Children in the Fields

photos: Robin Romano. photo art: NCL

What Can You Do? Write your representative to demand equal protection for child farmworkers Click Here for a sample letter Find your US Congressperson Find your US Senator Human Rights Watch provides background information and a "What you can do" section	New! Campaign Resources Available Teacher Resources: In Our Own Backyard: The Hidden Problem of Child Farmworkers in America. Includes downloadable materials. Also available are a DVD and poster. Booklet: Children in the Fields: An American Problem. Identifies the problem and makes a call to action.
	World Day Against Child Labor: June 12, 2007. Focuses on child labor in agriculture. Press release NCL Bulletin article Hill briefing agenda
	Children's Act for Responsible Employment (CARE) Bill Summary
	Survey: American Public Says Young Farmworkers Deserve Equal Protection (2005)
	To see a copy of the press release click here. For additional survey findings read the report. To see a copy of the questionnaire click here. To see the raw data click here.
	Children in the Fields Facts Describes the problem and the impacts on education, health, and family of having children work in agriculture fields. Read more...


	Children Employed in Agriculture Need Stronger Laws to Protect Them Against Hazardous Working Conditions Agriculture is one of the two or three most dangerous industries, but the existing child labor law has fewer protections in agriculture than in any other industry. There are four main problems with regard to children working in agriculture in the existing federal law (the Fair Labor Standards Act). Read more...
	Children in the Fields Campaign launch
	Resources American Federation of Teachers Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs Farmworker Justice (Search for report: The Ones the Law Forgot: Children Working in Agriculture") Fields of Hope International Initiative to End Child Labor Migrant Legal Action Program National Consumers League

Children in the Fields Facts