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LULAC Alert To Consumers: US Meatpackers Require Our Oversight To Prevent The Use
Of Child Labor And Other Abuses
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Nation's Oldest and Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization Demands Meeting with
Tyson Foods and JBS Over Reports Children 13 to 17-Years-Old Worked In Graveyard
Cleaning Shifts
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Washington, DC – The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) announced
it calls for an immediate meeting with TYSON Foods and JBS after the recent
charges filed in federal district court [ [link removed] ]
involving their facilities. Packers Sanitation Solutions, Inc. (PSSI), based in
Kieler, Wisconsin, is accused of using "oppressive child labor" as young as 13
years old to clean plants owned by some of the nation's largest meatpacking
companies. Investigators want a court order to stop these alleged violations at
as many as 400 meatpacking plants across the United States. Lulac supports those
actions.

"LULAC is putting TYSON Foods and JBS on notice that we are outraged by these
reports of child labor being secretly used in the dark of night to clean the
blood and bone off their floors and machines," said Domingo Garcia, LULAC
national president. "This is one of the worst workplace child abuse cases LULAC
has ever witnessed, and we are demanding immediate termination of contracts with
any employer using child labor. LULAC was at the forefront of inspecting
meatpacking plants at the height of the pandemic when our workers were dying
because of unsafe working conditions. It is disappointing and unacceptable that
these companies continue allowing illegal practices, this time using our
children," said Garcia.

Officials report they uncovered evidence [ [link removed] ]
of children who speak mostly Spanish being worked from 11 PM to 7 AM to clean
animal killing floors as many as seven days a week. The complaint alleges that
some children suffered caustic burns from corrosive chemicals and other injuries
while working to clean the industrial equipment. Also, investigators say the
violations extend to hundreds of meatpacking sites across the United States,
including plants owned by JBS USA, the world's largest protein producer. Further,
the complaint alleges the children were intimidated into remaining silent about
their suffering.

"LULAC will fan out nationwide, notifying meatpacking companies that we're coming
to conduct plant inspections again and have face-to-face meetings with their
CEOs," said Garcia. "No child should be forced to work in inhumane and dangerous
conditions out of a family's necessity. We call upon our elected officials to
swiftly ban minors from working at any food processing facility in our country.
Shame on meatpacking plants for doing business with companies that place their
profits over a child's safety. We urge the federal investigators to work with
LULAC to investigate and take all actions necessary to stop these practices,"
said Garcia.

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About LULAC

The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the nation's largest and
oldest Hispanic civil rights volunteer-based organization that empowers Hispanic
Americans and builds strong Latino communities. Headquartered in Washington, DC,
with 1,000 councils around the United States and Puerto Rico, LULAC's programs,
services, and advocacy address the most important issues for Latinos, meeting the
critical needs of today and the future. For more information, visit www.lulac.org [ [link removed] ]







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