Multiple state bills are undoing protections against child labor, but some groups are pushing back. “It is very concerning,” says Reid Maki, director of child labor issues and coordinator at the Child Labor Coalition (CLC). Having worked on child labor protections for decades, Maki says he has seen the negative impacts of labor on childhood health and development, academic success, and socialization. According to the Minnesota Reformer, lawmakers in 11 states have either passed or introduced laws to roll back child labor protections. Arnold says that interventions to combat this assault on child labor protections should focus on the root causes of child labor, including structural vulnerability and low wages.