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Visa Delays Said to Slow Season, Harvest
From NashuaTelegraph.com, Shannon Young, 9 Nov 2011. WASHINGTON – As the fall apple harvest winds down, some New Hampshire apple farmers who depend on foreign-born seasonal labor fear visa regulations...
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Young Farm Workers at Greater Risk of Dying On-the-Job, Proposal to Protect...
From ScienceBlogs.com, The Pump Handle, ‘Celeste Monforton, 18 Nov 2011. For U.S. workers, the risk of dying on the job is highest if you are employed in agricultural, fishing or hunting. These jobs...
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New Child Labor Laws Difficult Idea To Plant With Nebraska Farmers
From WOWT.con, 6 News, 24 Nov 2011. Farmers say updated child labor laws proposed by the US Department of Labor could have a chilling effect. Farmers say updated child labor laws proposed by the US...
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Visa, Tax Worries Add to Burden of Jamaican Farmhands in NH
From UnionLeader.com, Simon Rios, Sunday News Correspondent, 27 Nov 2011. Lodrick Williams, a Jamaican worker under the H-2A visa program, distributes hay on Lull Farm. He has been working here for 26...
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New Changes in Child Labor Target Family Farm Operations
From RapidCityJournal.com, Andrea J. Cook, Journal staff, 29 Nov 2011. Proposed changes in federal child labor rules threaten the very core of South Dakota family farm and ranch operations by limiting...
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Farmers Worry New Labor Rules Will End Teen Jobs
From SacBee.com, The Sacramento Bee, Josh Funk, Associated Press, 2 Dec 2011. NATI HARNIK / AP PHOTO In this photo taken on Nov. 30, 2011, Shane Meyer, left, stands with his sons Shane Jr., 16, and...
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Keeping Kids Out of Silo Deathtraps: Labor Dept. on Verge of Rule Change
From InTheseTimes.com, Mike Elk, 19 Dec 2011. When it’s humid during the summer, corn in storage will often get so caked together that it won’t fall to the bottom of silos. When this happens, silo...
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Laws on Farm Labor Impact Minors
From LakeNewsOnline.com, Rance Burger, 28 Dec 2011. Lake of the Ozarks, MO — Proposed changes to farm labor laws may change the landscape of education in rural communities across the Lake of the...
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Jensen Farms Fined for Substandard Housing
From ThePacker.com, Andy Nelson, 20 Jan 2012. The Colorado cantaloupe grower-shipper linked to the deadly 2011 listeria outbreak has been fined for housing migrant workers in substandard conditions....
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Labor Department Statement on Withdrawal of Proposed Rule Dealing With...
From DOL.gov, 26 Apr 2012. News Release WHD News Release: [04/26/2012] Contact Name: Joshua R. Lamont or Elizabeth Alexander Phone Number: (202) 693-4661 or x4675 Release Number: 12-0826-NAT WASHINGTON...
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