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In the Rogers application, the Wage and Hour Division cited a tip from a teacher at a nearby school who reported that one of their 14-year-old students talked about working at the facility with his mother for the summer.

In the Green Forest application, a mother of middle schoolers overheard children between the ages of 11 and 13 talk about their employment at that plant on the night shift, which ran from 11 p.m. to around 7 or 8 a.m. The complainant said they were heard talking about how they did not know how to get money from their paycheck out of an ATM.

Investigators assigned in July conducted observations outside of both plants and watched workers entering and leaving. They found during the observations multiple people who appeared to be “potentially minor employees below the age of 16,” court docs said.

One of the investigators noted the children were believed to have been working in possibly hazardous conditions.

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[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I never could've imagined that one of the country's largest factory farming companies could be severely unethical. I just can't bring myself to accept this.

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 14 points 1 month ago

I sense a hint of sarcasm.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 14 points 1 month ago

This is obviously wrong. The children yearn for the mines, not the slaughterhouse. They should be swinging a pickaxe at some pitchblende in an unventilated tunnel after school, not cutting up meat.

(/s obvs, I find the whole "the children yearn for the mines" thing to be just my kind of dark humor.)

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not that it doesn't violate Federal law, but I thought Arkansas specifically legalized child labor.

Abusing animals and kids. What a great company.

[–] slumlordthanatos@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

While this isn't surprising, Green Forest in particular is a case where I'd be shocked if it wasn't happening. I grew up in the area, and I'd say that half of the town are immigrants and the Tyson plant employs twice as many people than the rest of the town combined. Lots of poor families who are struggling to make ends meet would definitely be desperate enough to send their kids to work there.

It's bad everywhere, but that plant in Green Forest is a particularly egregious case.

[–] Soulg@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

I drive a school bus for Rogers and I completely believe it.

The complainant said they were heard talking about how they did not know how to get money from their paycheck out of an ATM.

Might help if they had a stepladder so the kids can reach the keys.

[–] MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago

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