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Human Rights Watch: Child Farmworkers in the u.s.: A "Worst Form of Child Labor" Article

Human Rights Watch: Child Farmworkers in the u.s.: A "Worst Form of Child Labor" Article

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Human Rights Watch: Child Farmworkers in the u.s.: A "Worst Form of Child Labor"

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An article focused on the drastic conditions and ruination of children who work on farms. The Human Rights Watch investigates the corruption of farmers abusing their child employees from their working conditions, hours, and pay among other things addressed. (Published November 17, 2011)

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