In Our Fields – Stop Child Labor – The Child Labor Coalition

In Our Fields

Amazing, must-listen podcast….“Why Are States Loosening Child Labor Laws?” –New York Times child labor reporter Hannah Dreier and the CLC’s Norma Flores López on Roy Woods Jr. video podcast, “Beyond the Scenes – The Daily Show”

Amazing, must-listen podcast…. “Why Are States Loosening Child Labor Laws?” —New

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Wed May 10 2023

Do Children in America Ever Work in Deplorable, Dangerous, Dickensian Conditions? The Short Answer is “Yes” — The Child Labor Coalition’s Top Ten U.S. Child Labor Developments in 2022

By Reid Maki, Child Labor Coalition Most Americans are unaware that the U.S. still has child

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Thu Feb 2 2023

My Path from Strawberry and Blueberry Fields to College

By Alma Hernandez Imagine being a five-year-old child; happy and carefree. The age where you either

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Thu Aug 4 2022

US Should Protect Young Farmworkers–Lawmakers, Labor Department Need to Act

Margaret Wurth Senior Researcher, Children’s Rights Division [This piece originally appeared

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Thu Jun 30 2022

Press Release: Child Labor Coalition Welcomes the Reintroduction of the Children’s Act for Responsible Employment and Farm Safety 2022 (CARE Act)

For immediate release: March 31, 2022 Contact: Reid Maki, (202)

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Fri Apr 1 2022

201 Organizations Endorse Legislation (CARE Act) to Close Child Labor Loopholes that Endanger the Health, Safety and Educational Development of Farmworker Children

The Child Labor Coalition is reaching out for organizational endorsements of the Children’s Act

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Fri Apr 1 2022

CLC and Several Members Join 100 Organizations in Asking EPA to Immediately Ban the Pesticide Clorpyrifos which Damages Children’s Neurological Systems

March 5, 2021 OPP Docket #

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Tue Mar 9 2021

It’s Time for U.S. Tobacco Companies to Protect All Child Tobacco Workers with a Complete Ban on Children in Tobacco Fields

By Reid Maki, Child Labor Coalition In 2014, under pressure from advocacy groups like the Child

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Mon Aug 3 2020

Children Working in Terrifying Conditions in US Agriculture — New Research Shows Child Farmworkers Unprepared for Workplace Dangers

By Margaret Wurth Senior Researcher, Children’s Rights Division, Human Rights Watch (HRW) New

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Fri Nov 22 2019

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