Thank you for sharing this. He's had a lifetime of experiences already in his young life. Thanks for being there to help provide and safe and caring environment!
Thanks so much for this, Cheryl. You may be interested in this ProPublica piece about the death of an 8 yr old Nicaraguan boy in a farm accident in Wisconsin. It highlights the difficulties these good people have. Check out this article from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Death on a dairy farm: What really happened to 8-year-old Jefferson Rodríguez
Thanks, Joy. I think that I've read about it because I lived in Wisconsin for a few years, and later spent a lot of years writing for a national publication about safety for farm children. Unfortunately, the intertwining of farm work and raising kids on the farm (often bystanders to the work) can be a lethal/hazardous combination. In this case, language barriers and his status as the son of a single-parent employee also exacerbated the situation. I will read it, and I appreciate your bringing this to my attention!
I had not read this. Initially, I thought, OSHA won't do anything on a farm with 11 or fewer employees. But the fact that OSHA did not even conduct an investigation and then makes the distinction about a year-round dairy farm only being a "temporary labor camp" is egregious. Thank you.
Another important reminder of the complex issues which cry out for a functioning and reasonable Congress. Thank you!
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My first Venezuelan student arrived here this week. He and his family lived in New York for one year before moving to Des Moines.
Thank you for sharing this. He's had a lifetime of experiences already in his young life. Thanks for being there to help provide and safe and caring environment!
Thanks so much for this, Cheryl. You may be interested in this ProPublica piece about the death of an 8 yr old Nicaraguan boy in a farm accident in Wisconsin. It highlights the difficulties these good people have. Check out this article from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Death on a dairy farm: What really happened to 8-year-old Jefferson Rodríguez
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2023/02/23/boy-killed-dane-county-dairy-farm-police-blamed-the-wrong-man-his-father/69916270007/
Thanks, Joy. I think that I've read about it because I lived in Wisconsin for a few years, and later spent a lot of years writing for a national publication about safety for farm children. Unfortunately, the intertwining of farm work and raising kids on the farm (often bystanders to the work) can be a lethal/hazardous combination. In this case, language barriers and his status as the son of a single-parent employee also exacerbated the situation. I will read it, and I appreciate your bringing this to my attention!
Just saw another ProPublica piece today about deaths obnoxious WI dairy farms. It’s so disturbing.
Check out this article from Post Crescent:
Dairy workers on Wisconsin’s small farms are dying. Many of those deaths are never investigated.
https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2023/10/25/many-deaths-on-wisconsin-small-dairy-farms-are-never-investigated-osha/71304427007/
I had not read this. Initially, I thought, OSHA won't do anything on a farm with 11 or fewer employees. But the fact that OSHA did not even conduct an investigation and then makes the distinction about a year-round dairy farm only being a "temporary labor camp" is egregious. Thank you.