At least two children have already been killed while working in Mar-Jac Poultry plants in the US south over the last yearA 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...
As avian flu is making headlines, fears that 'they’re coming for your chickens' are being realized.
What scientists fear most is if the virus were to spread efficiently from person to person. That hasn’t happened and might not.
What scientists fear most is if the virus were to spread efficiently from person to person. That hasn’t happened and might not.
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...