In Our Fields

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

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Thu Oct 14 2010

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

Mon Aug 2 2010

HRW: Veggies Gone Wild for CARE Act

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

[The current Congress has not yet seen the expected re- introduction of the CARE Act. The

Thu Jul 22 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

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