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Show #635: CHILD FARM LABOR
Guests: David Strauss, Executive Director, Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs
Subject: They say, “For decades, U.S. children, some as young as 10 years old, have been working in the fields with grave consequences for their health, education, and personal development.” They lead us to ask… Should children work on farms?
Topics include a look at who does the work on the nation’s farms; why their children are not afforded the same protection as others under the Fair Labor Standards Act; and whether children should be allowed to work on farms