Feds sue turkey processor in Atalissa case
November 19th, 2009From the Des Moines Register:
The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against Henry’s Turkey Service for allegedly paying workers with disabilities far less than the minimum wage to work in a meat processing plant in Atalissa, Iowa.
Twenty-one men with intellectual disabilities were evacuated from a company-run bunkhouse in February when a state fire marshal declared it unsafe. The Labor Department alleges that the men were being paid $65 per month regardless of the number of hours worked; some worked more than 40 hours per week.
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