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Young farmworker shares lessons on hard life in fields

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Read Samantha's storyMeet Samantha Guillen, a child farmworker since age 6, who is helping advocates fight for increased protections for our youngest child laborers in the fields.

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Teens, avoid these jobs in 2010

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2010 Five Worst Teen JobsIt’s that time of the year. Teenagers are starting to think about their summer jobs. Where will they work? What kind of work will they do? What will it pay?

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New report: fighting wage theft in America

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Fighting wage theftA new report released today by the National Employment Law Project and its partners in the Just Pay Working Group, of which NCL is an organizational endorser, outlines how the Obama administration can combat the epidemic of illegal pay practices that is exploiting gaps in workplace enforcement and  hurting millions of workers, their families and their communities.

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