( ) -q-29- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “under the settlement.” One of the nation’s largest meat processors has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve allegations of child labor violations at a plant in Minnesota. [CutID: <Cuts> SMITHFIELD-CHILD-LABOR-house-q-FRIam.mp3 Time: 29s Title: SMITHFIELD-CHILD-LABOR-house-q-FRIam Out-cue: under the settlement] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. ————————– VERBATIM: The state’s […]
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Smithfield agrees to pay $2 million to resolve child labor allegations
( ) -q-29- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “under the settlement.”
One of the nation’s largest meat processors has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve allegations of child labor violations at a plant in Minnesota.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.
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VERBATIM: The state’s labor department says its investigation found that Smithfield Packaged Meats employed at least 11 children ages 14 to 17 at its plant in St. James from April 2021 through April 2023. It says they performed potentially dangerous work. Virginia-based Smithfield denies knowingly hiring anyone under age 18 to work at the St. James plant. The company says it did not admit liability under the settlement.