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    Feb 19, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast
  1. Proposed rules could limit youth roles on farms

    <span style="font-size: small;">AVILLA, Ind. (AP) &mdash; At 14, Sam Lawrence talks about farming like an old-timer.</span>
    AVILLA, Ind. (AP) — At 14, Sam Lawrence talks about farming like an old-timer. The middle school student often works the family farm in Noble County decked out in jeans, plaid shirt, boots with spurs and a baseball cap. Sam can't imagine any...

    Tags: Employment Opportunities, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Abusive Behavior, Employment, U.S. Department of Agriculture

  2. Mar 1, 2011 |Story| AP Broadcast
  3. Movie theaters fined for child labor violations

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Labor Department has fined three movie theater companies a total of $277,000 for allowing workers under 16 to perform dangerous jobs and work long hours in violation of child labor laws. The theaters have paid the fines and...

    Tags: Washington, DC, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation

  4. May 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  5. Sweat-free labels to change the garment trade [Blowback]

    In a May 7 Op-Ed <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-greenwald-bangladesh-triangle-fire-20130507,0,5592068.story">article</a>, Richard Greenwald and Michael Hirsch exhort consumers to support the workers who make our clothes rather than the global apparel industry that exploits them with low wages and unsafe working conditions. Yet exactly how we should do this remains unclear. We need to be more specific about our moral responsibility so that the "labels we wear not be stitched in blood."
    In a May 7 Op-Ed article, Richard Greenwald and Michael Hirsch exhort consumers to support the workers who make our clothes rather than the global apparel industry that exploits them with low wages and unsafe working conditions. Yet exactly how we...

    Tags: Human Rights, Politics, Employees, Immigration, U.S. Supreme Court

  6. Oct 25, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call
  7. A children's treasury of end-of-session bill signings.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    In case you were wondering what your elected leaders were doing during the waning hours of the 2011-12 leiglsaitve session, here's a selection of bills signed into law by Gov. Tom Corbett today. They range from a measure providing additional......
  8. Nov 2, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  9. Hershey sued over African cocoa farm child labor accusations

    <em>This post has been updated. See below for details.</em>
    This post has been updated. See below for details. Hershey Co. is being sued by an investor group accusing the giant confectionery brand of overlooking the African child labor allegedly used to produce the cocoa in its candy. The Louisiana Municipal...

    Tags: United Nations, Politics, Halloween, Interior Policy, Whole Foods Market

  10. Aug 17, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail
  11. Allan Powell: Frances Perkins - America's Iron Lady

    Honesty requires the admission of neglect for the deserved recognition of many progressive women who have contributed so much to our nation. I was inspired to read the life of Frances Perkins as a result of getting so many thrilling bits and pieces from...

    Tags: Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Politics, Feminism, Crime, Law and Justice

  12. Jun 29, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  13. Nestle promises action on Ivory Coast child-labor violations

    Nestle, the world&rsquo;s largest food company, said it would do more to eradicate child labor and other worker violations in its Ivory Coast cocoa supply chain after an outside report pointed out a range of problems.
    Nestle, the world’s largest food company, said it would do more to eradicate child labor and other worker violations in its Ivory Coast cocoa supply chain after an outside report pointed out a range of problems. The West African country provides...

    Tags: Google+, Employees, Economy, Business and Finance, Newt Gingrich, Companies and Corporations

  14. Jun 27, 2012 |Story| Daily American
  15. Department of Labor and Industry

    Site Administrator PA CareerLink® Somerset County
    "Where can I find information on Child Labor Laws?" is a question that is often asked. The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry has a website that can answer that and more at www.dli.state.pa.us. This is a brief overview of that site and the...

    Tags: Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Employment Opportunities, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Employment, Crime, Law and Justice

  16. Jun 5, 2012 |Story| Daily American
  17. Employer session

    Site Administrator PA CareerLink® Somerset County
    Where can you find information about hiring veterans, child labor laws (no, you don't have to pay for posters), and changes in the unemployment law? All of this and more can and will be available at our free Employer Informational Session at 8:30 a.m....

    Tags: Employment Opportunities, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Employment, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace

  18. Feb 2, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  19. Political finger-pointing

    Jesse Jackson is right.
    Jesse Jackson is right. In response to the face-off in Arizona between President Barack Obama and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer last week, Jackson said, "Even George Wallace did not put his finger in Dr. King's face." And it's true; he didn't. Similarly, not...

    Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Justice and Rights, Politics, Jesse Jackson, Crime, Law and Justice

  20. Feb 23, 2012 |Story| Daily American
  21. Teens and summer employment

    Site Administrator PA CareerLink® Somerset County
    Summer is around the corner!  Well, we have a few months to go, but it is not too early for teens and college students to start their summer job search. Summer jobs can be a great way to help with your future career path.  There are the places that...

    Tags: Employment Opportunities, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Employment, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace

  22. Jan 6, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail
  23. Allan Powell: Progressive movements improve America

    It was a great pleasure to discover "Woodrow Wilson And The Progressive Era" authored by Arthur S. Link. I wanted to get a more complete understanding of what "progressive" meant in the context of its historical setting. The formal definition, however,...

    Tags: Corporate Crime, Theodore Roosevelt, Employees, Restraint of Trade, Woodrow Wilson

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Nestle said it will work to eradicate child labor in it...
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