TAKE ACTION: End Child Labor in US Agriculture

Hundreds of thousands of children are employed as farmworkers in the United States. They often work 10 or more hours a day with sharp tools, heavy machinery, and dangerous pesticides, and die at 4 times the rate of other working youth. Farmworker children drop out of school in alarming numbers. |
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Fingers to the Bone
Child farmworkers in the US |
Veggies Gone Wild!!!
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Agriculture is one of the most dangerous occupations in the US
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![]() ![]() > Read the press release ![]() Watch a trailer of The Harvest,
an upcoming feature documentary about child labor in US agriculture. By director U. Roberto Romano. |
FACTS Exploitation, long hours for low pay: THE CARE ACT The Children’s Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act), HR 3564, would ensure that all working children are protected equally. It would:
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