The Tyson Foods plant in Noel, Missouri. A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists says the company released more than 370 million pounds of pollution into waterways between 2018-22. photo by Abbie Fentress Swanson, Harvest Public Media
the amount of monetary fines issues by the department to companies under investigation has tripled. Recently unsealed federal court records show that DOL investigators have been investigating Tyson Foods plants in Green Forest and Rogers, Arkansas, for employing minors believed to be under 16 years old. Inspector records include
Companies fined millions as child labor law breaches spike 35% over the past decade.Tyson Foods is being investigated by the Department of Labor for employing minors at two of its Arkansas poultry processing plants. This investigation comes at the height of child labor law violations in the past 10 years, according to DOL data.The number of child labor law violati...
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