(The Center Square) - A new law introduced by a California congressman would raise the minimum legal age of child workers in agriculture from 12 to 17. The bill would update the original 1938 law ...
A two-part series investigating California’s failure to protect underage farmworkers won the December Sidney Award from the ...
(Beyond Pesticides, March 29, 2024) Last week during National Agriculture Week, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) introduced S.4038, the Children’s Act for Responsible Employment and Farm Safety (CARE ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California allows children as young as 12 to work in agriculture, but many face punishing conditions, including ...
The low-paying fast food industry has driven the surge in violations of child labor laws, with teens working longer and later than permitted under federal law. (iStock/halbergman) One of the largest ...
Thousands of children are part of a faceless legion of underage workers in California who put fresh fruit and vegetables on America’s tables.