Children in the Fields Campaign

US Labor Department cites Nickerson Farms for child labor violations

November 12th, 2010: The U.S. Department of Labor has fined Robert Nickerson Farms of Wellton,

Fri Nov 12 2010

HRW: Fingers to the Bone–Child Farmworkers in the United States

August 2nd, 2010: Take Action with our partner in the Children in the Fields partner Human Rights

Mon Aug 2 2010

HRW: Veggies Gone Wild for CARE Act

August 2nd, 2010: Veggies Gone Wild for CARE

Mon Aug 2 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

Human Rights Watch Report Exposes “Fields of Peril”

Fields of Peril Child Labor in US Agriculture May 5, 2010 In this 99-page report Human Rights Watch

Thu Jul 29 2010

The CARE Act Had 107 Cosponsors in Last Congress

July 22nd, 2010: The Children’s Act for Responsible Employment (CARE) would extend child labor

Thu Jul 22 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

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