More child labor violations appear to be on the horizon for the regulated meat industry,
Perdue Farms and Tyson Foods are reportedly under renewed federal scrutiny for possible illegal child labor practices.
Packers Sanitation Services, Tyson Foods contract cleaning agent, was earlier fined $90,828 for using child labor at Tyson’s
Continue Reading Food company violations of child labor laws appear to keep on coming
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Congress is putting a toe in the nation’s child labor scandal but its action looks to be more about re-visiting old ground than opening new investigations. A so-called “oversight effort” led by Democrat Sens. Bob Menendez and Cory Booker is underway to extract information from the companies
Continue Reading Senate child labor oversight looks to be a rehash of the mostly known information
Child labor in the meatpacking industry has been getting a lot of attention, but what role, if any, have the parents played? A Nebraska county court case is providing answers from one family, and it’s not pretty.
The mother of a 14-year-old girl, who worked the night shift at JBS
Continue Reading Parents helped get 14-year-old daughter a night job cleaning at beef plant
In Arkansas, Gov. Sarah Sanders has signed the Youth Hiring Act of 2023, removing the requirement that a parent or guardian consent to a child starting a job or getting an employment certificate.
In Iowa, there’s a bill that would allow 14 and 15 year olds to work specific jobs
Continue Reading Red tape in child labor laws is being removed in several ‘Red’ states
Child labor bills in Iowa might grease the skids for human trafficking but that’s not apparently a concern for sponsors. The approach for changes in child labor in Iowa is to allow employment by those who are underage in prohibited jobs so long as the employment is part of a
Continue Reading Child labor law reductions might become Iowa’s solution to labor shortages
Another meat processing plant, this one far distant from the first, has been found violating federal child labor laws by the U.S. Department of Labor.
The latest violator is Marksbury Farm Foods LLC – a retail and wholesale processor of beef and pork products in Lancaster, KY. The Labor Department
Continue Reading Department of Labor nabs another meat plant for child labor violations
When federal Judge John M. Gerrard put his signature on a six-page Consent Order and Judgment on Dec. 6, 2022, it was a win for the U.S. Department of Labor in a child labor case against Packers Sanitation Services.
But as it turned out, that child labor case has apparently
Continue Reading Child labor case attracts Homeland’s attention for potential human trafficking