Mar-Jac Poultry has denied it knowingly hired minors for its Jasper, Alabama, plant, and also argued some workers were doing jobs that are not banned by federal rules.
Four minors as young as 16 were allegedly discovered working overnight at an Alabama slaughterhouse owned by the same firm that was found directly responsible for the death of a 16-year-old Mississippi worker last summer, the U.S. Labor Department said in federal court filings.
The company, Mar-Jac Poultry, has denied that it knowingly hired minors for its Jasper, Alabama, facility, saying the workers had verified IDs that gave ages older than 17, and has also argued that some of the workers were performing jobs that are not prohibited by federal regulations.
The Labor Department is seeking a temporary restraining order against Mar-Jac as part of the ongoing legal dispute. Agency officials declined to comment, citing their investigation.
The Labor Department has said that most slaughterhouse work is too dangerous for minors and is prohibited by federal regulations. Under the Biden administration, the department has taken action against companies for employing minors to clean, use or work near dangerous machinery. A chicken trade group to which Mar-Jac belongs says it has “zero tolerance” for employing minors, and a major meat industry trade group also stated recently that no minors should be working in slaughterhouses.
The company, Mar-Jac Poultry, has denied that it knowingly hired minors for its Jasper, Alabama, facility, saying the workers had verified IDs that gave ages older than 17, and has also argued that some of the workers were performing jobs that are not prohibited by federal regulations.
We would never, ever hire underage people to work in our death factories, they must have had fake id’s or some shit! But even if we did some of the jobs they did weren’t super dangerous or anything so it’s totally fine! And they are all immigrants so who cares??? (They didn’t say that last part, but I guarantee they are thinking it).
Hey, one of the only jobs where not being white makes you more likely to land the job!
Posting this article once again. The child labor issue in the U.S. is an immigration issue.
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/04/1173697113/immigrant-child-labor-crisis
Were these minors immigrants? I don’t know because the media isn’t saying? Do I think they were? Yes I do.
The company is responsible for the death, you can’t blame it on children
It’s a shitty headline made worse by a deleted word in the post title. The firm was found responsible for the death in a separate incident at a different plant from the one where they were found employing minors.
So that means this firm is going to be looked at under a microscope, every business inspected in detail correct?
lol j/k they will get a tiny ass fine and go hire more kids.
Maybe this is just me, but aren’t payroll taxes a thing? How do you “not know” someone isn’t who they say they unless you’re already paying people under the table.
I mean all bullshit aside these are the same type of folks who will coordinate with ICE/Border Patrol to raid their slaughter houses but make sure the raid happens AFTER the big shipment is worked. I believe this happened in NC about 7/8 years ago. Scum all of them. (The exploiters not the exploited)
Let’s fight for legislation to make it okay to strip kids of youth in the name of profit…then act surprised when they get hurt. Assholes
A chicken trade group to which Mar-Jac belongs says it has “zero tolerance” for employing minors
Since they have zero tolerance for that. Car-Jac will be kicked out of the trade group right?
Right?
Let’s abolish slaughterhouses and animal husbandry.
One of the worst sector for human exploitation and the worst for animal exploitation.
Yet another reason to go vegan. How many reasons y’all need? Is child murder not enough?
