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 ...
Partnership will turn chicken waste into renewable energy at SC meat processing site
Charleston energy firm Green Gas USA teamed with the Pilgrim's Pride poultry processing center in Sumter to commission a ...
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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 ...
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.
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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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QSI pushes back on child labor agreement reached with DOL
DOL explained the agreement requires QSI to re-survey all of its work locations to determine if any employees are under the age of 18. The agency added that the company would review and evaluate child ...
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 ...
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JBS backs away from sustainability officer’s comments on emissions goals
JBS has been accused by Mighty Earth of renegading on its environmental commitments as opposition to a planned US listing ...