Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

US Congress Should Protect Child Workers Harvesting Crops

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A 12-year-old girl picks cucumbers on a Michigan farm. © 2009 ROMANO As families across the United States prepare to gather for Thanksgiving this Thursday, too many children face danger cultivating and harvesting the foods that will end up on our tables.A new Los Angeles Times investigation has found children working back-breaking 10-hour shifts on farms across the US state of California. Many said they began working when they were between 11 and 13 years old.The children’s stories are eerily familiar. My colleagues and I have interviewed hundreds of children…

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