Company That Had Kids Clean Meatpacking Plants Pays $1.5M Fine

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The move comes three months after the Department of Labor launched an investigation into the company for employing at least 102 children, some as young as 13, to clean industrial equipment in meat-packing plants across the U.S. during overnight shifts.

A major U.S. sanitation company paid a $1.5 million fine for illegally employing over 100 kids to undertake dangerous sanitation work in meatpacking factories, according to the Department of Labor.

The move comes three months after the Department of Labor launched an investigation into the company—Packers Sanitation Services—for employing at least 102 children, some as young as 13, to clean industrial equipment in meat-packing plants across the U.S. during overnight shifts. Multiple kids sustained injuries from this work, including at least two who

 

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U.S. Fines Food Sanitation Company $1.5 Million for Hiring Children to Clean Meatpacking PlantsA food sanitation-service provider accused of hiring at least 102 children to work overnight shifts cleaning meatpacking plants in eight states has paid $1.5 million in penalties Nobody goes to jail? Can't even name company? How long before we start bundling toddlers in rags and sending them down chimneys again? 1.5M is literally a drop on bucket. Shameful.
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