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Florida's plan to replace migrant workers with children falls apart (www.newsweek.com)

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago

Farms have historically used their children as free labor back when they were mostly family owned. That's why most schools here have a three month summer break. Now they want the factory farms to have that same perk, just with other people's children.

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