December 6, 2011 • Many farmers are upset with the Obama administration over a proposal to
change child labor laws for kids who work on farms.
Not exact matches
The PTA has worked to advance social
changes that improved the lives of young people, including championing the creation of
child labor laws, reorganizing the juvenile justice system, and improving a variety of
children's services.
Founded in 1897, PTA has been a leading voice in policy decisions that have forever
changed the lives of America's
children, including the passage of
child labor laws, ensuring hot and nutritious lunches in schools, improvements to the unfair and punitive treatment of
children in the justice system, and increased education opportunities for all
children.
Examples include the current legal sea
change on gay marriage and the long - ago settled
law on issues of women's suffrage, interracial marriage, and
child labor.
We include the first openly lesbian judge in the nation; the first openly gay and lesbian appellate judges in California history; the founder of the National Center for Lesbian Rights; founders and former executive directors of Equal Rights Advocates and the East Bay
Children's
Law Offices; a former chief attorney in the San Francisco public defender's office, as well as several other former public defenders; a former California
labor commissioner; a former chief deputy attorney general; and a former chief deputy city attorney and the lead counsel who successfully argued the historic gay marriage case that
changed lives in our community forever.