Labor Dept. (aka Fascist Obama Administration) banning chores for rural children

[redrumloa]

Rural kids, parents angry about Labor Dept. rule banning farm chores

A proposal from the Obama administration to prevent children from doing farm chores has drawn plenty of criticism from rural-district members of Congress. But now it’s attracting barbs from farm kids themselves.

The Department of Labor is poised to put the finishing touches on a rule that would apply child-labor laws to children working on family farms, prohibiting them from performing a list of jobs on their own families’ land.

Hope and change.

 

[robert l. bentham]

Hope and change.

nasty, dirty, obama trynna save republican children from their parents...

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/aginjury/

Agriculture ranks among the most hazardous industries. Farmers are at very high risk for fatal and nonfatal injuries. Farming is one of the few industries in which the families (who often share the work and live on the premises) are also at risk for fatal and nonfatal injuries.​

• Approximately 1,783,000 full-time workers were employed in production agriculture in the U.S. in 2009. During this same year, 440 farmers and farm workers died from a work-related injury for a fatality rate of 24.7 deaths per 100,000 workers.
  
  
• An estimated 1.03 million children and adolescents under 20 years of age resided on farms in 2009, with about 519,000 of these youth performing work on the farms. In addition to the youth who live on farms, an additional 230,000 children and adolescents were hired to work on U.S. farms in 2009.
  
  
• On average, 113 youth less than 20 years of age die annually from farm-related injuries (1995 -2002), with most of these deaths occurring to youth 16-19 years of age (34%).
  
  
• Of the leading sources of fatal injuries to youth on U.S. farms, 23% percent involved machinery (includes tractors), 19% involved motor vehicles (includes ATVs), and 16% were due to drowning.
  
  
• In 2009, an estimated 16,100 children and adolescents were injured on farms; 3,400 of these injuries were due to farm work.
  
  
• Between 1992 and 2009, 9,003 farmers and farm workers died from work-related injuries in the US. The leading cause of death for these workers was tractor overturns, accounting for over 90 deaths annually.
  
  
• The most effective way to prevent tractor overturn deaths is the use of a Roll-Over Protective Structure (ROPS). In 2006, only 59% of tractors used on farms in the US were equipped with ROPS. If ROPS were placed on all tractors used on US farms manufactured since the mid-1960’s, the prevalence of ROPS-equipped tractors could be increased to over 80%.

 

[Dammy]

nasty, dirty, obama trynna save republican children from their parents...

Guess again, Obama hates those kids as much as their Republican parents!

Under pressure from farming advocates in rural communities, and following a ​

report​

by The Daily Caller, the Obama administration ​

withdrew​

a proposed rule Thursday that would have applied child labor laws to family farms.​

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http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/26/amid-nationwide-outcry-labor-dept-withdraws-farm-child-labor-rule/

 

[robert l. bentham]

Guess again, Obama hates those kids as much as their Republican parents!

actually... that's not what really happened here... labor dept. decided they wanted to ensure that child workers weren't being used or endangered on dangerous farm jobs... there is a "parental exception" clause and ALWAYS has been. people have completely twisted this and why?

so they can get what is defined as a parent to include corporate interests...

The department recognizes the unique attributes of farm families and rural communities. The re-proposal process will seek comments and inputs as to how the department can comply with statutory requirements to protect children, while respecting rural traditions. The re-proposed portion of the rule is expected to be published for public comment by early summer. The department will continue to review the comments received regarding the remaining portions of the proposed rule for inclusion in a final rule.​

Until the revised exemption is final, the Wage and Hour Division will apply the parental exemption to situations in which the parent or person standing in the place of a parent is a part owner of the farm, a partner in a partnership or an officer of a corporation that owns the farm if the ownership interest in the partnership or corporation is substantial. (bet they haggle over that definition for a long time ) This approach is consistent with guidance the Wage and Hour Division has provided to the public on its website for the past several years.​

"The Department of Labor appreciates and respects the role of parents in raising their children and assigning tasks and chores to their children on farms and of relatives such as grandparents, aunts and uncles in keeping grandchildren, nieces and nephews out of harm's way," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "Today's announcement to re-propose the parental exemption means the department will have the benefit of additional public comment, and the public will have an opportunity to consider a revised approach to this issue. We will continue to work closely with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to ensure that our child labor in agriculture rule generally, and the parental exemption specifically, fully reflect input from rural communities."​

"I want to applaud Secretary Solis and the Department of Labor for their decision to re-propose this portion of the rule to ensure kids across the nation have the opportunity to learn the value and reward of good old-fashioned farm work, while still providing protection to children from the most dangerous aspects of farming," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. "The Labor Department listened to farmers and ranchers across the country. This announcement and the additional opportunity for comment represent a common-sense approach to strengthen our agricultural economy while keeping farm kids safe. It reflects the Obama administration's commitment to the American values that will keep our rural and agricultural economies growing, and keep rural communities and families prosperous."​

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http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/whd/WHD20120203.htm​

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vilsack was an adopted child who grew up on a farm... he's just paving the way for corporate adoptions... when i lived in maine they let us out of school for a month during potato harvest so we could go pick the fields... used the school buses to take us there... backbreaking work for 50 cents for every fifty five gallon barrel of spuds... oh and vilsack is a democrat... and he has bowed to the big AG lobby... fun fact:​

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Nearly half a million children, as young as 6, are involved in the U.S. agriculture industry and responsible for a quarter of crops harvested.​

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most of them are illegals, so their children don't really matter anyway....​

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

Death to the family farm by any means necessary.

 

[robert l. bentham]

Death to the family farm by any means necessary.

thanks for the links i had saw neither, but i do see whats going on around here... i've watched it from the 80's... and it looks gawd awful, and the promise of a decent future seems bleak... but these people... my people... well when all of this goes around and gets bad... one will find a horse... another an old plow rusting in the pasture....