May 23rd, 2011

californiawatch:

From CBS News: The debate on child farm labor: In agriculture, children as young as 12 are allowed to work unlimited hours outside of school. Byron Pitts reports on the “Migrant Stream” and the families who are part of it whose children work alongside them in the fields for minimum wage.


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    Currently writing a paper about (oh hey relevancy!)gender and migrant workers, with a focus on US agriculture. Migrant...
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    Remember that this practice is illegal in Britain. In the US child labor is traditional, along with slavery, tax...
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    I come from Farming people. Farming life has always been hard, and in the time where the farm was busy, none of my...
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