cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/40897823
Because the existing workforce keeps getting deported.
this post was submitted on 28 Mar 2025
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Georgia (and probably many other states) already doesn't have restrictions for 16 and 17 year olds, and the rest of these things are just choices that each business can make on their own. Plus it's not like the workers are being forced... if they don't like the conditions they are free to leave.
I really don't see why there is such an outrage over giving businesses more choice in how they want to operate. The employees already have the choice to work there or find somewhere else that aligns with what they want.
Take your ba somewhere else. Worker protections have been proven necessary over and over again. This is a devolution of progressive society. Saying that these policies are already active elsewhere shouldn't be an endorsement of their success rather than an indictment on Georgia still meeting to get their shit together. If a family finds it necessary for their 14 year old to work overnights to survive that's not exactly a point of pride for country
Would you prefer they not be allowed to survive?