US Senator Investigates Claims of Child Labor at Tyson Foods Plant
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley said on Tuesday he launched an investigation into Tyson Foods after a former employee of the meat company alleged that children worked at one of its processing plants.The meat industry has come under increased pressure from federal regulators and activists to adopt safer labor policies since kids hired by contractors were found doing dangerous jobs cleaning slaughterhouses in 2023.Hawley, in a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor, said Tyson's former employee claimed to have witnessed underage workers at the plant, which the senator...
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