Tagged: Migrant Workers

State of Things
10:57 am
Tue April 10, 2012

Uprooted Innocence

http://afop.org/children-in-the-fields/

The United States has child labor laws to protect the safety of its children. However, these laws don't apply to the agriculture industry, where almost half a million children across the nation are employed.

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Law
4:50 am
Mon April 9, 2012

Violations at Worker Camps in Eastern NC

A new study is detailing housing violations for migrant workers in Eastern North Carolina.

Jeff Tiberii: Researchers from Wake Forest University found violations at all 183 worker camps they examined. Bacteria from human waste were found in the drinking water at 61 of those camps. Dr. Thomas Arcury Directs the Center for Worker Health at Wake Forest School of Medicine. He wrote the report.

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