It’s the second time in two years that a worker has died from injuries sustained in an accident at the Mar-Jac poultry facility.

  • xuxebiko@kbin.socialOP
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    1 year ago

    Workers under the age of 18 are supposedly not allowed to work in poultry plants because the dangerous conditions make it a violation of labor laws.

    The boy who died was in the 8th grade, his name was Duvan Perez.

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        1 year ago

        Just the usual neoliberal apologism, blaming the customers for the abhorrent things the executives do to quench their greed.

        If you asked functionally anybody if they want child labor chicken and slave made clothing, they’re going to say “no”.

        They buy it because they don’t know, because they can’t afford another option or because there simply is no other option because Child Killin Chickin undercut the competiton by being the biggest psycopaths.

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            I’m aware, having done so myself for over 30 years. But how long do you think that moral high ground will hold you?

            Is your chocolate fair trade and slave free? Your coffee? Were your vegetables grown and picked by people being paid a fair and living wage? Does the company that makes your burritos bust unions?

            If you’re confident you’re in the right for every piece of food you eat, I’d love to know what that costs you because it’s going to be a fuckload more than minimum wage leaves.

            “Bottom up” solutions to exploitation don’t work and are nothing more than the propaganda of scumbags. So rather than shaming people for what they eat, try shaming the corporations and politicans who let it be unethically produced in the first place.

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    From what I hear, “poultry facilities” (aka “chicken plants”) or horrible places to work. It is this companies second issue in two years. This time with a minor, I would hope this will carry more than a $30,000 fine.