Atlantic City, N.J., May 27—William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, in a plea to the 18th biennial convention of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, for increased activity for the adoption of the federal child labor amendment, singled out North Carolina as typical of objectionable conditions of child labor.
“North Carolina,” he said, “permits an 11-hour day and a 60-hour week. Several other large states permit children under 16 years to work 54 hours a week and in many of these states provision is made for longer hours of toil in case the repair of broken machinery interferes with the normal course of employment.”
Mr. Green said that many states which voted for prohibition, the federal income tax and woman’s suffrage voted against federal legislation to protect the lives of the children of the nation.
Editor’s note: As of 2026, there is no constitutional amendment to limit, regulate or prohibit the labor of persons under 18. States may have laws concerning child labor, but it’s not considered a federal issue.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, May 28, 1926
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