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Article

5 May 2010

Author:
Human Rights Watch

[PDF] Fields of Peril: Child Labor in US Agriculture

Hundreds of thousands of children…are working in agriculture in the United States…But under… federal law, children can toil in the fields at far younger ages, for far longer hours, and under far more hazardous conditions than all other working children. For too many of these children, farmwork means an early end to childhood, long hours at exploitative wages, and risk to their health and…lives…Farmworker women and girls are exceptionally vulnerable to sexual exploitation…In 2005, Olivia Tamayo…successfully challenge[d] her employer in federal court...The EEOC sued on Tamayo’s behalf…The jury found Harris Farms liable for sexual harassment…[Report also refers to lawsuit against Giumarra Vineyards, Adkin Blue Ribbon Packing]