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Wisconsin-based Packers Sanitation Draws Child Labor Order

Frederica Freyberg:

And this news, the U.S. Department of Labor has issued a temporary restraining order against Packer Sanitation for oppressive child labor law violations. The Wisconsin-based company provides contract cleaning and sanitation services to meat processing plants in Minnesota and Nebraska. An investigation found that children under the age of 16 worked long hours or overnight, operated machinery on the kill floor, and received chemical burns from caustic cleaners. The investigation is ongoing.