injun46 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Idiots? WTF? Wadda they gonna try next? I worked on my Grandpas dairy farm as a kid, and they were the happiest years of my life. Don't forget to vote this November! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airpirate Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Idiots!!! that's being kind Get this jackass out in November! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Idiots? WTF? Wadda they gonna try next? I worked on my Grandpas dairy farm as a kid, and they were the happiest years of my life. Don't forget to vote this November! kids that came off the farm happen to be the hardest working people out there with a lot of creative ability! Where did they get that From an early age is where this country is going south fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Rydr Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 There were times as kid, 8 would've loved a law like this.......but I also knew I made good money at the neighbor ranch loading and stacking hay bales in the summer. it was hot, nasty work, but paid well back then. Most of these jerks, don't know how working people really work! Or why farmers have so many kids! LOL. But they ALWAYS know what's best for us poor saps.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clan Chief Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 (edited) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor is proposing revisions to child labor regulations that will strengthen the safety requirements for young workers employed in agriculture and related fields. The agricultural hazardous occupations orders under the Fair Labor Standards Act that bar young workers from certain tasks have not been updated since they were promulgated in 1970. The department is proposing updates based on the enforcement experiences of its Wage and Hour Division, recommendations made by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and a commitment to bring parity between the rules for young workers employed in agricultural jobs and the more stringent rules that apply to those employed in nonagricultural workplaces. The proposed regulations would not apply to children working on farms owned by their parents. "Children employed in agriculture are some of the most vulnerable workers in America," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "Ensuring their welfare is a priority of the department, and this proposal is another element of our comprehensive approach." The proposal would strengthen current child labor regulations prohibiting agricultural work with animals and in pesticide handling, timber operations, manure pits and storage bins. It would prohibit farmworkers under age 16 from participating in the cultivation, harvesting and curing of tobacco. And it would prohibit youth in both agricultural and nonagricultural employment from using electronic, including communication, devices while operating power-driven equipment. The department also is proposing to create a new nonagricultural hazardous occupations order that would prevent children under 18 from being employed in the storing, marketing and transporting of farm product raw materials. Prohibited places of employment would include country grain elevators, grain bins, silos, feed lots, stockyards, livestock exchanges and livestock auctions. Additionally, the proposal would prohibit farmworkers under 16 from operating almost all power-driven equipment. A similar prohibition has existed as part of the nonagricultural child labor provisions for more than 50 years. A limited exemption would permit some student learners to operate certain farm implements and tractors, when equipped with proper rollover protection structures and seat belts, under specified conditions. The Wage and Hour Division employs a combination of enforcement, compliance assistance and collaboration strategies in partnership with states and community-based organizations to protect children working in the United States. When violations of law are found, the division uses all enforcement tools necessary to ensure accountability and deter future violations. The division is responsible for enforcing the FLSA, which establishes federal child labor provisions for both agricultural and nonagricultural employment, and charges the secretary of labor with prohibiting employment of youth in occupations that she finds and declares to be particularly hazardous for them. The FLSA establishes a minimum age of 18 for hazardous work in nonagricultural employment and 16 in agricultural employment. Once agricultural workers reach age 16, they are no longer subject to the FLSA's child labor provisions. The FLSA also provides a complete exemption for youths employed on farms owned by their parents. The public is invited to provide comments on this important proposal, which must be received by Nov. 1. A public hearing on the proposal will be held following the comment period. More information, including a complete list of the proposed revisions, will be available in the Federal Register on Sept. 2. Edited April 25, 2012 by Clan Chief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Additionally, the proposal would prohibit farmworkers under 16 from operating almost all power-driven equipment. A similar prohibition has existed as part of the nonagricultural child labor provisions for more than 50 years. A limited exemption would permit some student learners to operate certain farm implements and tractors, when equipped with proper rollover protection structures and seat belts, under specified conditions. I was 7 when I was started in the field driving a WC Allis. Dad bought it cause it had a hand clutch and I could reach it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micmac Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I grew up on a dairy farm. You don't work, you don't eat. We baled hay, cut silage, ran milking machines, cut wood with chainsaws and axes. I can think of a million other things we did on a daily basis that would be considered dangerous these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
injun46 Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 I grew up on a dairy farm. You don't work, you don't eat. We baled hay, cut silage, ran milking machines, cut wood with chainsaws and axes. I can think of a million other things we did on a daily basis that would be considered dangerous these days. ...and show cattle at the county fairs, clean out the stalls, sleep in the cattle barns with a giant fan running all night to keep the flies off, cooler full of RC & Orange Crush to wash the Moon Pies down, I mean, what else could a kid want, except Grandmas fried chicken. Loved it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefin Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Next our kids wont be allowed to mow the grass or do dishes,,,, WTF?.... Over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycorn Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 heaven forbid kids should learn some kind of work ethic at a young age... look what it did to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHIEF DOC 99 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 If everyone was a farmer...Food would be abundant. If everyone was a lawyer...Truth would be redundant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indian terry Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 When I was 5 I was washing parts in solvent (ie) deisel in my dads auto shop and buffing pistons and valves at age 6 on the grinder--and for pay was a game or two of pool and a soda and piece of jerky while the old man had a few beers and picked up some jobs at the local watering holes--and we didnt work on just cars and trucks ..many customers had farm equipment they needed a hand with. at age 13 I would deliver and pick up customer cars drive farm equipment on the road and sniff at the farmers daughters. at 16 i figgered out what a girl would do to have some one look at and fix their car---pay was lousey but the benifits were---oh yeah----and the feds want to take that away ----to hell with them--- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 The thing is farm equipment has more safety crap on it to day then it did when I grew up So how can that be so dangerous true people still get hurt but any one can get hurt there is more of us today then yesterday so the ratio should be less Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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