Child Labor - US

NCL Report on Dangerous Jobs for Teens: Driver/Operator, Forklifts, Tractors, and All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs)

[from NCL’s 2010 Five Worst Jobs for Teens] Forklifts, tractors, and all-terrain vehicles

AFL-CIO Asks Congressional Leaders to Protect Farmworker Kids, May 2010

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AFT/ILRF Report on U.S. Policies to Combat Child Labor, June 2010

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

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Senator Tom Harkin’s “Dear Colleague” letter on Uzbek Cotton, March 2009

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CARE Act Summary by First Focus Campaign for Children, May 2010

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

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State vs. Federal Child Labor Laws: Which Apply?

There are child labor laws, both state and federal, that regulate the hours of work, types of jobs,

The Problem of Antiquated State Child Labor Laws

Weak and inadequate state and federal child labor laws Some states have not updated their child