Exclusive: Democratic senators demand responses from 27 CEOs on their companies’ compliance with labor laws, in the wake of federal investigations and media reports on illegal child labor, including an NBCNews series on children cleaning slaughterhouses.
at 13 slaughterhouses in eight states, including a JBS Foods plant. Some children were as young as 13 and were attending middle school during the day. The company entered into an agreement with the agency pledging compliance with child labor laws and consented to third-party oversight. The company also paid a $1.5 million fine.was sent to PSSI by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and ranking Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La.
DiNapoli’s staff said they received two letters from Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman in response and had some conversations with their staff. DiNapoli’s spokesperson declined to share Schwarzman’s response but described the conversations as “frank and productive." General Mills issued a statement saying, “General Mills has no tolerance for any of our suppliers illegally employing or harassing minors. We are actively reviewing this situation, which allegedly occurred outside of a General Mills owned and operated plant… We recognize the seriousness of this situation and will take appropriate action based on our findings.”
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