DIR Collaborates on Photo Exhibit, ''Keeping Young Workers Safe on the Job''.California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Department of Industrial Relations industrial relations pl.n. Relations between the management of an industrial enterprise and its employees. industrial relations Noun, pl the relations between management and workers :
Who: In observance of Safe Jobs for Youth Month in May, the
Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation, the
California State Department of Industrial Relations, the
California Resource Network for Young Worker Health and Safety,
the United States Department of Labor and Child Labor and the
Global Village: Photography for Social Change, present a joint
exhibit of photographs from two collections:
What: "Let Children be Children: Lewis Wickes Hine's Crusade
against Child Labor"
Courtesy of the George Eastman House, Rochester, New York,
and "Child Labor and the Global Village: Photography for
Social Change"
When: Opening reception is Tuesday, May 2, 2006.
Please RSVP to workingsafe@dir.ca.gov
The exhibit runs Tuesday, April 10, 2006 through Friday,
May 12, 2006. Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm
Where: Dalziel Building, 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland
Why: Many young people work full-time, especially during the
summers. Child labor laws, which define and prohibit hazardous and
harmful work, apply to young persons younger than age 18.
Law reflects history. The joint exhibit offers a rare opportunity
to see similarities between both the child labor problem of the
early 20th century in the United States and in the global
community today:
-- Lewis Hine, perhaps the most important photographer of child
labor in the United States in the early 1900s, left a legacy
that influences the debate about child labor even today.
-- Contemporary child labor is more common in other parts of the
world. Child Labor and The Global Village: Photography for
Social Change is a team of 11 photographers who photograph
child workers around the globe.
Also shown will be posters created by California teens to bring
attention to Safe Jobs for Youth Month, May 2006. This summer
thousands of young workers will go to work, many for their first
time. They will work in industries such as retail, food service,
agriculture, and tourism. Many will earn money and gain valuable
experience. Hazardous work, however, may lead to injury or
disability.
Photos: Photos available for publication on request as well as
interviewees. Call Renee Bacchini 415-703-5050.
For more Information:
Visit http://www.dir.ca.gov/YoungWorker/SafeJobs.html and
www.youngworkers.org.
To preview photos:
http://www.geh.org/ar/letchild/letchil_sld00001.html
www.childlaborphotoproject.org.
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