Children in Agriculture

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

New York Times Highlights Plight of Farmworker Children

Efforts to protect farmworker children received a boost in June, 2010 when the NY Times front page

Sat Jun 19 2010

Agriprocessors Trial: Underage Workers Describe BRUTAL Working Conditions At Iowa Plant

MICHAEL J. CRUMB | 05/10/10 06:59 PM | WATERLOO, Iowa — A former underage worker cried Monday

Mon May 10 2010

Group works to reform labor laws for migrant children

By Naxiely Lopez Article published on November 17, 2010 [From The Monitor, a South Texas newspaper.

Sun Jan 17 2010

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