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New Child-Labor Rules on Farms Proposed – Wall Street Journal

By Umbrellus LLC

Posted August 31, 2011

In Child Labor News

New Child–Labor Rules on Farms Proposed
Wall Street Journal
The US Labor Department proposed Wednesday to increase for the first time in four decades its list of jobs too hazardous for hired hands age 15 and younger to do on the farm, long one of the most dangerous places in America for children …
US seeks to strengthen safety rules for child farm workersReuters
U.S. Secretary of Labor hosts teleconference on proposed child labor law …Freeport Journal-Standard

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