NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to former teen farm worker and immigrant rights advocate Maria Lopez Gonzalez about new bills that would weaken current child-labor laws. And now we turn to Maria Lopez ...

Rise of child labor stokes fight over worker laws. ... Jose Velasquez Castellano said he first worked on a farm when he was 8 years old. At age 13, ...

A devastating new investigation by the New York Times found migrant children across the United States working in dangerous jobs in violation of US child labor laws.. There is more to this story. A ...

Congress should pass legislation to provide child farmworkers with the same protections as others, but the Labor Department does not need to wait for Congress.

A panel of experts and advocates testified on child labor laws and requirements on farms before the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Lawmakers were examining ways ...

Lawmakers proposed loosening child labor laws in at least 10 states over the past two years, ... Farm workers over 16 can work at dangerous heights or operate heavy machinery, ...

"You can't balance a perceived labor shortage on the backs of teen workers." Lawmakers proposed loosening child labor laws in at least 10 states over the past two years, according to a report ...

US child labor laws are outlined in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. ... On the farm, workers were paid by the bucket, which Castellano and his fellow child farmworkers struggled to carry.

But while Congress has had many chances to bolster labor protections in the 18 versions of the farm bill it has passed since 1933, it has instead largely ignored the needs of the workers who plant ...

CAMBRIDGE — The state Labor Department found multiple violations of state child labor laws at the Common Sense Farm in Washington County after visiting the Twelve Tribes commune on Monday ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to former teen farm worker and immigrant rights advocate Maria Lopez Gonzalez about new bills that would weaken current child-labor laws.

Since the news on Feb. 7 that Labor Secretary Marty Walsh will leave his Cabinet position, there has been significant buzz about who President Biden will name to succeed him. In the pile of ...