Iowa files child labor charges against meat plant
Do you open border sell-outs get the issue yet?
NPR-The owner and managers of the nation’s largest kosher meatpacking plant were charged Tuesday with more than 9,000 misdemeanors alleging they hired minors and in some cases had children younger than 16 handle dangerous equipment such as circular saws, meat grinders and power shears.
They are the first criminal charges against operators of the Agriprocessors plant in Postville, where nearly 400 illegal immigrants working at the facility were arrested in May in one of the largest single-site immigration raids in U.S. history.
The complaint filed by the Iowa attorney general’s office said the violations involved 32 illegal-immigrant children under age 18, including seven who were younger than 16. Aside from handling dangerous equipment, the complaint also says children were exposed to dangerous chemicals such as chlorine solutions and dry ice.
September 10th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
John, I like your “lead-in” to this article!
September 11th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Hey, if “it’s for the children” works with liberals it’s ok by me. But F.Y.I. the other folks are illegal too. Just not AS illegal I guess.