School Days, Saturdays, Sundays, and Fiestas: Children Who Work in Commercial Agriculture
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This report discusses the issues regarding children who work in agriculture. In 1969, hearings before the United States Senate Subcommittee on Migratory Labor pointed out that one out of every four agricultural workers in the United States was under 16. Some 800,000 farm workers were in this age group. Agriculture is the third most hazardous industry in America. Children should not be allowed to work in agriculture. Since the Departments of Agriculture and Labor keep totally inadequate statistics on these younger workers, it is necessary to visit the children, their parents, their teachers and crew leaders to learn the facts.
This report discusses the issues regarding children who work in agriculture. In 1969, hearings before the United States Senate Subcommittee on Migratory Labor pointed out that one out of every four agricultural workers in the United States was under 16. Some 800,000 farm workers were in this age group. Agriculture is the third most hazardous industry in America. Children should not be allowed to work in agriculture. Since the Departments of Agriculture and Labor keep totally inadequate statistics on these younger workers, it is necessary to visit the children, their parents, their teachers and crew leaders to learn the facts.
