Slaughterhouse cleaning company employed children: How hiring went wrong | 60 Minutes
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- A slaughterhouse cleaning company hired 102 children in violation of the law to help sanitize dangerous equipment. Scott Pelley reports on how the hiring went wrong.
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$1.5M is 1% of cash on hand? That fine wasn't even a slap on the wrist. The punishment DOES NOT fit the crime.
Lost the contract though.
That's what hurts them.
Vote
Follow the money
It’s the same with Hyvee. They’ve admitted it’s more lucrative to just pay the fines and continue employing children
One more reason to boycott animal products!
That $1.5 million fine should go to the kids that were working in the factories
That would reward the parents and incentize others to send their kids to work in hopes of a payday
@@PeugeotRocket Pretty sure that is why the parents sent the kids to work, for the pay. Why on earth would a corporation allow young children to work in these conditions in this day and age? The company should be held to account for this and the children are victims.
@@ickmyer201 Why on earth would parents allow their kids to work in a factory in this day and age? Well, aside from it building character and a good work ethic if they are working there under reasonable hours. Of course, that should be okay. But if they are actually depriving them of an education to do so that is a completely different matter and obviously then the parent should be held accountable too. Everyone wants to attack the corporation and punish them but where is the accountability for the parents?
A $1.1M fine for a multi-billion $ company is laughable. Corporations need accountability. The cap on fines needs to be raised to reflect % of revenues. Disgusting.
Agreed!
@@fugetaboutit2050 *1.1 Billion
A pittance still worth breaking the law,cost effective.
because the law is made for the rich. there's a reason the rich get richer
The company is not actually a billion dollar company. The $1 billion is mostly debt that it holds which is considered cash on hand. We don’t know the revenue or net profit the company has. PSSI is a private company owned by Blackstone.
This is what happens when companies do not want to pay livable wages, health insurance and retirement.
Why should they? Your retirement and healthcare shouldn't depend on your employer. Just think if your housing and education depend on what your employer can provide. You would be outraged.
However Americans trust their healthcare or retirement to their bosses.
Not necessarily that Americans trust healthcare and retirement to employers but more so that politicians have fooled roughly half of the country that any type of social law is communism so progress is never made. We're stuck in an infinite loop of playing identity politics instead of actually take care of the working class.
@@vg7985 it shouldn't, but it is.
@@vg7985 In this country we don’t have universal healthcare, and insurance is a must. Most Americans have healthcare and retirement plans through employer. The least we can get is a livable wage, but greedy corporations want to give the least possible and would go as far as hiring children.
@@vg7985 Yes, sure...but this would not be an issue if people had a livable income to cover these costs on their own!
What's especially tragic is that this business would have continued using abusive child labor practices up until they were caught. I find it disgusting.
Yes, but the parents allow this, so they are complicit
They got a tiny fine. They will continue to employ children . Dont be fooled
What is more tragic is the likelihood that this isn't the only company doing this, just the one that got caught.
Republicans have changed the child labor laws in a couple of states that has lowered the working age.
McDonald's was fined for having a 10 year old working the grill, a 12 and 14 year old were also working until closing. The restaurants were individually owned through a franchise, but the fact that it was acceptable infuriates me!
Why is this country going backwards?!
This won’t stop.
I never understood why the Govt gets the settlement money. The 1.5 million should be divided up between the kids who worked in the plant. Thats around 14k per kid. Put it in a trust fund they can have full access to when they turn 18.
Nah, they'd rather fine and imprison the parents making their lives even more difficult while the companies get a slap on the wrist and pocket all of the profits the children helped make.
Keep in mind it's the same government that gets the fine money that also gets lobbied by the very companies it fines to enact legislation that favors their profit goals.
Good point
@@sarcasticallyrearranged nailed it
The bigger problem is why these kids and families feel needed to go these measures. We are failing as a society when we act blind to these stories.
Let them work. Hopefully cheaper food.
@Erik Tapia what? This isn't new and foods not getting cheaper. Even if it did lead to cheaper food, wtf is wrong with you. Middle school kids man. Jesus
They don’t make enough money to live, eat and pay rent.
And when we pay state and federal taxes we are supporting and enabling.
Tough to hear I know but it's true.
So march. So write. So call. Or wait till someone else does.
Waiting? Yeah that in itself is a crime.
This country is corrupt and extremely greedy
As a former packinghouse worker and workers' rights advocate, this does not surprise me.
That’s scary
Did you ever see it
I saw it all the time. And the kids were there willingly because they want their own money to buy their own clothes and stuff like that.
What’s it like? Working in that kind of plant
@@dewmontain123 hey if they want to work let them work I want to work since I was 14 years old but thanks to New Jersey’s. Tough laws on teenagers working I couldn’t get my first job till I was almost 18.
And now we know why some states have passed bills to let minors work. The power of money seems to have no end.
The legal age in my state to work in a dangerous environment is 16. They can work at a burger joint at 14 but are not allowed to operate the fry machine. The legal age used to be 18 but they regulators got bought off.
Not at all.
@@100perdido 14-16 seems like a hood age if the person wanted to work of course.
@@Theegoaat What??
History/Human much?
Yes, Iowa just passed a bill so our junior high children can work up to six hours a night during school nights
Stealing someone’s childhood is one of the most heinous crimes possible, like a slaughter house is any place for a child.
i was raised in the country and a slaughterhouse, I now mansturbate to gore sites
@@javierguajardo1760 really? I'm curious.. Did you get into law-enforcement?
@@mrseanwheeler nah I couldn-t I got busted with pot as a teen in HS, I was going to join the airforce and persue something in law enforcement but I quickly became what they where so against. I've done too many odd jobs in my lifetime but I am currently stuck at a sub prime mortage lending office job here in south texas.
@@javierguajardo1760 sounds like you lucked out.
@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ I assume you have no part in the mentally ill and wicked slaughter of innocent sentient beings, being a Christian and all.
If the punishment is a fine, then the punishment is just for poor people. A fine means nothing to a big company.
It means a lot, besides of reputation.
Yup, they are literally laughing 😂all the way to the bank 🏦
What’s really sad is this company would have kept going with the illegal child labor and abuse until they got busted. Sickening if u ask me.
They got a tiny fine. They will do it again
I was mowing yards for money at 7 and it was fun. Got my 1st paycheck from a company at 14 w a summer job. I am thankful for both of those experiences. I find alot of the Faux/Rage a complete joke. I'm all for letting kids work part time at just about anyting they are responsible enough to handle.
@@TenGreenRangers Did you miss school or suffer from lack of sleep working a night shift mowing your neighbor's lawn? Did you work alongside adult coworkers during your shift? Is that appropriate? How many levels of management were there? Did your neighbors hold you accountable for a 40 hour week and adult-level work responsibilities? Did you commute to get there?
There is nothing wrong with children working. It's a basic human right and correlated with better employment in adulthood.
What’s sickening is the parents who dropped off their kids at work and nobody is saying a thing about it
102 minors, they knew what they were doing!! 😡
The company and supervisors also need some actual jail time. It’s not fair they get to buy their way out of punishment when the parents are in jail. The parents who were clearly poor and desperate enough to do this. Absolutely ridiculous how punishment is different based on income in this country.
Moreover, they pay their fines, but I'm sure the children who were harmed got NOTHING! Probably deported too!
The US justice system and government are extremely corrupt
The parents deserve jail too
@@777sweett777 We can only hope they were deported along with their families. Let this be a lesson to them next time they try to come here illegally.
To say that they didn't know is the best indictment of all. That's what every guilty party says when they have no defense. For common people, ignorance is not an allowable defense.
Common people cant afford to hire multiple layers of bureaucracy to keep their hands clean
What about parents? Aren't they accountable???
It's also what innocent people say so it proves nothing.
@@seagrey75 Nah, because only the wealthy are to blame for everything, not all the poor bums who complain about life while doing nothing to better their situation.
Change or enforce the laws so actual managers or owners can go to jail for child abuse. The Legislature could help.
When she said that it is possible to slip through the cracks. I just about lost it. How do multiple children just slip through the cracks. Was HR not keeping track of who they are hiring!!??
Change the laws so the parents go to jail and lose custody of all of their children
Are you kidding me man, all the legislators are currently trying to make this legal
We’re supposed to believe the feds didn’t know this has been going on. The supervisor didn’t know little kids were on the job? Come on man!
"I didn't know they were children. The employment service said they were adults. That's my story and I'm sticking to it, Judge".
What about parents? What about kids themselves? Did kids know that they are kids?
They know. They want the GDP up ⬆️ they are never going to stop this guys. I promise never !
@@XOPOIIIO parents lol,these aren't the kids of Americans, these are illegal alien kids, maybe or maybe not with parents, being exploited by everyone.
I just read this year 8 bills were introduced to weaken child labor restrictions in the midwest - Ohio, Minnesota,
Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas and South Dakota.
This is crazy! Upton Sinclairs' book "The Jungle" is as relevant today as ever!
You can thank the fake christians in those states. They've never respected education and are being groomed by corporate favoring politicians against their own interests to be slaves.
Arkansas and Iowa have already changed the child labor laws because Republicans obviously care more about businesses than children!
I understand why draconian abortion laws were enacted in red states. Those states need as many low paid workers as necessary obviously!
And for those who don't know, "The Jungle" was about the meat processing business. One more reason to boycott animal products!
It is more politically correct to have chlidren do these jobs then let more immigrants in. AMMMMMMEEEERRRRIIIICA
@@someguy2135Its a cruel install the way around
Better hold those managers and supervisors responsible. They hired those kids and im sure they were interviewed for the job.
Private Equity firms are always at the base of this type employee abuse.
Humans are at the base of this abuse.
And housing costs going way past affordable.
Like states like Colorado and Montana where these firms bought up apartment complexes and paid for construction of new ones so as to coincide in profit for them when those two states, where I have lived, legalized recreational Marijuana and they almost immediately raised the rents to match their attraction for new renters and existing ones.
And this from someone who believes it should be available just not made into a for profit to make the greedy rich off of their most common customer the poor.
No matter these men and women are basically soulless so they will always win till we march for change.
That's how it works. You want things to change you march. Every single day or just vote and watch one good one be replaced a few years later with a promoter of greedy tactics.
That's the wrong way. You want more permanent change you have to stay in the fight.
For life.
Not the parents taking the kids to the places huh?
Blackstone. They own most of the media too.
oh yes. As soon as you hear or see "Private Equity firm" you know something shady is going on.
I hope the kids sue and lawyers set aside money for college and medical expenses.
But what about the parents who allowed their children to work? Why would a parent want their kids to risk their lives doing these jobs for little bit of money if they as the parents aren’t able to afford to take care of them. I’m having an issue with the parents as well.
I'm 100% sure someone at JBS knew that children were working in their plants
pssi owner blackstone, largest private equity firm in the world, says "extensive pre-investment due diligence showed pssi had industry-leading hiring compliance".
so in other words, the practice of hiring little kids to work all night in slaughterhouses across america is the BEST this industry does to follow the laws.
How long did it take the government to find out about these abuses?
They don't care about the laws. They care about meeting the profit projections for next quarter.
Using child labor is the BEST way to ensure those profits are made.
Shameful, Iowa now let's junior high children work up to six hours per night even during the school year, shameful
@@Praisethesunson the investigation in this video said the company claimed that the children were getting the same wage as everyone else.
@@ruthgallagher9584 Idaho and New Hampshire is 12 years old.
This been going on for years all these major factories have been doing this i was hired at 12yrs old at a fish plant to clean over night in arkansas but we were so poor we needed the money this country drives us to this point!!!
Shameful…sinful that billionaires are using HUMANS like this! The punishment is an insult to all of us.
It's capitalism. Under this system, humans and their labor are regarded as a commodity to be bought and sold. Nothing more.
Shameful they are treating other sentient beings like this !!!!!!!
Paying the lowest employment wages is the goal of all corporations.
China's aging population and its increasing middle-class is forcing corporations to move to Southeast Asia because Central and South America will not become the 3rd world countries of the corporate past.
Iowa just passed a law promoting hiring of junior high school students. They can work six hours at night during the school week. Yes, our Republican governor and legislators put money above our children, shameful.
Look at the big sex trafficking scandal that Biden himself has been exposed in the news and in Brownsville TX there's a really bad ring going on there, it's unbelievable what's going on in this country
This is absolutely unacceptable. If our system cannot protect our citizens, our children, our life, then we need a new system. Human rights above corporate profits; reality above corporate greed
*McDonald’s Workers in Denmark Pity Us*
_“Danes love America,” Hummelgaard told me. “But there’s no admiration for the level of inequality in America, for the lack of job security, for the lack of health security, for all those things that...create a good society.”_
SOURCE: NY TIMES, by By Nicholas Kristof - May 8, 2020
*The Happiest Countries in the World*
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*- John Steinbeck*
_"Whenever the government provides opportunities in privileges for...rich people they call it “subsidized” when they do it for...poor people they call it “welfare.” The fact that is the everybody in this country lives on welfare. Suburbia was built with federally subsidized credit. And highways that take our...brothers out to the suburbs were built with federally subsidized money to the tune of 90 percent. Everybody is on welfare in this country. The problem is that we all to often have socialism for the rich and rugged free enterprise capitalism for the poor. That’s the problem."_
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Yes, in Iowa our governor wants junior high children to work up to six hours a night during the school week. She just signed up his into law.
Make the kids work. People like you is the reason this generation is horrible
@@ruthgallagher9584 second state now to allow child Labor. We are going backwards.
I understand what you’re saying, but at what point are we going to start holding these parents accountable as well? The parents that allowed this are just as guilty!!
Thank you to the teacher at the middle school for saying something!!! You saved all those children!! I hope they are prosecuted!!!
Saintly ❤
The company and their legal guardians
The teachers knew, just didn't have probable cause until some one gets "visibly" injured.
Feel bad for the kids and the kids families ❤️💯 all they want is a better life nobody gives them, heart breaking
Why breed pigs when you could breed kids! Send 'em to the factory when they turn 10! Collect the kids' pay every week! 😢
I felt sick hearing him read their plea agreement stating they "agreed not to do it again"🤯🤬
The penalties need to be at least 60 percent of the company's profits.
Exactly and the CEO and executives need some jail time
It all about cheap labor! It not about hard work, but pay and profits.
Crazy how much power corporations have especially with lobbying, they can legally cut operating costs at the cost of the consumer
And even in a bad economy they make record profit
Yes, Iowa has junior high children working up to six hours per night during the school year, shameful. And, just found out dormant Amazon plant will open now.
And now everything old is new again like 1900 labor laws.
my dad worked for pssi in fort worth Texas 5 years ago, and the manager of the plant paid less then what they actually make , and he wanted them to pay for clothes, boots, gloves, and more
I was from a extremely poor family and also got my first job at 13 years old. This was in the late 70's and the money I was able to earn helped our family. While unfortunate I totally understand why these parents allowed there children to work. Life is not always fair but to condemn people without knowing the situation also is unfair.
I agree. Not everything in life is handed on a plate
This is terrible and inexcusable in this society. I feel for the children and parents who feel the need to send them to work. I had a job when I was 14 working in a Chinese restaurant getting paid under the table. I didn’t know it was wrong but I did make good money for a kid. I can not imagine working overnight as these children are. I am hopeful that this story will help these children.
i made $2.50/hr undertable at a chinese restaurant. saved enough for college and made me who I am today...spent 25 years in tech, now 45, retired and never did and never will ask for a dime from the govt. i learned more from those jobs then corp america....
Unfortunately, this will get worse. Several midwestern Republican state senators and representatives have advocated for rolling back child labor laws.
@@bitcoindaddy1pfft! WOW.
Maybe it will keep them from shooting up schools
It's fine these children are working. We don't live in Upton Sinclairs "the jungle "
Can you imagine how desperate you have to be have your children work at slaughterhouses? The parents are just as responsible
$1.5m is literally the equivalent of cleaning out Pennies in the couch to this company 😂
Really you're telling me they didn't have no interviews too see for themselves who were they hiring come on they knew and still hired the kids
We DO need to put some blame on the parents, which seems to be overlooked time and time again.
No. The blame is on the 'trickle down" mentality like rigging the "housing market" monopolizing price fixing wage theft not paying enough to properly hire enough adults
Gotta love how they were able to just pay their way out of it. A demonstration of USA ethics.
It’s the maximum fine set by the federal government.
They had to go out and buy over 100 kid sized hard hats & eye protection... That should have been a sign they were doing something wrong.
I feel like the settlement of 1.5 million dollars isn’t nearly enough. The maximum should be raised because that’s like nothing to these companies
You know what fixes this problem? Paying the parents a comfortable living wage. SOLVED
FYI: The video forgot to mention information like this
Several states allow minors as young as 12 years old to work in certain types of agricultural jobs. These states include:
Arkansas
Georgia
Iowa
Louisiana
Minnesota
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Texas
Wisconsin
There are several states that allow minors as young as 13 years old to work in certain types of jobs, but the specific rules and regulations can vary by state and by the type of work being performed. Here are a few examples:
Alaska: Minors as young as 13 can work in most jobs with the consent of a parent or guardian and a work permit.
Arizona: Minors as young as 14 can work in non-hazardous jobs with a work permit. However, minors as young as 12 can work in agricultural jobs with a work permit and parental consent.
Georgia: Minors as young as 12 can work in certain types of agricultural jobs with parental consent and a work permit.
Iowa: Minors as young as 14 can work in non-hazardous jobs with parental consent and a work permit. However, minors as young as 12 can work in agricultural jobs with parental consent and a work permit.
Kentucky: Minors as young as 14 can work in most jobs with parental consent and a work permit. However, minors as young as 12 can work in agricultural jobs with parental consent and a work permit.
North Carolina: Minors as young as 14 can work in most jobs with parental consent and a work permit. However, minors as young as 12 can work in agricultural jobs with parental consent and a work permit.
Wisconsin: Minors as young as 14 can work in most jobs with a work permit. However, minors as young as 12 can work in certain types of agricultural jobs with parental consent and a work permit.
It's important to note that these are just a few examples, and the specific rules and regulations can vary by state and by the type of work being performed. If you have specific questions about the employment of minors in your state, you should consult your state's labor department or department of education for more information.
The Department of Labor specifically requests that the school has verification as well, for their education. Because the children when signing working permits, need multiple approvals including a doctor sign off as well in the state I know of (not sure about the rest but I'd assume it would be similar)
The requirements of faking ages is above the scope of the school, especially if they skip right to pretending to be an adult. So who would be to blame for that, especially if they are a minor
Why doesn't this video exactly explain who was the initial person who put that child into the job and thought afterwards it was a good idea too.
How can this be concealed? Might be a cleaning company that comes in to clean, which means that company is at fault for the majority of the blame imo
People also driver semi trucks at night without a CDL. I’m in the trucking industry and have met a few illegal drivers.
My husband is from Grand Island Nebraska. He worked in the slaughterhouse during his Summer break. His job was to cleaned the blood from the slaughters. The employers seek out teenagers and immigrants. They corporations know this and it’s been going on since the 80’s. luckily, my husband left the job because it was a tough job. Watching pigs and cows getting killed got to him. He wasn’t able to eat meat for quite a few years.
whats worst about nebraska, is that it has the balls to say people are not adults until the age of 19.
When they start putting these people in jail this will stop. Fines result in higher prices and doesn't affect companies at all.
I don’t get how the reporter can say that it comes to a shock that companies owned by Wall Street has participated in child labor. When couple states in the Midwest have legalize child laborers in jobs that should not have children working and or around?
Simple. The same people on Wall Street that exploit children are the same ones who pay the reporters paycheck
Media giants and most federal authorities ignore violations by the state of Iowa, its industries, and municipalities. There's no respect for common decency. If you're disabled in Iowa under the age of 50 you may as well just die because you will be ignored by every relevant agency. The country just seems to let Iowa violate every human right known to man. Everything that would be abhorrent or wrong as a society happens and it's like Iowa is surrounded by mirrors and no one bothers to notice. Surely there must be a federal law that prohibits this stuff but nothing anyone has bothered to hold the state to task on.
I worked for this company for 7 years and work with plenty of teens
8 states?! How is this possible in 2022? Due diligence? Just looking at a piece of paper and not really hiring investigators for this? This company needs to be taken down
Our Iowa Governor has legalized this with junior high children working up to six hours per night during the school year. Shameful
They said they are all illegal immigrants. The employer isn't required to actually check their legal status anyway. In some states like California its actually illegal to ask for proof. These sick exploitative Capitalist Pigs, have an unlimited supply of cheap scab labor coming from across the border.
Cezar Chavez fought the Wets because they destroyed the workers only leverage, the ability to strike.
I started working at 13 as a dishwasher,I bought any thing I wanted.thanks for not saving me.
Dishwashing is different than washing large machinery with boiling water and bleach. Come on now doesn’t compare.
Teaching children at a young age to manage money and be a productive member of society is ABUSE.
Blaming the parents is BS, hold the company accountable.
Who are these monsters hiring children, then robbing them of their paychecks? Animals
America! Where we care more about a little fetus than a beautiful living and breathing child
It's not an either/or! At least these kids didn't get ripped limb from limb and have their skulls crushed because they were inconvenient for someone.
I didn’t say it was an either or I just think people like you, obviously, should put some of that passion towards living breathing children. 🤯
@@abetube1014 Who is "people like me"? Some nut job persona you made up because you don't talk to anyone that isn't your ideological clone? Let's have some realism here. There are already laws against anyone under 14 working a job ( 12 for agriculture in some states). Further age and hour restrictions are not going to actually help anybody because the pre-teen workers you hear about are ILLEGALS and their ID is FAKE anyway. The cartels that brought them here are going to get paid one way or the other, so without a legit job, those kids will be selling drugs or pr0$tituting. Hour restrictions on teens are a barrier against the working poor who are trying to better their situation. Flexible online high school classes would be a better solution.
@@3namechangezalowdevry90day7 abortion is necessary healthcare. If you don't see it, you're blind to your privilege.
Nothing ever happen to big corporations and the powerful in the US!
Completely heartbreaking. That poor woman who broke down during the interview. We need to do better.
She can always go back to her own country and build there.
@@MsAmiqueright because there's so many Americans lined up who want to do these jobs....our country would shut down without immigrants
Which part is heartbreaking? The children working because the parents dropped the ball or most of the population not obeying the ten commandments or the caging animals hanging them upside down slitting their throats bleeding them out and eating flesh against Noah's laws? The cow farts from the fear the animals are in creating the global crisis is in slaughtering animals sacrificing children to Moloch and Baal or kids getting a paycheck because of lack of leadership because the children trying to run everything because they said they could do it better than the elders and now the entire planet is suffering? Do better, I agree. Landfills overflowing with 'convenience' an island of plastic the size of Texas choking the sea life for convenience it's no longer convenient. The inconvenient truth is here now everyone must face what greed not only in government but the citizens as well. This is what happens when you sacrifice children to Moloch everything fails when you pray to a pagan god. You can check that off the list now humanity.
Slaughterhouses are such a sad thing.
Corporate greed smh
Republicans.
The parents of those children need to be thrown in jail.
Yes along with those who hired them
The only concern from the government and companies is they got caught...Merica Where we don't ask what's behind the curtain just make sure the job is done and the investors are happy.
WTF were their parents doing?? Your 13-yo is working nights?? WTF
This is very sad that families are so hard up in America that they send their kids to work overnight to clean slaughterhouses with acids
These are illegals
Migration
Look in the mirror. You're in a position to tell the federal government and your state government that their lax and supportive behaviors are no longer acceptable.
@@USA92 I tell my politicians I don’t support illegal
Immigration
@@Just_politicking_podcast_1017 Good! So good to hear this from you!
And as a good human being you have made sure you understand what's going on in your country. And if it's the Uniited States you know what asylum laws are and everything there is to know about immigration in an immigrant country.
So good to hear your not one of these ignorant and selfish bigots we see so many times posting their drivel on social sites. As if the world revolved around them. And of course like me you've been in contact with your local reps and federal reps encouraging them to finally come up with immigration reform so we don't fall backward but forward.
Hate to go back to those embarrassing days before asylum laws when the world saw us as irresponsible and purely heartless in the face of the aftermath of WW2.
Let's welcome these families to our country like anyone with a good soul would!
I wonder who did the 1.5 million settlement go to… I know it didn’t
go to none of the children or the families 🤦🏿♂️ 🤦🏿♂️
These children should be compensated, taken to therapy, and should be going to school. Of course the parents get blamed which they should, but the company should be fined and given a final warning. This is unacceptable in the United States. PSSI needs to take more accountability. Blackstone needs to take accountability. This is just one company...imagine how many more are doing the same. 😢
What would you do if you were the parent working those slaughterhouse jobs that don't pay you enough to feed your kids? Let's be real about this
PSSI was the cleaning company for them. They should have been shut down for good and employers arrested.
We really need to just fine a company a percentage of their reported profits. In this instance about 60% of all offending parties profits would suffice. Gotta make examples so it never happens abain
No Way that is ever going to happen.. too many people LOVE their Beef?
@@hannaht2068 processed beef sure. But a butcher shop that sources local meat is way better. Also it's the cleaning company that's at fault entirely for not paying people enough to do the job. Hence why they hired kids. As Ted lasso once said, "is it child labor or late staged capitalism?" And coach beard responded with, "what's the difference?". Can we already admit that capitalism has failed and leads to further corruption within the government.
Blackstone CEO "We Honestly had no idea that these children were not Mexican"
When I was 14 I got my first job, but I had to apply for my workers permit first with the department of labor. My employer had to fill out the permit and I had to return the form the part meant. I retained a copy and gave a copy to my employer. I couldn’t work before 8am or past 8pm. I was limited to 25 hours a week until 16. When I turned 16 I couldn’t work past 12am and limited to 35 hours a week but other than that no permit was required. Then obviously once turning 18 no restrictions. I’m confused as to what would have changed? This was only 20 years ago… by the way, I didn’t hide the fact I was 14 or 16.
Me too as well as my sister and brother - that was awhile ago too, can't imagine that things would change so much as to not promote child welfare
And I would like to add that I think it instilled a good work ethic in me at an early age that I carried into adulthood. Before 14 I worked for farmers driving tractors or “bucking bails” odd job kind of things. However, this is big corporate jobs, which means it’s a degradation of society.
My situation was more under the table but roughly the same. limited the amount of hours a week I could do and the times. Is that now how it is now? is no one under 18 allowed to have a job? Like my other post says, I still think there asking the wrong question in this segment. Yea sure the company is liable if they did something illegal, but what is the reason the kids want to work? whats the reason behind why the parents are letting or sending their kids to work? This is more treating the symptom than the disease (whatever that disease might be)
@@viledeacon9995 agreed. They are asking the wrong questions. 1, where are the parents? 2, what are the specific laws in that state? 3, are these kids documented children? The reason why you ask these questions is because then you can really pull back the curtain and to whom may be pulling the strings. Who really is the Great and Powerful Oz? I find it so interesting that Black Rock is the parent company.
@@zacharymitchell4149 A Man is raised a Man. A criminal is raised a criminal. Character comes from within... sturdy arms and beliefs. Period, the end.
OF COURSE Blackstone owns PSSI
The government should also share the bulk of responsibility. Labor inspections have significantly declined over the years and recent decades due to reduced funding, thanks to tax cuts, misallocations of resources, revolving door, business lobbying, and big money in politics to rig the rule of the game in their favor. This is just a tip of the iceberg of what's wrong with this country.
Everyone should also be aware of a different age standard for farm work in which 12 years old can legally perform non-hazardous tasks outside school hours with parental permission. Younger children can work if it's a "small" farm or it's a farm owned by parents. Due to lack of enforcement, the reality is worse. For example, look for a video, "Harvest of Justice 2022: Child Labor In Agriculture".
Its sad that now these kids have lost theyre parents cause of working at these places.
We can stop this by not staffing companies to hire temporary workers.
Shocked! I'm not shocked anything America does
How did a 14 year old show up for work and everyone is just like ok, lets do this...
14 is legal to work with a permit. That's been the law for about 30 years or so, I think.
@@3namechangezalowdevry90day7 I started working when I was 15.. as a lifeguard. This is different, I wouldn't be comfortable working with a 14 year old if I was cleaning a slaughterhouse
@@huskydadtokoda These kids are illegals and debt slaves of the cartels. Age and hour restrictions won't help them because their ID is FAKE anyway. They're better off scrubbing a floor than dealing drugs or pr0$tituting to pay their debt.
@@huskydadtokoda is not as bad as people make it seem to be it’s just a little bit of cow blood that’s all
PSSI doesn't have an HR department? Payroll company? Even tiny businesses have to get legal ID, DOB, and social security numbers. Were they even paying taxes? I don't see how.
And remember that some states are trying to make this legal
Iowa has, junior high children can work up to six hours per night on school nights. Yes, our children are of no importance here, shameful.
Apparently already is in two states.
Its legal for kids to work in agriculture in every state in the USA.
In California its 12 years old ( Outside School Hours). In Illinois its 10 years old, 12 years old during School hours.
If its their Family Farm, there is no age limit!
when I was 12 years old I worked at a meat packing plant 10 hours a day. I was happy to have my own money and a job. and I had to mow the lawns and do yard work around the house and do chores to ,and I was happy to help out my mom and dad. nothing wrong with a kid workin hard if he our she wants to.
These kids didn't drive themselves to the slaughter house willingly opened the door and apply. Oh I guess the parents didn't notice the empty beds at night. Blame goes all around. Pathetic.
So many of America's problems would disappear if working Americans were just paid a decent wage for a change. They are suffering from a half-century of stagnant and declining pay due to voodoo trickle-down Reaganomics which we were promised would lift all boats. It didn't. They are long overdue for a very substantive raise. My understanding is that if pegged to productivity (because “hard work is rewarded”) the minimum wage should be well over $20, and if it went up at the same rate as Wall Street bonuses (hardly work?) it would be over $40. Can you imagine what it would be if it went up at the same rate as CEO compensation? Over 1000%! From BusinessInsider: “The typical full-time salary in America would be $102,000 if wages had kept up with growth - but the economy has failed 90% of workers...”
$7.25 is still the minimum wage in a lot of states.
Imagine anyone being able to survive on that and trying to raise a family!
The US is going backwards and people keep voting for them for some reason.
should be a 100k for each child each day they worked as a penalty...
YOU NEED TO INVESTIGATE CARGILL ALSO. ESPECIALLY, THE PLANTS IN DODGE CITY, KS, NE, & TX.
Cargill is one of the largest private corporations on the planet.
The evil they do is expansive. We'll never be told about it.
@@Create_SunShine IT AMAZED ME HOW YOUNG THESE KIDS LOOKED/WERE & THEY STILL LET THEM IN THE PLANT
It's like some people think "ahhh the children...... they long for the mines."
WTF is wrong with people. A lemonade stand. Babysitting. Mowing grass. That's what's appropriate for these kids to be doing if they want to get started young.
The problem is if they set up a lemonade stand today, federal agents will shut that sh!t down in a second. There was a huge crackdown on them several years ago. But somehow, those agents never noticed this going on or at least that's what we're supposed to believe.
Too little regulation and too many people willing to ignore rules. That is always how this happens.
Not just one company.
Come to Arkansas if you want your child to work early. The Governor, Sarah Sanders, just rolled back child labor protection laws.
She is despicable!
Iowa too.
@@ruthgallagher9584 ugh!
Using kids to do your dirty work is disgusting.
First of all the largest investment firm is BlackRock, Blackstone is a completely different investment firm. Also the larger question we need to ask is why the kids felt the need to work? Because life is too expensive because PSSI was paying the same rate so it wasn't cheaper labor. We as a country need to figure out how to give livable wages to families. Also on a side note i too did work at a factory at 13-17 in the summers for extra spending money.
They don't have to pay a fair wage because of illegal immigration, you dolt.
Who else will hire children?
Very very sickening. They have now traumatized children. The meat slaughterers are traumatized already. And it’s gross humans believe we still need meat to survive. “Oh just have the kids clean it up” how much food waste is done per year? 119 billion pounds. And people are starving ? No y’all make dumb choices. If you spend money on meat and dairy then you’re funding this.
Shame on this company and on the parents of these children. Both should be charged a high penalty!
You probably don’t know what it takes to survive in this country, most developed countries help parents financially to raise their kids.
America doesn’t believe in that, American believes in hard work regardless the consequences.
I am against child labor, but some thing need to be done to fight poverty in this country.
Maybe make it so the parents can earn a living wage,how about that.....
@@thomasperkins1513 wish I could find a way!!
@@adildriouech1293 that’s true and in these other countries they are born and raised to help the families out. Here in America we wait until they are of legal age. That’s the way our country works.
How about the parents pay 1% of thier cash on hand?
How is this a shock????
Were is the jail time, for management?
These companies know the fines are nothing in the grand scheme. They do it because they know it’s lucrative. We are failing as a society to protect the most vulnerable and we will suffer unimaginable consequences for this.
Just wait until pedophilia is legalized
Several states have made this legal.
This is sickening. Charles Dickens probably thought he had warned us against such cruelty.
You do mean Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" I hope.
Nobody wants to talk about the parent’s responsibility in this?
😮 scary as heck. The fact the CHILDREN are doing this. Insane. Im so glad some of the parents are held accountable as well.
All of the parents should’ve been held accountable!!
It's not completely the parents fault when the whole community finds it acceptable, it's a systemic issue, and families are just trying to make rent. Half of them don't even know it's illegally, because everyone just looks away
@@Mezz9009 The parents should be held accountable to. They knew what the were doing was wrong. In many cases they used stolen identity’s to put there kids to work. The innocent people who got there identity’s stolen are also victims of these irresponsible parents.
@@dfrank7 pssi organized the identity theft (they don't directly they just have someone who knows how), not the parents, and the point I'm trying to say is that it's expected of children to bring income.
Didn’t Sara Huckabee just legalize child labor in Arkansas? Yes
The real question is why did those kids have to work there in the first place?
Nobody wants to work there. It’s a tough job to fill. I’m not justifying I’m just saying that’s the reason.
Because their parents work there. And they are Hispanic, so the company doesn't care.
They owe the cartels for bringing them into the country, same as the adults. They're debt slaves.
They’re probably undocumented immigrants so the families are desperate and the company profits
Money
Night shift at a slaughterhouse is a little extreme don’t you think. I’m 20 and I’m not old enough to work there yet
Of course you are. Jesus grow a set