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DOL Withdraws Much-Needed Child Safety Protections for Children Working for Wages on Farms
The safety of child workers on farms was dealt a harsh blow April 19th when the Obama administration unexpectedly announced that it was withdrawing long-awaited occupational child safety rules for agriculture. The National Consumers League (NCL) and the Child Labor Coalition, which NCL co-chairs, has been a leader in the fight for protections against hazardous [...]
Child Labor Coalition: Withdrawal of Occupational Child Safety Rules Will Risk Children’s Lives on Farms
CHILD LABOR COALITION PRESS RELEASE For immediate release: April 30, 2012 Contact: Reid Maki, (202) 207-2820, reidm@nclnet.org The 28 members of the Child Labor Coalition (CLC) and the millions of Americans they represent warn that the Department of Labor’s recent withdrawal of occupational child safety rules for agriculture will needlessly endanger children who work for wages [...]
Child Labor Coalition: U.S. should implement proposed farm safety rules for children [Press Release]
Legislation by Senators Thune and Moran May Endanger Children Working on Farms Washington, DC–Legislation introduced in the U.S. Congress in March 2012 to block proposed safety rules for child farmworkers will endanger children who work on farms, said advocates from the Child Labor Coalition (CLC), representing more than two dozen organizations concerned with protecting working [...]
AFOP: Withdrawal of the DOL Rules Endangers Farmworker Children
[Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs Press Release] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Withdrawal of the DOL Rules Endangers Farmworker Children Administration Pulls Protections for Children Employed in Agriculture April 28, 2012—Washington, D.C.—Last night the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a press release announcing the Obama Administration would be withdrawing the proposed updates to the Hazardous Orders [...]
