Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has ordered meat processor JBS to pay up to $126,000 in taxes after an investigation revealed some of the company’s processing plants were cleaned using child labor. gave funds.
US Department of Labor Found In February 2023, at least 31 children were found to have been employed in “hazardous occupations cleaning dangerous electrical equipment during night shifts at JBS USA factories,” but they were not directly contacted by JBS. They were not employed but were employed by a third party cleaning service. Later, the Minnesota Department of Higher Education issued the following announcement: Grant In June, at least 22 children were illegally employed as cleaners at the JBS factory in Worthington, Minnesota, to fund job training for 28 staff members. (Related: Flashback: Audit reveals Tim Walz administration overlooked $250 million fraud scheme)
“These career growth and training opportunities allow Minnesotans to advance their careers while helping businesses recruit and retain talent,” Walz said. said A look at the June program. “It’s a win-win.”
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JBS has been implicated in numerous other scandals. lawsuit McDonald’s has filed suit against JBS and various other beef producers for allegedly conspiring to restrict beef supplies and raise prices. Meanwhile, the company’s Brazil-based parent company, J&F Investments SA, pleaded guilty to foreign bribery charges in October 2020 and agreed to the following: pay a fine Over $250 million.
New York Democratic Attorney General Letitia James also sued JBS in February, accusing the company of misleading consumers about its environmental impact.
“Mr. Walz was just arrested for defrauding taxpayers of his tax dollars to a company that used immigrant children to clean slaughterhouses,” Florida Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna wrote. ×post Friday. “Literal slavery”
Neither the Harris-Waltz campaign nor JBS immediately responded to requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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