Children in Agriculture

US Labor Department cites Nickerson Farms for child labor violations

More than $48,000 in penalties assessed after investigators find 7 children working in fields Wage

Fri Nov 12 2010

Longoria and Colbert Highlight the Plight of Farmworker Adults and Children

America’s farmworkers are mostly invisible these days. The men, women, and children who pick our

Tue Nov 9 2010

For migrant students, a cycle of dwindling opportunities

To read this article at the Washington Post, please click here. By Kevin Sieff Washington Post

Mon Nov 8 2010

Despite problems, egg farmer embraced by local governments Central figure in recall has history of run-ins with regulators

By Andrew Zajac, Chicago Tribune Washington Bureau 8:23 PM EDT, August 27, 2010/WASHINGTON Long

Thu Oct 21 2010

NCL Report: The Dangers of Youth Work in Agriculture

[from NCL’s 2010 Five Worst Jobs for Teens] Farms look safe but they are actually very

Mon Oct 18 2010

ILRF: U.S. Is Out of Compliance of Convention 182 Because of Child Labor in U.S. Agriculture

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Thu Oct 14 2010

“Fields of Peril” Human Rights Watch Investigates Child Labor in U.S. Agriculture, May 2010

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Thu Oct 14 2010

2 Teen Workers Trapped Inside Grain Bin Die in Illinois

MOUNT CARROLL, Ill., July 29, 2010 [This brings to 4 the number of young workers who died in grain

Thu Jul 29 2010

Families remember two teens who died in silo accident

[The Department of Labor is currently reviewing the agricultural hazardous orders. In 2002, NIOSH

Tue Jul 13 2010

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