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Government Cracks Down on Farmers Who Hire Children
The Obama administration is hiring investigators and raising the fines on farmers who hire children and underpay workers.

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Comcast-NBC Merger — Bad for Latinos?
Comcast and NBC Universal are trying to convince the nation’s leading Latino civil rights groups that their proposed merger would benefit the Latino community. But according to the commentator, consolidation erodes opportunities for Latinos in the media.

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Key Administration Officials to Engage Latino Elected Officials at NALEO Conference
WASHINGTON—-The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund today announced that U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solís will participate in NALEO’s 27th Annual Conference June 24-26 in Denver.

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U.S. Cracks Down on Farmers Who Hire Children
WHITE LAKE, N.C. — The Obama administration has opened a broad campaign of enforcement against farmers who employ children and underpay workers, hiring hundreds of investigators and raising fines for labor and wage violators.

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Department of Labor Raises the Bar
AFOP Commends Secretary Solis for Increasing the Penalties for the Illegal Employment of Children (PRWeb Jun 18, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/agricultural_farm_workers/child_labor/prweb4159454.htm

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