national legislative moves they say risk rolling back protections for minors and arguing ratification would reaffirm Massachusetts policy to protect child welfare and education.
Three witnesses told the committee Massachusetts should finally ratify the federal Child Labor Amendment — a proposal Congress sent to the states in 1924 and which supporters said remains available for ratification today.
Vincent Lawrence Dixon, a historian and longtime activist, urged lawmakers to consider renewed action after recent developments he described in other states. Alexander Jablon, a Newton resident and…
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