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In Agriculture, child labor, child labor in agriculture, Child Labor News, Children in the Fields, Hazardous Labor, U.S. News Posted May 8, 2012

USA: Pitting Child Safety Against the Family Farm – New York Times Opinion Page

Pitting Child Safety Against the Family Farm – New York Time Opinion Page Last month, a proposal by the United States Department of Labor to prevent children under age 16 from working in [...]

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In Agriculture, child labor, child labor in agriculture, Child labor in sugarcane, Child Labor News, Children in the Fields, Corporate Social Responsibility, video, video on child labor Posted May 2, 2012

Philippines: Life is not sweet for Philippines sugar cane child laborers – CNN International

Child labor is common practice is Philippine region of Mindanao CNN International He says he does it to help his parents, but he is just one of many children who are part of an illegal economic [...]

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In Agriculture, child labor in agriculture, Child Labor News, Child workers, Children in the Fields, U.S. News Posted April 27, 2012

USA: Shame on Obama Administration for Sacrificing Children to Keep Agribusiness Happy – Public Citizen Press Release

The Obama administration on Thursday once again sided with industry instead of workers on regulations and withdrew the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rules that would have restricted [...]

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In Agriculture, child labor in agriculture, Child Labor News, Child migration for employment, Child workers, Children in the Fields, U.S. News Posted April 27, 2012

USA: Labor Department Abandons Child Farmworkers – HRW Press Release

Washington, DC – The US Labor Department’s withdrawal of proposed rules to shield hired child farmworkers from the most dangerous tasks condemns children to be killed and maimed, [...]