Children Worked Dangerous Shifts at Iowa Slaughterhouse, Inquiry Finds
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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.
Company Hired 24 Minors to Clean Slaughterhouses, Labor Department Says
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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.