Re: [AlpacaTalk] The Children's Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act, HR 3564)

 

It also would not have prohibited children from farm work, it would only restrict the number of hours worked to the limitations for all other industries, and prohibit them from unsafe working conditions. 

I'm sure learning a lot about people lately. 

Heather

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On Apr 27, 2012, at 6:01 AM, Judith Korff wrote:

 

Laurel, can you explain WHY you protested it?  It seems to make very sound sense to me.  It exempts family farms, so nobody can claim that their children are affected except insofar as they might be prohibited from taking employment at somebody else's farm, somebody who might not be as concerned for their safety as their own parents would.  It ensures that children are not put to work in grain silos which are extremely dangerous; it ensures that children are not required to work on tractors without roll-over bars (I sure as heck wouldn't want my kid on one!).  It makes safety for children the paramount concern in employment situations.  It does not bar children from performing any acts on a farm owned and operated by their parents, who presumably will themselves have the child's best interests at heart and would not expose them to hazardous conditions.  I'm just curious what is so objectionable about any of that.

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Bluebird Hills Farm <bluebirdhills@voyager.net> wrote:

 

Sorry, repealed was the wrong word, you are correct.
I heard it on the news last nite that it was going back to the drawing board due to pressure placed on the USDA.
Laurel
The Shouvlins
Bluebird Hills Farm
3617 Derr Road
Springfield, Ohio 45503
937-206-3936
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bluebirdhills@voyager.net

> Hi Heather,
>
> I just read the last part of today's, 26 Apr 12, mail, and found this.
>
> This is still active. Here is the link to the page, dated
> Jody Brown - OneNewsNow - 4/26/2012 10:10:00 AM
> http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=1586018
>
> Jim Guerin
> Jimmini Farm
> Yelm, WA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
From: Heather Zeleny
> To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 2:54 PM
> Subject: [AlpacaTalk] The Children's Act for Responsible Employment
> (CARE Act, HR 3564)

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Judith Korff
LadySong Farm
Steamburg,  New York
(716) 499-0383
Suri: Silk Without the Worm
www.alpacanation.com/ladysong.asp

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