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Retailers Suspend Dealings With Fruit Grower Over Child Labor
Two major retailers are suspending dealings with a fruit grower after investigators found children as young as 6 working in the fields.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (October 30, 2009)--Two major retailers are suspending business with a large southwestern Michigan blueberry grower after learning investigators found children as young as 6 working in the grower's fields.
Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. and Grand Rapids-based Meijer Inc. said Friday they have stopped buying products from Adkin Blue Ribbon Blueberry Co. near South Haven, Mich.
The U.S. Department of Labor said its investigators found four children working in Adkin's fields on July 8, at least two of whom were younger than 12, including the 6-year-old
Michigan is the nation's largest blueberry producer with an annual harvest of 110 million pounds.
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Posted by: Someone
Location: Near-Here
on Oct 31, 2009 at 02:02 PM
This is nothing new, so why make such a big deal of it?? They are probably illegals from Mexico, and all their money is sent back to Mexico to help bring 'more' into the United States illegally!!!!!!
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