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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1975
A provision of the 1974 amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) prohibited children under the age of 12 from working in agriculture, except on their parents' farms. Purpose of this provision was to codify as a matter of national social policy that children under 12 should not work for hire in agriculture or any other industry, where they…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Child Labor, Economic Factors, Employment Opportunities
Peer reviewedMiljeteig, Per – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1999
Explores contributions from the Urban Childhood Conference for the purpose of developing the child-labor discourse further and indicating the implications of the new understandings for further research and policy development. Highlights the nine articles in this issue, which address child labor at the international level, children's viewpoints,…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Labor, Child Safety, Child Welfare
Peer reviewedMyers, William E. – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1999
Draws on increased international debate and concern about child labor to provide an overview of important apparent trends. Issues addressed include diversity of thinking, variety of work situations, effects on children involved, and traditional modes of action against child labor. Notes that traditional actions are ineffective and that ending the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Advocacy, Child Labor, Child Welfare
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1975
In its report accompanying the 1974 amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Senate Labor Committee concluded that in general child labor in agriculture was physically and mentally detrimental to the health and well-being of participating children, acting as a social depressant, stunting their intellectual growth and capacity, and…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Laborers, Child Labor, Economic Factors
Taylor, Ronald B. – 1973
In 1970 about a fourth of the country's farm workers were underage, working and living in conditions which are "sub-sub-substandard" in most parts of the country. These workers are often swindled or exploited by labor contractors or crew men. Since the work is seasonal, families are forced to travel great distances, under difficult circumstances,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Child Labor, Economic Factors, Educational Needs
Boyden, Jo – 1994
Child labor, which is children's work that is exploitative and dangerous, poses a major human rights and socioeconomic challenge. Universal primary education may be the most effective instrument for meeting this challenge. The expansion of compulsory primary schooling could reduce hours of work by children and help them protect themselves against…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Child Advocacy, Child Labor, Child Welfare
