(Ankeny, IA) — Iowa-based Casey’s General Stores is asking the Iowa legislature to let 16- and 17-year-old workers operate the machines that roll out the pizza dough. Casey’s lobbyist Tom Cope says they are having trouble finding employees. Current Iowa law bars anyone under the age of 18 from operating a pizza dough rolling machine. Casey’s is the country’s 4th largest pizza chain – selling the pies out of its stores across the state. A Senate subcommittee has approved the bill that adopts federal guidelines, so 16 and 17-year-old workers would be able to operate pizza dough machines here.
