"In no other industry do we allow children in the workplace" - Brickbats - Transport and General Workers' Union against farmers' children working - Brief Article

Reason, Feb, 2002 by Charles Oliver

For centuries, the children of farmers have pitched in with the family business. For one British union, that constitutes exploitation. "In no other industry do we allow children in the workplace," says Barry Leathwood, of the Transport and General Workers' Union. The union wants minors banned from farm work and placed in "child care facilities" instead.