December 8, 2009:
Rubashkin Asks Court To Dismiss Child Labor Charges
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Rubashkin's attorneys claim Division of Labor officials ignored Agriprocessors' requests to identify the workers suspected of being minors Rubashkin asks court to dismiss child labor charges By JEFF REINITZ • Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier WATERLOO - Attorneys for the former Agriprocessors...
December 3, 2009:
Chabad Kids Write Letters To Rubashkin
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"Hope you get your money & company back." Chabad.info reports: Over the past week the 6th grade English class at United Lubavitch Yeshiva in Crown Heights took to heart the fact that Shalom Mordchai Rubashkin is sitting in jail. The...
December 3, 2009:
Underage Girl Alleges Sexual Harassment At Agriprocessors
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Supervisors at the now-defunct Agriprocessors Inc. in Postville sexually harassed an underage girl who worked at the meat processing plant and had intercourse with other female employees in a storage room, according to state court papers. Teenager alleges sex harassment...
November 24, 2009:
Letter from Miami: Postville Raid A Waste
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The exemplary message to employers: It's OK to abuse human beings, so long as you don't lie to the bank. There are so many errors of logic and misstatements of fact in this piece, I had to point some of...
November 23, 2009:
Clergy: Government Wrong For Dropping Rubashkin Immigration Charges
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We will "investigate and pursue all constructive options and legal recourse." Rubashkin "exploited and mistreated" undocumented workers "so extensively." Clergy say workers needed to air case ASSOCIATED PRESS Decorah, Ia. - Three Decorah clergy members who have been involved in...
November 20, 2009:
RUBASHKIN ATTORNEY: "He's Presumed Innocent, The Court Has Now Dismissed These Charges – He Is Indeed Innocent"
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Guy Cook explains why Rubashkin is "innocent." [Hat Tip: FGBA.]
November 17, 2009:
Orthodox Come To Rubashkin's Defense
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Rubashkin’s defenders and sympathizers insist that Agriprocessors was hardly unique among slaughterhouses in its hiring of illegal aliens. They also argue that many allegations against the company have yet to be substantiated. Orthodox Come To Rubashkin’s Defense by Julie Wiener...
November 11, 2009:
Scores Of Chabad Followers Travel To SD To Support Rubashkin
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Devotion and respect for the Rubashkin family is what draws the men to support a fellow member of their Hasidim, a branch of Judaism that translates to “the pious.” They know Rubashkin as the former teacher at an Atlanta Jewish...
November 8, 2009:
Rubashkin Supporters Crowd Courtroom
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"All these people feel that supporting him is worth the trip to Sioux Falls," Getzel Rubashkin said. "My father is loved and respected by many people, only a minute percentage of which have been physically able to attend the trial."...
October 30, 2009:
The Alternative Universe Of Agriprocessors Former Counsel, Nathan Lewin
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Lewin says Agriprocessors workers were paid more than workers at other meat plants and were better treated – even though government-siezed records show workers made minimum wage (or less) and were mistreated. What, Where, When bills itself as Baltimore's Jewish...
October 27, 2009:
Report: Raid On Agriprocessors Disrupted "At Least" 3 State And Federal Investigations Of Labor Law Violations
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Bush Administration's "single-minded focus" on immigration enforcement gutted ongoing investigations and endangered undocumented workers. Report: Balance Us Labor Law, Border Enforcement SUZANNE GAMBOA • Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – Bush administration workplace immigration raids interfered with labor investigations and allowed...
October 14, 2009:
Agriprocessors' New Owner Live On Video
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What did Hershey Friedman tell local Iowa television news? Take a look: Video 1. Video 2. (opens with video of the Rubashkin family) [Hat Tips: Neighbor Girl, FGBA.]
September 17, 2009:
A Fundraising Appeal From Sholom M. Rubashkin's Daughter
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"The government has targeted our family, and my father in particular, using them as scapegoats. They have been all over the media in this massive witch hunt." Important: PLEASE STOP AND READ THIS! Wednesday September 16, 2009 9:30 PM Dear...
September 14, 2009:
Kosher Industry Flack Wants A "Time Out" In Postville
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Give new owners 6 months to settle in before making demands, Menachem Lubinsky tells Postville citizens and outside Jewish groups. From this week's Kosher Today: Time Out in Postville - September 14, 2009 The Forward reported recently that “the new...
September 1, 2009:
Chabad Calls For Special Day Of Prayer For Rubashkin
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Prayer service to be held at Rebbe's gravesite in New York. Yom Tefilla!! In z’chus of Sholom Mordechai Halevi ben Rivka on September 7, 2009 - A special request to everyone around the world to gather together in your communities...
August 24, 2009:
Iowa Prosecutors Ask Court To Drop Some Charges Against Agriprocessors Managers
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Iowa prosecutors asked a judge today to dismiss 110 child-labor charges against top Postville slaughterhouse managers. Prosecutors ask for some charges to be dismissed against Agriprocessors managers BY GRANT SCHULTE • Des Moines Register Iowa prosecutors asked a judge today...
August 23, 2009:
Annals of Propaganda:
Mishpacha Magazine Reports From Postville On Agriprocessors And Rubashkin
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Mishpacha Magazine lies, misleads and changes history. …Their children continued this noble tradition, and the historic establishment of Agriprocessors, a glatt kosher slaughterhouse in middle-America, back in 1990, ushered in a new era for the kosher consumer. Meat would become...
July 14, 2009:
Breaking! Agriprocessors, Rubashkin Child Labor Trial Postponed Until 2010
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Hearing on status of case set for early January. Trial not likely until Spring 2010 – at the earliest. Agriprocessors child labor trial delayed JOHN MOLSEED • Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier WATERLOO — The former owner and managers of Agriprocessors...
July 7, 2009:
Agriprocessors Asks Court To Suppress Evidence
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Attorney for the company claims evidence against it was illegally seized during immigration raid. Agriprocessors asks court to suppress evidence By Trish Mehaffey • The Gazette CEDAR RAPIDS — An Agriprocessors’ attorney claims the evidence seized during the May 12,...
June 16, 2009:
BREAKING! Rubashkin Wants All Evidence Gathered During Raid Excluded From Trial
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Argues raid violated constitutional rights of workers. He paid them at or below minimum wage; made them worked forced, unpaid overtimes; employed child laborers; shorted employees' pay, and and violated OSHA health and safety regulations. And now he wants to...
June 14, 2009:
Postville: A City Under Siege
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CBS News takes a look at Postville, 13 months after the raid. Another weak effort from CBS. It doesn't mention 9300 counts of child labor violations, bank fraud, the ongoing attempt to sell Agriprocessors, the near-evictions, etc. God help us...
May 21, 2009:
EXCLUSIVE: AGRIPROCESSORS BUYER REVEALED [Updated]
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But why has the sale not yet been announced? [Updated at 11:15 pm. 5-21-09 and again at 3:45 cdt 5-22-09. Original Post 3:52 pm 5-21-09.] A senior government source told me today that Hershey Friedman bought Agriprocessors' $10 million line...
May 20, 2009:
Forward Reporter Wins Journalism Award For Reporting On Kosher Meat Industry
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Nathaniel Popper wins for exposés on Agriprocessors and Alle. Popper Wins Journalism Award Nathaniel Popper, the Forward’s senior writer, was honored with a Deadline Club award for his coverage of illegal labor practices in the kosher meat industry. He won...
May 18, 2009:
Why Didn't The Feds Prosecute Agriprocessors Wage and Employment Crimes?
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George Bush. His Department of Labor failed to enforce the law at hundreds of companies, including Agriprocessors. Wage theft victims fight for rights In a recession, some employers may try to shortchange their workers. But wage theft victims are fighting...
May 15, 2009:
EXCLUSIVE: Rubashkin Alleged To Have Violated Conditions Of His Release, May Face Incarceration
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Former Agriprocessors workers also allege health and safety violations, workplace discrimination and labor law violations. I spoke with two former Agriprocessors workers today. What they told me was quite disturbing. Carole and Tisha Doty are mother and daughter, Iowa natives...
May 15, 2009:
Yated Ne'eman: Government Prosecution Of Rubashkin Antisemitic "Blood Libel"
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Haredi newspaper calls charges filed against Rabbi Sholom M. Rubashkin and Agriprocessors an antisemitic "blood libel." Please click to enlarge or download the pdf version linked at the bottom of this post: Here it is as a pdf file: Yated...
May 14, 2009:
Breaking! Goverment Gives Former Agriprocessors Workers Visas
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Visas awarded 20 former Agriprocessors workers under a law that protects crime victims. Former Agriprocessors workers get good news Jens Manuel Krogstad, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courrier POSTVILLE -- The government has awarded 20 former Agriprocessors workers visas under a law that...
May 13, 2009:
$1 Million Donated To Postville Relief Since Raid
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Private donations far outstrip any government aid. Postville residents pray for healing, peace Janell Bradley, Gazette Online From the first sight of the helicopters that announced it, the May 12, 2008, raid on Agriprocessors Inc. tore apart the small town...
May 13, 2009:
Postville Anniversary Video
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What is the lesson of Postville? Two longer, better videos are posted on MinnPost.com: Part 1, Part 2. Illegal workers are paid less and exploited more – much more than legal workers. They drive down wages because they have no...
May 12, 2009:
Why Has The Government Not Charged Agriprocessors With Civil Rights Violations?
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Could it be because of this? The Kansas City Star reports: …Of the nearly 400 arrested, 290 already have been deported, some leaving family members behind. Many of the remaining workers are unemployed and unable to leave. Some have requested...
May 10, 2009:
Postville One Year After
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Two reports from Iowa on Agriprocessors, the town, the landlords, and the people decimated by the Rubashkins and the raid. Postville decimated by immigration raid one year ago By Orlan Love, The Gazette Postville landlord Gabay Menachem. For flat-broke landlord...
May 7, 2009:
Rubashkin Wants Child Labor Charges Dropped
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Accuses government of misconduct. Another Motion To Dismiss Filed In Agriprocessors' Child Labor Case Attorneys for Sholom Rubashkin and other former Agriprocessors managers filed a second motion to dismiss the case Thursday. Rubashkin and others are charged with more than...
April 26, 2009:
2 Towns, 2 Perspectives on Immigration Raids
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Raids at Agriprocessors in Postville, Iowa and Swift in Marshalltown, Iowa compared. 2 Iowa towns, 2 perspectives on immigration raids NIGEL DUARA, AP For immigrant advocates, the raid on a meatpacking plant in Postville last May was evidence of all...
April 2, 2009:
Agriprocessors Child Labor Trial
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More details emerge on the postponement, change of venue and exactly who will stand trial and with whom. Iowa: Judge delays Agriprocessors' child labor trial Owners and former managers are granted a change of venue DES MOINES (AP) -- The...
April 1, 2009:
Agriprocessors Trial Postponed
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State child labor trial moved from Allamakee County to Black Hawk County, delayed from April 20 to August 4. Agriprocessors child labor trial will be postponed DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Attorneys for the owner and former managers of an...
March 26, 2009:
Iowa Agrees to Delay Agriprocessors Child Labor Trial
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9,300 counts of child labor law violations will no longer go to trial April 20. Iowa no Longer Objects to Delay in Meatpacker Case DES MOINES, IA - Iowa prosecutors have withdrawn their opposition to delaying the trial for a...
March 20, 2009:
Postville Radio's Jeff Abbas Profiled in the Columbia Journalism Review
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FailedMessiah.com gets a nice mention, too. Please click to enlarge. You can also download these images, and you should be able to open them in your PDF reader, which gives you more control. PDFs of both pages are posted at...
March 19, 2009:
Agriprocessors Sup Gets 3 Year Sentence, HR Clerk Pleads Guilty
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Last week's grand jury appears to have led to a guilty plea by an Agriprocessors HR clerk. But HR director Elizabeth Billmeyer remains uncharged. Agriprocessors supervisor sentenced to prison time, HR clerk enters guilty plea LYNDA WADDINGTON, Iowa Independent A...
March 12, 2009:
Iowa Toughens Child Labor, Wage Laws In Reaction To Agriprocessors Scandal
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Agriprocessors' alleged child labor violations and shorting of wages and overtime prompt Iowa to toughen law. Iowa House vote to toughen child labor laws By MIKE GLOVER • AP The Iowa House voted unanimously Thursday to toughen the state's child...
March 4, 2009:
UFCW Union On Agriprocessors Labor Practices
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Child labor, crippling injuries, harassment and sexual exploitation. Use Iowa scandals as catalysts to improve appalling working conditions JOSEPH T. HANSEN After publishing his seminal work, "The Jungle," Upton Sinclair famously noted that he "aimed at the public's heart, and...
March 4, 2009:
Agriprocessors: Iowa Bill Toughens Child Labor Penalties
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Goal for bill is to "prevent another Postville" while holding "unscrupulous employers" accountable. Bill toughens penalties for child labor violations By JASON CLAYWORTH • Des Moines Register Employers who violate Iowa's child labor laws would face tougher penalties under a...
February 16, 2009:
Rubashkin Son-In-Law Attacks OU, Libels Hechsher Tzedek Founder
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Rabbi Milton "Yehoshua" Balkany attacked Rabbi Morris Allen and the OU on Zev Brenner's radio show Saturday night. Listen below: This clip is nine minutes long. To hear it, you'll probably need to have your volume set high. Zev's Internet...
February 12, 2009:
Can The OU Be Trusted? Tainted Peanut Butter And Kosher Supervision
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Details: Kosher Consumers Question Certifiers Vigilance In Wake Of Salmonella Peanut Recall; OU Responds VIN News New York — An unprecedented nationwide outbreak of deadly salmonella bacteria centered on peanut products has thus far killed nine people and sickened more...
February 7, 2009:
A Quarrel Over What Is Kosher
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Details: A Quarrel Over What Is Kosher By NATHANIEL POPPER, Wall Street Journal, 2-5-09 Since it was raided by immigration agents last May, the kosher slaughterhouse in Postville, Iowa has been an endless source of national fascination and headlines. Just...
February 6, 2009:
State Fears Intimidation Of Agriprocessors' Child Workers
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Details: Minor victims' privacy debated By LEE ROOD, Des Moines Register The names of all crime victims under the age of 18 would be kept confidential under a proposed bill backed by prosecutors in the Iowa attorney general's office. The...
January 30, 2009:
Rubashkin Wants Trial Moved To Minneapolis Or Chicago
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Details: Former Iowa meatpacker manager wants trial moved to Minneapolis or Chicago By Amy Lorentzen, AP DES MOINES, Iowa — The former manager of a kosher meatpacking plant wants his federal trial moved because of pretrial publicity. In a motion...
January 27, 2009:
Agriprocessors Employee Faces 1000 New Child Labor Charges
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Details: Iowa slaughterhouse worker faces labor charges By AMY LORENTZEN, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Nearly a thousand new charges have been filed in the state's prosecution of alleged child labor violations at a kosher meatpacking plant in...
January 14, 2009:
Breaking! Postville Evictions To Resume – Agriprocessors Workers Face Brutal Cold, Lack Of Govt Help
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Details: Postville landlords will be resuming evictions of former (and current) Agriprocessors workers. Why? Because the government broke its word again. As exclusively reported here, state and county agencies promised landlords rent reimbursement at market rates and then, once landlords...
January 8, 2009:
Agriprocessors Trustee Claims More Than One Dozen Buyers Want Plant
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Extremely large grain of salt, meet Joseph Sarachek: Iowa slaughterhouse seeks to sell embattled plant Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The list of bidders for the Agriprocessors kosher slaughterhouse remains a secret, but on Wednesday a few more details...
December 31, 2008:
JTA Confirms: Chabad Committee Formed For Rubashkin Legal Defense, Fundraising, PR
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But the JTA gets part of the story wrong: Chabad committee formed to help Rubashkin defense December 30, 2008 NEW YORK (JTA) -- Chabad members formed a committee to support the legal defense of former Agriprocessors manager Sholom Rubashkin. Rubashkin,...