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Children in Sweatshops and Fields Across America
A long AP study exposes underpaid child workers in farms and urban plants. Migrant youths labor from dawn to dusk in mushrooms cabbages and chilies while families struggle with low wages and unprotected labor. The piece profiles Mercy Gandarilla Omar Cruz Gonzales Jaime Guerrero Jr. Li-qing and others, highlighting harsh conditions in New Mexico Pennsylvania Delaware New York Florida Ohio and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Burger King
Food Lion
U.S. Labor Department
Mercy Gandarilla
New Mexico
Omar Cruz Gonzales
Pennsylvania
Omar
Jaime Guerrero Jr
Delaware
Diane Mull
Nonprofit
Association of Farm Worker Opportunity Programs
Arlington
New York City
Chinatown
Li-qing
Homestead
Fla
LaKesha Brooks
Marie
Angelica
LaKesha
Victor Perez
Manhattan
Rigoberto Rosales
Ohio