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A US company is fined $650,000 for illegally hiring children to clean meat processing plants

May. 06, 2024 18:22 PM EDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Tennessee-based sanitation company has agreed to pay more than half a million dollars after a federal investigation found it illegally hired at least two dozen children to clean dangerous meat processing facilities in Iowa and Virginia. The U.S. Department...

A US company is accused of illegally hiring children to clean meat processing plants

Feb. 22, 2024 13:10 PM EST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. authorities have accused another sanitation company of illegally hiring at least two dozen children to clean dangerous meat processing facilities, the latest example of illegal child labor that officials say is increasingly common. The Labor Department...