No investigation of the companies hiring them. It's perfectly legal for Americans to hire them as long as they have the proper paperwork in file. (I-9)
Republican Hypocrisy
Our southern border is being invaded by illegal immigrants.
No problem with Americans hiring them once they get here.
That (bolded above) would require the names and workplace addresses of those companies.
Packers Sanitation Services Inc. is one...
Last month, the Labor Department found that Packers Sanitation Services Inc., known as PSSI, employed 102 children at 13 slaughterhouses across eight states. The children were cleaning blood and animal parts off the floor of meatpacking plants by night and going to school by day, the Labor Department investigators said.
Feds expand probe into migrant child labor in slaughterhouses
Authorities are now investigating how children from Central America wound up working for multiple slaughterhouse companies across the U.S.www.nbcnews.com
Packers Sanitation Services is owned by Blackstone Group...
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So far the investigation is focused on smugglers who may have provided the children with false identities and possibly led them to dangerous jobs. The companies themselves are not targets of the investigation, the officials said.
Hmm…
Hmmmm..... Seems like PSSI was targeted to the tune of $1.5M...
One of the nation’s largest food safety sanitation services providers has paid $1.5 million in civil money penalties after the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the company employed at least 102 children – from 13 to 17 years of age – in hazardous occupations and had them working overnight shifts at 13 meat processing facilities in eight states.
The employer’s payment of civil money penalties is the result of the division’s investigation of Packers Sanitation Services Inc. LTD, based in Kieler, Wisconsin. The division found that children were working with hazardous chemicals and cleaning meat processing equipment including back saws, brisket saws and head splitters. Investigators learned at least three minors suffered injuries while working for PSSI.
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the department assessed PSSI $15,138 for each minor-aged employee who was employed in violation of the law. The amount is the maximum civil money penalty allowed by federal law.
The division began the Packers Sanitation Services Inc. investigation in August 2022, and on Nov. 9, 2022, the Solicitor’s Office filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court of Nebraska based on evidence that the company – which provides cleaning services under contract to some of the nation’s largest meat and poultry producers – had employed at least 31 children, from 13 to 17 years of age, in hazardous occupations to clean dangerous powered equipment during overnight shifts at JBS USA plants in Grand Island, Nebraska, and Worthington, Minnesota, and at Turkey Valley Farms in Marshall, Minnesota. U.S. District Court Judge John M. Gerrard responded by issuing a temporary restraining order on Nov. 10, 2022, forbidding the company and its employees from committing child labor violations.
Again you miss my point. Packers sanitation services was a subcontractor for the packing plant. You think packing plant management didn't know what was going on? But they are free and clear.
Packers sanitation services wasn't in trouble for hiring illegal labor. They were in trouble for working minors.
Nobody wants to open up the fact that a large majority of the workers in the meat packing industry are illegals. As long as the company has properly filled out I-9's on their illegal workers they are free and clear. Does anyone wonder why that is possible?
This is all due to the current administration’s border policies.
This is all due to the current administration’s border policies.
Has nothing to do with the border policy.
Everything to do with how everyone wants to turn a blind eye to employment of illegal labor. If there weren't jobs here for the taking that would greatly stem our immigration issue. Obviously we need the labor.
I think we recently discussed this and were given a link for more information.No investigation of the companies hiring them. It's perfectly legal for Americans to hire them as long as they have the proper paperwork in file. (I-9)
Republican Hypocrisy
Our southern border is being invaded by illegal immigrants.
No problem with Americans hiring them once they get here.
They should be held responsible and so should the parents.Packers Sanitation Services Inc. is one...
Last month, the Labor Department found that Packers Sanitation Services Inc., known as PSSI, employed 102 children at 13 slaughterhouses across eight states. The children were cleaning blood and animal parts off the floor of meatpacking plants by night and going to school by day, the Labor Department investigators said.
Feds expand probe into migrant child labor in slaughterhouses
Authorities are now investigating how children from Central America wound up working for multiple slaughterhouse companies across the U.S.www.nbcnews.com
Packers Sanitation Services is owned by Blackstone Group...
Blackstone Group Profile: Summary
Blackstone Group organization profile. Contributions in the 2024 cycle: $8,926,275. Lobbying in 2024: $1,010,000. Outside Spending in the 2024 cycle: $0.www.opensecrets.org
I think the point is they shouldn't have employed minors.OK, so the OP was wrong. As was your idea that the DOJ (criminally) rather than the DOL (civilly) was holding the companies accountable.
How many legal citizens can you find on short notice to replace illegal labor? How much does a steak go for these days? Too much?Again you miss my point. Packers sanitation services was a subcontractor for the packing plant. You think packing plant management didn't know what was going on? But they are free and clear.
Packers sanitation services wasn't in trouble for hiring illegal labor. They were in trouble for working minors.
Nobody wants to open up the fact that a large majority of the workers in the meat packing industry are illegals. As long as the company has properly filled out I-9's on their illegal workers they are free and clear. Does anyone wonder why that is possible?
I think the point is they shouldn't have employed minors.
Yes...There are two separate ‘issues’ involved. One is employing minors and the other is employing ’undocumented’ (formally known as illegal) immigrants (using/creating ‘fake’ IDs).
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