Meatpacking giants to pay $8 million for child labor violations
JBS USA and Perdue Farms will each pay $4 million for employing children through third-party staffing agencies, officials announced this week.
Child labor in slaughterhouses spotlighted by 3 settlements this week
JSB and Perdue Farms agreed to settlements of $4 million each, while QSA, which employed 54 children, will pay $400,000.
Perdue agrees to pay $4 million for child labor violations at Accomac plant
The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into an agreement with Perdue Farms Inc. to address child labor violations at its Accomac, Virginia plant.
Meatpacking Companies to Pay $8 Million for U.S. Child Labor Violations
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.
Labor Department fines more slaughterhouses for child labor
The problem of kids working in dangerous slaughterhouses continues to be a concern as the Labor Department announced its third agreement this week with a company in the industry agreeing to pay a penalty and reform its practices to help ensure it won’t hire underage workers again.
Slaughterhouses Settle 3 Child Labor Cases With Feds
Agribusiness giants Purdue Farms and JBS Foods, along with a slaughterhouse cleaning company, paid about $8.4 millions in fines for having underaged workers in dangerous jobs.
US Labor Department enters deal with JBS to assist those affected by child labor
The U.S. Department of Labor said it entered an agreement with JBS USA in which the meatpacker will provide $4 million to ...
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JBS USA Food agrees to help the Labor Department crack down on child labor
JBS USA Food Co., one of the nation's largest meatpacking processors and slaughterhouses, has agreed to a joint initiative ...
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United States Cattlemen’s Association reiterates concerns of forced and child labor in meat processing
Calls on Congress and Customs to Further Investigate Practices in Brazil WASHINGTON, DC – In light of the Department of Labor’s agreement with JBS USA Food Co. to address child labor, the United ...
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