Universal reported that it will add bilingual personnel for some farm visits in 2016 and meet directly with more workers to help to identify and address potential labor issues.[165] Tobacco Growers Associations In July 2014, the Council for Burley Tobacco, a Kentucky-based association representing approximately 5,000 tobacco growers in Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, and Ohio, approved a resolution stating, We do not condone the hiring of anyone under the age of 16 for work in tobacco anywhere in the world. [166] Rod Kuegel, president of the Council for Burley Tobacco, told Human Rights Watch in an email, It is our position that workers under 16 years old should not be employed in tobacco production not only in the US but worldwide. [167] In October 2014, the Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina, which represents more than 2,300 tobacco farmers in North Carolina and neighboring states, issued a policy stating that, Tobacco growers and farm labor contractors should not employ workers younger than 16 years of age for work in tobacco, even with parental permission. The policy recommended that employers be cautious about employing 16 and 17-year-old workers in tobacco to ensure that they perform only non-hazardous tasks
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