ByA leading sanitation company is accused of employing dozens of children to clean the killing floors of slaughterhouses during graveyard shifts, the Department of LaborPackers Sanitation Services, Inc., or PSSI, a company contracted to work at slaughterhouses and meatpacking facilities throughout the county, allegedly employed at least 31 kids — one as young as 13 — to work overnight cleaning shifts at three facilities in Nebraska and Minnesota, according to court documents filed on Wednesday.
The spokesperson added that the company mandates the use of the federal E-Verify system for new hires, “as well as extensive training, document verification, biometrics, and multiple layers of audits.” The company, which has been owned by a series of private equity funds since 2007, says it employs 17,000 employees at more than 700 locations nationwide,The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division began its investigation into PSSI on Aug. 24, when it received a tip from law enforcement that the company may be employing children, the complaint said.
Turkey Valley Farms general manager Les Goff said in a statement the company “takes these allegations very seriously” and is reviewing the matter internally. The investigation found that minors cleaned the killing floors and various machines — including meat and bone cutting saws and a grinding machine — during the graveyard shifts, according to the complaint.
Biden regime forces the firing of 31 youth workers. The youth were helping their families survive massive inflation, that has started during Biden’s time in the White House.
Upton Sinclair is laughing, or crying in his grave.
This is why we make every generation read The Jungle in high school.
Sounds like repub owner needs to be heavily fined and sued for this.
This is why they want to get rid of public schools, cheap labor.
And this, Ladies and Gentlemen, is why liberal policies are so important.
We do strongly criticise other countries ...........
First are they citizens and second so what.
Not to advocate child labor... But It seems like they needed the money and just went and found a job.... There are much worse ways to earn money that are far more common... Obviously the chemical burns are negligent of improper training or procedures but other than that...
Someone ought to go to jail for this & for a very VERY long time. There're on FB.
I’m glad the government is handling this.
C. L. O. S. E. I. T. D. O. W. N.
Were they white children? (LOL! Sorry! Totally rhetorical question!)
This sweat shop looks all to code and sanitation. Probably the nicest sweat shop I have ever seen. It's really to bad it turned into an alcoholic holding tank.
Horrible. Childrensright are dead in the land of the free.
Do any of the children or managers involved speak English?
During high school, I worked 'off the clock' until midnight or later on school nights...at McDonalds.
If they can get chemically castrated, they can work a job.
Where did you imagine these unaccompanied children were going when you ignored the border crisis?
Slavery and child labor still exist in America
Sounds like China I'm sure Joe is all for that
Insidious and horrible !
Children.
DummieyBlondiey Oh, please. I was sacking groceries at 14, and I turned out fine. 💫
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Kids can choose to chop their dicks off, but can't choose to put in a hard day's work?
PSSI is owned by private equity firm Blackstone. Blackstone Chief Executive Stephen Schwarzman is a major Republican donor.
elizableu What’s the genders?
Tell Newt Gingrich. He'll think it's awesome.
Ewwwww 🤮
How horrifying.
those little illegal guatemalans gotta work, it's their culture
Unconscionable
😡😡😡🤬😤
We cleaned cow stalls and dairies all hours when we were kids. Good work ethic builder.
What exactly are they “leading”?
And in some states they are forcing a little girls as young as 10 to have a baby . Where are the child labor laws for that ?
Anyone care to ask why kids need jobs like this ? They are probably trying to support themselves or their family. That’s the most awful part of this story .
Biden should sanction them.🤭
Does the CCP have majority ownership?
And many of them suffered serious injuries as a result.
Wow! Let me guess, non-union?
How many laws were broken
It's 20 f'ing 22 and this is happening in America?
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