Perdue Farms and JBS have settled with the Labor Department after relying on migrant children to do dangerous work in their slaughterhouses. Most of the money will be used to help the children.
Category: Child Labor
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U.S. Investigating Child Labor Claim at HelloFresh Subsidiary
The Labor Department investigation focuses on a plant in Aurora, Ill., operated by Factor75, a meal kit delivery company that HelloFresh acquired in 2020.
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Children Worked Dangerous Shifts at Iowa Slaughterhouse, Inquiry Finds
Qvest Sanitation was ordered to pay nearly $172,000 after the Labor Department found it had employed 11 children to clean equipment on overnight shifts at a pork processing plant in Sioux City, Iowa.
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U.S. Accuses Hyundai and Two Other Companies of Using Child Labor
The Labor Department filed a lawsuit accusing Hyundai, one of its suppliers and a staffing company of jointly employing a 13-year-old on an auto body parts assembly line in Alabama.
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The New York Times and The Washington Post Win 3 Pulitzers Each
The prize for public service went to ProPublica for coverage of the Supreme Court. The Pulitzer board also issued a special citation for journalists covering the Middle East.
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Tennessee Company Hired Children to Operate ‘Dangerous’ Machinery, Officials Say
Tuff Torq Corp. of Morristown, Tenn., must pay a fine of nearly $300,000 and set aside $1.5 million in profits to compensate 10 underage workers, the Labor Department said.
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Company Hired 24 Minors to Clean Slaughterhouses, Labor Department Says
Fayette Janitorial employed at least 24 children between the ages of 13 and 17 to work overnight shifts cleaning dangerous equipment at plants in Virginia and Iowa, federal regulators said.
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U.S. Faults Mississippi Poultry Plant in Death of 16-Year-Old
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Mar-Jac Poultry with 17 violations in the death of a teenager who was caught in a machine. It faces more than $200,000 in fines.
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Tyson and Perdue Are Facing Child Labor Investigations
The Labor Department has opened inquiries into whether migrant children were working inside slaughterhouses owned by the poultry-processing giants.
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Migrant Child Labor Debate in Congress Becomes Mired in Immigration Fight
Revelations that migrant children have been exploited for cheap labor brought calls for action, but a partisan battle over immigration policy has complicated lawmakers’ efforts.
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U.S. Was Warned of Migrant Child Labor, but ‘Didn’t Want to Hear It’
The White House and federal agencies were repeatedly alerted to signs of children at risk. The warnings were ignored or missed.
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Packer Sanitation Fined for Illegally Employing More Than 100 Children, Labor Officials Say
The New York Times – Business:Packers Sanitation Services Inc. paid a $1.5 million penalty this week for employing children as young as 13 in dangerous jobs at meat-processing plants.