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Labor dept. backs off rule to limit farm work by kids
MN Public Radio ^
| Jon Collins, Minnesota Public Radio
Posted on 04/26/2012 6:04:27 PM PDT by prairiebreeze
The U.S. Department of Labor is withdrawing a rule that would have limited the sorts of work that children can do on farms.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agriculture; beanpickers; childlabor; familyfarms; farm; jerrymoran; johnthun; kids; labordept
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To: prairiebreeze
Again, they will wait until they have more “flexibility” to do this, actually they will just confiscate the farms for the collective when they are entrenched for life.
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posted on
04/28/2012 4:02:01 AM PDT
by
Shady
(The undeniable truth of the Obama Administration...The numbers do not lie.)
To: Keith in Iowa
prohibit young people from working on family farms and participating in agriculture education programs including Future Farmers of America and 4-H.Wow, that's the first I've seen of the bold part. FFA and 4H, suppressed as subversives. Can the Ministry of Truth be far behind?
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posted on
04/28/2012 4:14:48 AM PDT
by
j_tull
("I may make you feel, but I can't make you think.")
To: prairiebreeze
Had the general manager of a large grain company speak at a meeting this week. He was really outspoken about what’s going on in Washington regarding agriculture. He said 80% of farmers want the government off their back. They don’t need or want the subsidies any more, and just want a free market in which to operate.
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posted on
04/28/2012 5:12:18 AM PDT
by
bcsco
To: prairiebreeze
Another alphabet soup Govt Dept. that needs to be eliminated.
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posted on
04/28/2012 7:04:45 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: prairiebreeze
Yes, ultimately, they want to take over the farms. And everything else. They want to pit neighbor against neighbor, children against parents, brother against brother.
A world where nobody can trust anybody and everybody is dependant on the government.
Utopia.
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posted on
04/28/2012 10:52:45 AM PDT
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
To: dragonblustar
The Amish would simply ignore the ruling.
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posted on
04/28/2012 11:44:40 AM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: prairiebreeze
It's probably just as well that they backed off.
I seriously doubt that too many states would have meekly fallen in line, anyway.
About a month ago, for instance, the Tennessee House passed, by a whopping 70-24 vote--almost three-to-one!--a bill that would require the state of Tennessee to ignore these federal regualations.
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posted on
04/28/2012 6:14:34 PM PDT
by
AmericanExceptionalist
(Democrats believe in discussing the full spectrum of ideas, all the way from far left to center-left)
To: dragonblustar
“The Amish would have been hit hard by this ruling.”
I’m just curious. Do the Amish vote? If not, I wish they would consider it this time!
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posted on
04/28/2012 7:30:42 PM PDT
by
Wisconsinlady
(http://itsworkingwisconsin.com/ I support Governor Scott Walker)
To: prairiebreeze
Check back on it in 6 months and see if they’ve begun implementing it after all. Never trust these bast****.
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posted on
04/28/2012 7:49:14 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(FYBO/FUBO; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
To: dragonblustar
I think the Amish and others like them may have been specifically targeted though many other farm families of various stripes would have been affected as well.
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posted on
04/29/2012 2:27:18 AM PDT
by
mdmathis6
(Kiss the Son!)
To: Wisconsinlady
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posted on
04/29/2012 2:28:57 AM PDT
by
mdmathis6
(Kiss the Son!)
To: Western Phil
****From the article: Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn, released a statement expressing relief about the withdrawal of the rule, which he said "would have had a negative impact on our state's ag community."****
I didn't know that Hollywood had an ag community.
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posted on
04/29/2012 8:06:41 PM PDT
by
fkabuckeyesrule
(Lets institute SARAH-ia law in America!)
To: lysie
Labor dept. backs off rule to limit farm work by kids Good news, but Im still livid at the very thought.
they are waiting till after the ‘re-election’ to implement it...then all bets are off...
which I will hold my nose with a springy clothespin and vote for whomever the Republican nominee is.
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posted on
04/30/2012 7:50:38 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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