Alabama poultry plant could be closed for 30 days for allegedly hiring minors

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Source: The Guardian

Sat 18 May 2024 10.53 EDT


A poultry plant in Jasper, Alabama, has been accused of hiring minors and could be shut down for 30 days, according to a newly released US Department of Labor lawsuit. Mar-Jac Poultry, the largest employer in Walker county, is accused of violating federal labor laws when it hired four minors as young as 16 who were allegedly discovered working overnight at the company’s slaughterhouse.

Mar-Jac is the same firm that was found to be directly responsible for the death of a 16-year-old at a plant in neighboring Mississippi last summer. In May 2021, a Mar-Jac employee was killed when he got pinned “partially under” a machine after it snagged his sleeve.

In the case of the four minors, the labor department is asking a judge to shut the plant down for 30 days based on statutes that prohibit companies from profiting from child labor.

Six teenagers were working in the Jasper chicken plant for months using forged documents after passing the E-Verify system that is used to make sure a person is authorized to work legally, according to the suit filed.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/18/mar-jac-poultry-child-labor-violations

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Link to (partial) DOCKET - https://dockets.justia.com/docket/alabama/alndce/6:2024cv00569/189684

[Old Crank]

1. A good start.

Should jail the CEO and the other officers of the company.

[Dan]

2. Well to be fair, it's Alabama

And hiring children was just a temporary need until they can get Trump back and plan to re-introduce a bill for slavery. With our current SCOTUS - I’m sure that they will find slavery was illegally removed by a 6-3 vote.

[ruet]

3. Cool But,...

the workers should continue to get paid during the shutdown. No unemployment insurance subsidies!

[sakabatou]

4. "The Jungle" is not supposed to be an instruction manual for bosses to abuse minors