When we criticize China for the treatment of its underpaid and overworked labor force we sometimes forget that in the early years the U.S. also exploited its workers, even utilizing child labor in 14 hour days in garment, textile, and shoe factories, coal mines and crop fields, which gave the country its initial low-cost jump start economically.

FORBES: China Is Winning The Economic War

Perhaps the least protected, underpaid work force in American labor, children are often the go-to workers for farms looking to cut costs.

CNN: Obama, strengthen rules on child farm labor