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Topic: Kosher slaughterhouse charged with unkosher labour practices
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Doug
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posted 09 September 2008 07:51 PM
We discussed this before when illegal immigrants were arrested in a raid on the slaughterhouse. Now, finally, the managers are charged with child labour offences. I guess it's still okay to exploit adults. quote:
The owner and managers of the nation's largest kosher meatpacking plant were charged Tuesday with more than 9,000 misdemeanors alleging child labor law violations.
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller tells a news conference Tuesday in Des Moines, Iowa, about child labor charges.Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller tells a news conference Tuesday in Des Moines, Iowa, about child labor charges. They're accused of hiring minors and, in some cases, having children younger than 16 handle dangerous equipment such as circular saws, meat grinders and power shears. The allegations are the first criminal charges against operators of the Agriprocessors plant in Postville, where nearly 400 illegal immigrants working at the facility were arrested in May in one of the largest single-site immigration raids in U.S. history.
Slaughterhouse charged with using child labour
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500_Apples
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posted 16 September 2008 11:15 AM
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Originally posted by Star Spangled Canadian:
While I'm here, I should add that I actually know the grandaughter of the guy who runs this kosher meat factory and have met him once in brooklyn. He's a big pillar of the Lubavitch community and probably the biggest contriubtor to their different charities. This really is a major fall from grace and it's sad to see but you really think that someone as devout as he is would jsut no better than to pull shit like this.
Organized religion is an industry. I was raised with modern orthodox Jew, and I'm really embittered by the generalized hypocrisy I saw in so many places. That individual is not "devout" by any positive connotation of the term. He was publicly practicing orthodox Judaism as business decision, that's all.
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Star Spangled Canadian
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posted 16 September 2008 01:11 PM
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Originally posted by 500_Apples:
Organized religion is an industry. I was raised with modern orthodox Jew, and I'm really embittered by the generalized hypocrisy I saw in so many places. That individual is not "devout" by any positive connotation of the term. He was publicly practicing orthodox Judaism as business decision, that's all.
Obviously, nobody knows what's in another eprson's heart. He may be devout and made a terrible mistake and betrayed his own principles. He may not ahve been and it was all a ruse. It does seem like there are a lot of people who place far too much emphasis on the external aspects of religion without actually living out it's ideals. I mean, it's great that you have a beard and a hat and go to shul 3 times a day, but ultimately, what does that really mean if you mistreat and abuse workers when you think you can get away with it?
From: Originally from Ontario, now in Virginia | Registered: Sep 2008
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