MADE IN THE USA: Child Labor and Tobacco

[DanBC]

http://mm.hrw.org/content/made-usa-child-labor-tobacco

[palakchokshi]

Then with what authority does the USA go to China or Bangladesh or any other country telling them to stop child labor? This is despicable.

[happyscrappy]

How does this not run afoul of labor laws, this "article" contains no information.

[DanBC → happyscrappy]

There are exemptions in US labor laws for farming.

Thus it is legal in the US to employ 12 year old children for 72 hour weeks on tobacco farms.

Here's a BBC report http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27350413 (sorry for mobile link)

Protective clothing was trash bags with holes for arms and head.