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Sep 28, 2009 | Posted by: roboblogger

Farms fined for child employment

Full story: New Jersey Herald

Seven farms and eight farm labor contractors in southern New Jersey have been fined for federal labor law violations, including employing children as young as 7 for farm labor.

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Dinah

Woodbridge, VA

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Sep 29, 2009
 
Just what KIND of "farm labor"? This is just SO assinine.
Kids have been helping with farm chores for CENTURIES, now all of a sudden it's wrong?

And you wonder why we have a generation of LAZY kids addicted to crappy t.v. shows and video games.
Dinah

Woodbridge, VA

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Sep 29, 2009
 
Guess they'd much rather be indoctrinating them in school to be the future zombies, I mean taxpayers, that they can suck from in the future.
Joe

Swedesboro, NJ

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Oct 21, 2009
 
To be honest when we import foods and other products often they are made by small children who are working in filthy working conditions in foreign poverty stricken countries making 2 dollars a day. We often see these children on tv hungry starving on garbage heaps.
Joe

Swedesboro, NJ

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Oct 21, 2009
 
I can't read article.

If the farmer employs his own children that is fine as long as it does not interfere with education.

However, it is not right to have migrant worker children work on the farms when they are little because they can get hurt.
Joe

Swedesboro, NJ

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Oct 21, 2009
 
Besides, children have their whole life to work. They should have time to play and go to school where they can get an education.

Chores and helping out is one thing but child slavery is another. This goes for here in USA and more should be done to protect children in poverty stricken countries too.
jim

AOL

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Oct 23, 2009
 
BUT ITS OK TO HIRE ILLEGALS TO WORK? THEY GET AWAY WITH THAT...I OWN MY OWN BUSINESS AND I HAVE HAD BOTH MY SONS 16 AND 10 HELPING ME OUT TO LEARN THE TRADE AND I PAY THEM. MY 16 YR OLD HAS BEEN HELPING SINCE I OPENED MY COMPANY WHEN HE WAS 11. KIDS THESE DAYS NEED TO LEARN HOW TO WORK FOR WHAT THEY HAVE INSTEAD OF PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AND GETTING OVER WEIGHT LIKE HALF OF THEM ARE.
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