Tag Archives: child labor law

What’s Wrong With Kids Picking Berries?

I used to pick berries when I was a kid. I remember picking blackberries at Pacific Union College from age 11 on. Kids are good at picking berries. They’ve got the little fingers adept at reaching into vines and brambles … Continue reading

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Rubashkins Charged With Using Child Labor

Barry emails: Why do we eat Kosher? – because G-d said so, because we ‘answer to a higher authority’. Well, the Agriprocessors and Rabashkin’s answer to an even higher authority – the almight dollar. Now they will all answer to … Continue reading

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Situation at Agriprocessors

Lynda Waddington writes: Hispanics who worked at the Agriprocessors plant prior to the May 12 immigration raid, told stories of sexual and financial coercion. Some workers who came to and left Postville in the weeks following the raid have spoken … Continue reading

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