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		<title>Judge slashes fine in Iowa abuse case</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/08/10/judge-slashes-fine-in-iowa-abuse-case-29991/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Clark Kauffman in the Des Moines Register, Associated Press: An administrative law judge has ruled that a Texas company accused of abusing and underpaying workers with intellectual disabilities need only pay  a fine of $174,660, or 15 percent of the fine proposed by an Iowa state agency. Either side can appeal the ruling. Judge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds: Company cheated workers, violated ADA in Atalissa case</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/05/13/ada-violations-atalissa-case-29580/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 04:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Des Moines Register, AP/Bloomberg Businessweek: A federal agency has concluded that a Texas company cheated its workers with disabilities out of at least $1 million, subjected them to abuse and humiliation, and committed numerous major violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The company, Henry&#8217;s Turkey Service, had housed at least 65 men [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employers: Pay hike could cut jobs for those with disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/04/07/subminimum-wage-29035/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Atalissa case prompts call for review of U.S. subminimum wage provision From the [Cedar Rapids, Iowa] Gazette: In the wake of a scandal involving the alleged exploitation of workers with intellectual disabilities, Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin is calling for a review of a federal law that allows employers to pay workers with disabilities less than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harkin: Scant penalty for firms that underpay disabled workers</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/01/05/underpay-disabled-workers-26920/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Clark Kauffman in the Des Moines Register: Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) has released federal statistics showing that the U.S. government fined only three of 797 employers that violated federal labor laws by underpaying workers with disabilities over a recent five-year period. Critics say the new statistics confirm what they have long alleged: Companies typically [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds sue turkey processor in Atalissa case</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/11/19/feds-sue-atalissa-case-25626/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Des Moines Register: The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against Henry&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey Service owners claim Iowa laws don&#8217;t apply</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/08/henrys-turkey-service-2-19845/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Clark Kauffman in the Des Moines Register: Faced with a $900,000 fine for the alleged exploitation of its mentally retarded workers, the owners of Henry&#8217;s Turkey Service say the company is not subject to Iowa&#8217;s labor laws. Iowa Workforce Development imposed the fine in May after alleging that Henry&#8217;s parent company, Hill Country Farms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atalissa business owner says company did nothing wrong</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/06/08/atalissa-defense-17970/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an interview with the Dallas Morning News,  a co-owner of Henry&#8217;s Turkey Service defended his company against allegations that it exploited and neglected 21 workers with intellectual disabilities in Atalissa, Iowa. Kenneth Henry said he and his company followed the law. He said critics underestimate the cost of the 24-hour care required to supervise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Firm&#8217;s history shows change in attitudes toward disability hiring</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/05/26/henrys-turkey-service-17182/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 12:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Henry&#8217;s Turkey Service once was praised, is now condemned From the Des Moines Register: Four decades ago, Henry&#8217;s Turkey Service of Goldthwaite, Texas, was hailed as a national leader because it hired people with intellectual disabilities. But society&#8217;s attitudes and practices toward hiring people with disabilities have changed since then, even as the company&#8217;s policies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: It&#8217;s time for Iowa to look beyond institutions</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/05/04/editorial-institutions-15544/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 12:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editorial writers at the Des Moines Register say the state should &#8216;create a commission to explore whether there are better, more cost-effective ways to care for vulnerable populations&#8221; beyond large state-run institutions. They suggest consolidating existing facilities. Together, two large institutions employ more than 1600 workers to serve about 500 residents with intellectual disabilities, at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atalissa probe widens</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/04/13/atalissa-probe-widens-14283/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Des Moines Register: Federal, state and county investigators are advancing their probe into Henry&#8217;s Turkey Service, the company that is suspected of exploiting and neglecting workers with intellectual disabilities in Atalissa, Iowa. No criminal charges have been filed and company officials are denying doing anything wrong.  Among the agencies participating in the investigation [...]]]></description>
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