Republicans have found a new hill to die on: rolling back child labor laws. It's all part of a larger plan to crush worker protections, and it's especially repugnant that children are a part of this scheme. ... Arkansas isn't the only state where Republicans want child labor laws relaxed -- it's just the first one where the bill already reached the governor. A similar bill is going through the Iowa legislature right now. Iowa currently has a lengthy list of jobs teenagers aged 14-17 aren't allowed to do because they are dangerous, but the law proposes that the state create a sort of apprenticeship program so teens could do dangerous jobs such as mining, meatpacking, or ones where they are exposed to radioactive substances.