In Our Fields

American Public: Young Farmworkers Deserve Equal Protection of Child Labor Laws– Consumer Survey Finds Americans Concerned about Youth Working in Ag;

Most Parents Would Restrict their Teens More than Current Laws Washington, DC – The vast majority

Thu Jul 21 2011

60 Minutes Piece on Child Farmworkers Misses the Mark

The Missing Piece Posted on May 27, 2011 by Ayrianne Parks, Communications Director, AFOP; and

Fri May 27 2011

New York Times: Itinerant Life Weighs on Farmworkers’ Children

March 12, 2011 By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN SALINAS, Calif. — A girl in Oscar Ramos’s third-grade

Thu Mar 17 2011

U.S. DOL Fines Two Grain Operators $1.4 million in Death of Two Teens

News Release OSHA News Release: [01/24/2011] MOUNT CARROLL, Ill. — The U.S. Department of Labor

Mon Jan 24 2011

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

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