896 posts categorized "Rubashkin Workers"

May 4, 2010: Rubashkin On Hunger Strike Over Jail Food
Comments: 59 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Defense attorney F. Montgomery Brown said Tuesday his client, a Hasidic Jew, was on a hunger strike because he wasn't able to certify that his special meals at the Black Hawk County Jail were kosher to his level of observance...

May 4, 2010: State Drops Thousands Of Child Labor Charges Against Rubashkins
Comments: 9 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Agriprocessors allowed to plead guilty to amended charges. Slaughterhouse owner's child labor charges dropped AP WATERLOO, Iowa -- Prosecutors dropped thousands of child labor charges against two defendants from an Iowa kosher slaughterhouse and allowed the company to plead guilty...

May 4, 2010: Background On Rubashkin Child Labor Trial
Comments: 12 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
The criminal complaint says plant employees broke four main child labor laws: they employed minors at a meatpacking plant, exposed them to dangerous chemicals, allowed them to operate power machinery and allowed them to work more time per day and...

May 4, 2010: Rubashkin Asks Court To Postpone Child Labor Trial
Comments: 20 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
If the trial proceeds, jury selection will begin at 1:30 p.m. today. Rubashkin seeks delay of today's Agriprocessors child labor trial By JEFF REINITZ • Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier WATERLOO - Trial for officials at the former Agriprocessors meatpacking plant is...

May 3, 2010: Agriprocessors Child Labor Trial Starts Tomorrow
Comments: 39 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Some workers who were younger than 16 staffed shifts that started before 7 a.m. and ended after 7 p.m., according to court records. All of the underage workers claimed they were not paid for every hour of overtime. The Rubashkins...

April 28, 2010: Rubashkin Bribed Former Postville Mayor, Court Documents Say
Comments: 10 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
A former Postville mayor may have accepted cash payments from former Agriprocessors executive Sholom Rubashkin while in office, or tried to extort money from the one-time eastern Iowa slaughterhouse chief. The Des Moines Register today reports the story first reported...

April 14, 2010: Convicted Agriprocessors Managers Out Of Jail And Back At Work–At Agri-Star
Comments: 4 | Categories: Agri-Star , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Along with those convicted managers, two members of the Rubashkin family who were never charged continue to work at the plant but are no longer supervisors, including Heshy Rubashkin. Owner: Postville meat plant to flourish BY TONY LEYS • Des...

April 13, 2010: Agri Star Beef Production Resumes, Pay To Be $12 To $16
Comments: 14 | Categories: Agri-Star , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
“I am not from Iowa, and I did not grow up on a farm, but I know the importance of hard work and treating people with respect and integrity.” New owner: Postville plant will return to greatness BY TONY LEYS...

April 11, 2010: Saint Rubashkin
Comments: 13 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
"Rubashkin's kindness went beyond the Jews. It was legendary. He was as generous to the non- Jews of Postville as he was to the Jews." "[Sholom Rubashkin's] kindness went beyond the Jews. It was legendary. He was as generous to...

April 9, 2010: In Defense Of Sholom Rubashkin
Comments: 28 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
A non-Jewish self-proclaimed animal rights activist defends Sholom Rubashkin. Gregory Johnson Supports Rubashkin Reflections on the Prosecution of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin and the Government Raid of the Agriprocesors Kosher Meat Packing Plant in Postville, Iowa by Gregory Johnson • Shturem.net...

April 2, 2010: Rubashkin Case Profiled In Israeli Press
Comments: 12 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
As sentencing rapidly approaches, Agriprocessors' Sholom Rubashkin still has hope. The Ynet article is in Hebrew. PDF version: Download Rubashkin Ynet Hebrew 4-2-10 [Hat Tip: Dr. Manny.]

April 1, 2010: Rubashkins' Child Labor Trial Nears
Comments: 20 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
"Is Agriprocessors still a legal entity, or has it died?" the judge asked. Postville child labor trial nears By JEFF REINITZ • Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier WATERLOO - There may not be any serious punishment in store for Agriprocessors Inc., the...

March 18, 2010: Letter from Washington Heights: RCA's Ethical Guidelines "Too Little, Too Late"
Comments: 3 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
Over the past four years, the reputation of the kosher food industry — and of Orthodoxy itself — has been badly tarnished by revelations about mistreatment of workers and animals and violations of law at Agriprocessors. Kosher ‘Ethical Guidelines’ Sidestepped...

March 15, 2010: Former Agriprocessors Supervisors Still 'Hiding' In Israel
Comments: 11 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Israel , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Israeli officials say they would be glad to hand over two former Iowa meatpacking supervisors - if U.S. officials could determine where in Israel the men are 'hiding' to avoid felony charges. Postville plant supervisors still on the lam BY...

March 14, 2010: Soon To Be Deported Immigrants In Agriprocessors Raid Must Cover Own Expenses Home
Comments: 15 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
37 former Agriprocessors illegal workers are being deported by the end of this month will have to pay their own way home, government says. Immigrants In Raid Must Cover Own Expenses Associated Press Cedar Rapids, Ia. — The 37 former...

February 6, 2010: Former Agriprocessors Employee Gets Probation For Illegal Alien Scheme
Comments: 22 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
A federal judge in Cedar Rapids has sentenced a former Agriprocessors, Inc., employee to one year of probation for helping to hire illegal aliens at the kosher slaughterhouse in Postville. Former Agriprocessors Employee Gets Probation CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) ―...

January 30, 2010: Agri Star To Add 150 Jobs
Comments: 10 | Categories: Agri-Star , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Former Agriprocessors plant expands production but beef line not yet open. Postville packing plant to hire 150 workers BY TONY LEYS • Des Moines Register The new owner of Postville’s kosher meatpacking plant announced Friday that he intends to hire...

January 15, 2010: Remaining Material Witnesses Released In Agriprocessors Case
Comments: 1 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Brent Beebe's guilty plea means sets deportations in motion. Feds Release Remaining Material Witnesses in Agriprocessors case KCRG-TV9 CEDAR RAPIDS - The remaining eight illegal immigrants designated as material witnesses in a Agriprocessors case were released of their testimonial obligations...

January 11, 2010: Agriprocessors Manager Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy And Document Fraud
Comments: 5 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Brent Beebe admitted that he played a role in the massive immigrant-harboring scheme at the eastern Iowa kosher meat plant. Agriprocessors official pleads guilty to document fraud conspiracy BY GRANT SCHULTE • Des Moines Register A top manager at Agriprocessors,...

January 9, 2010: Agriprocessors' Billmeyer Gets Reduced Sentence
Comments: 5 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
A former Agriprocessors manager will spend only one year and one day in prison for immigration charges because a federal judge didn't follow the guidelines based on "the unusual facts and circumstances" of the case. Ex-Agriprocessors official receives lesser sentence...

January 6, 2010: Agriprocessors Child Labor Trial Set For May
Comments: 28 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
Sholom Rubashkin, his father Aaron, and several Agriprocessors employees face more than 9,000 counts. Agriprocessors State Child Labor Trial Set for May By Trish Mehaffey • KCRG A trial has been set for May 4 on the 9,211 state child...

December 29, 2009: Rubashkin's Attorney: Feds Used "Duplicitous, Dishonest” Tactics To Convict Rubashkin
Comments: 27 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
Rubashkin testified that while he knew about the inflated invoices, he did not generate them. They were part of a system put into place before his tenure as manager of the company began. Rubashkin Attorneys Moving Forward With Appeal by...

December 28, 2009: Former Agriprocessors Workers Feel Misused By Company, Government, Rubashkin
Comments: 28 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
“We were all punished, and charges are dismissed against the one who broke all the laws and caused all the suffering.” Postville detainees feel misused by Agriprocessors, government Orlan Love • The Gazette Workers at the former Agriprocessors meatpacking plant...

December 17, 2009: Rubashkin Material Witnesses Won't Be Released
Comments: 3 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
20 undocumented former Agriprocessors workers designated as material witnesses for criminal cases will not be released as the government thought last month. Material witnesses in the Agriprocessors case will not be released Trish Mehaffey • The Gazette The 20 undocumented...

December 16, 2009: Convicted Agriprocessors Supervisor Wants Sentence Reduced
Comments: 8 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
A former Agriprocessors supervisor who was the first to be sentenced after the 2008 immigration raid filed a motion Monday in U.S. District Court to correct his sentence. Agriprocessors supervisor asks court to correct his sentence The Gazette former Agriprocessors...

December 8, 2009: Rubashkin Asks Court To Dismiss Child Labor Charges
Comments: 54 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
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 6, 2009: Conditions Better At Agri Star, Workers Say
Comments: 38 | Categories: Agri-Star , Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Pay better than under Agriprocessors, supervisors less demanding, nicer. Postville, immigrants inching toward closure BY GRANT SCHULTE • Des Moines Register Postville, Ia. - Forty-year-old Juventino Lopez Pichia wants to bring his wife and children to Iowa. But he knows...

December 3, 2009: OU Head: Rubashkin Got "A Raw Deal…[He] Never Fleeced A Single Customer…If Anyone Is Deserving Of Sympathy, Support And Leniency, It Is Sholom Rubahskin."
Comments: 59 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
I never saw "cutting of corners in either halacha or ethical conduct," Rabbi Menachem Genack said. "USDA inspectors were in the plant at all times, and they never reported a violation of any kind." From Yated Ne'eman via COL Live:...

December 3, 2009: Chabad Kids Write Letters To Rubashkin
Comments: 30 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
"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: Former Agriprocessors HR Worker Sentenced
Comments: 11 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Laura Althouse was sentenced this morning at 10:00 am. She was sentenced to 2 years probation: [Hat Tip: AGRI-vated Angel.] UPDATE 12-4-09 4:35 am CST – Here is the Des Moines Register report: Ex-meat plant worker receives probation Des Moines...

December 3, 2009: Underage Girl Alleges Sexual Harassment At Agriprocessors
Comments: 14 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
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 29, 2009: Waiting, Hoping For Deportation
Comments: 16 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
More than 24 former Agriprocessors workers find themselves in an unusual impasse: The government has ordered them deported, and many can't wait to leave. Yet they remain, waiting for the American legal system to give them the boot. Former Agriprocessors...

November 25, 2009: Government Releases Undocumented Workers Held For Rubashkin Trial
Comments: 6 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Release means many will be deported in the coming weeks. Government releases Agriprocessors material witnesses By Trish Mehaffey • Gazette The 24 undocumented former Agriprocessors workers designated as material witnesses in criminal cases will be released, according to a motion...

November 24, 2009: Pro-Rubashkin Signs Further Divide Postville
Comments: 81 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
[UPDATED] Rubashkin's face superimposed on an American flag angers some. Here's a link to the above video, which features Postville war veterans upset about the Rubashkin poster, just in case the embedded video won't play. [Hat Tip: AGRI-vated Angel.]

November 24, 2009: Letter from Miami: Postville Raid A Waste
Comments: 21 | Categories: Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
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
Comments: 56 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Religion, Religion & State , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
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 22, 2009: Jews Face "Uncertain Future" In Postville, Bemoan Lost Rubashkin Largesse
Comments: 71 | Categories: Agri-Star , Chabad , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
"The generosity of the Rubashkins had created a company town atmosphere within the Orthodox Jewish community." Orthodox views: Jewish community faces uncertain future in Postville By JOHN MOLSEED • Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier POSTVILLE - The Agri Star kosher meat processing...

November 20, 2009: Postville Church Leaders React To Rubashkin Dismissals
Comments: 27 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
"We see there is a complete lack of justice…" [Hat Tip: FGBA.]

November 20, 2009: Rubashkin Trial Witnesses Want To Go Home
Comments: 26 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Undocumented workers held in "immigration limbo" since raid. Rubashkin trial witnesses wait ... and want to go home BY TONY LEYS • Des Moines Register Decorah, Ia. - The legal battle against Agriprocessors' Sholom Rubashkin has snared more than two...

November 20, 2009: RUBASHKIN ATTORNEY: "He's Presumed Innocent, The Court Has Now Dismissed These Charges – He Is Indeed Innocent"
Comments: 26 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
Guy Cook explains why Rubashkin is "innocent." [Hat Tip: FGBA.]

November 19, 2009: BREAKING! Government Dismisses All Immigration Charges Against Rubashkin
Comments: 152 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
UPDATED. The government basically says sentencing guidelines make the fraud charges so severe that they eclipse the penalties for the immigration charges. So the government has asked the judge to dismiss the immigration charges against Rubashkin and Agriprocessors without prejudice....

November 18, 2009: Rubashkin Gave Hosam Amara Money To Run To Israel, Gov't Tells Judge
Comments: 26 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Former Agriprocessors manager ran at Rubashkin's request. Is now hiding in Israel. Left, Hosam Amara. Right, Zev Levi. The Courier's Jens Manuel Krogstad's Twitter feed notes that the government told the judge today that Hosam Amara, former Agri supervisor on...

November 18, 2009: Rubashkin At Bail Hearing: I've Never Run Away From A Fight
Comments: 36 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
“I’m man enough to stay.” Seeking release, Rubashkin says he’s ‘never ran away from a fight’ Trish Mehaffey • The Gazette Sholom Rubashkin says he had no intention of fleeing the county and leaving his family and the Jewish community...

November 17, 2009: Orthodox Come To Rubashkin's Defense
Comments: 64 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
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 17, 2009: Agri Star Retained Former Agriprocessors CFO – Even After He Pleaded Guilty To Financial Fraud
Comments: 24 | Categories: Agri-Star , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Hershey Friedman and company did not fire Mitch Meltzer until newspaper called last week asking questions. Agri Star accountant worked at company after felony guilty plea By JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD • Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier POSTVILLE - The former chief financial...

November 15, 2009: Rubashkin's Lawyer A No-Show; Stand-In Rants At PETA, Leftists, "Tree-Huggers;" Gov't Antisemitic
Comments: 13 | Categories: Agri-Star , Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Rabbi Samuel Hirsch tells Zev Brenner it's everyone else's fault, Rubashkin a "tzaddik." Hirsch is father of Agri Star's current co-owner and CEO, Daniel Hirsch. Hirsch is a prominent defense attorney and a former New York State Assemblyman from Borough...

November 15, 2009: Chabad Rabbi: Des Moines Register Misquoted Me
Comments: 5 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Rabbi Shea Hecht says he never said Rubashkin turned down plea deal. Hecht also claims that, despite the Des Moines Register report, there was no meeting in Brooklyn between Rubashkin, his attorneys, and Hecht's committee. Here is the audio from...

November 11, 2009: Scores Of Chabad Followers Travel To SD To Support Rubashkin
Comments: 46 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Safety , Rubashkin Workers
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 9, 2009: Defense Rests, Rubashkin's Fate in Jury's Hands
Comments: 26 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Defense lawyers said the charges stemmed from "over zealous" prosecutors, claim Rubashkin naïve, misled. Rubashkin case in jury's hands BY GRANT SCHULTE • Des Moins Register Sioux Falls, S.D. — Lawyers in the trial of Sholom Rubashkin closed their cases...

November 9, 2009: Prosecution: Rubashkin "Mastermind" Of Fraud Scheme
Comments: 13 | Categories: Chabad , Crime, Litigation, etc. , Haredim , Kosher Business? , Kosher Scandal , Rubashkin Workers
Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter Deegan Jr. said Rubashkin’s claim that he did not know about the crimes was “ridiculous,” and urged jurors to convict the former Agriprocessors Inc. vice president of all 91 financial fraud charges presented during his trial....

« Newer | Older »

----------------------

----------------------

FailedMessiah.com is a reader supported website.

Thank you for your generous support!

----------------------

----------------------

----------------------

Search

Please Scroll Down Toward The Bottom Of This Page For More Search Options, For A List Of Recent Posts, And For Comments Rules

----------------------

Recent Posts

----------------------

FailedMessiah.com is a reader supported website. Please click the Donate button now to contribute.

Thank you for your generous support!

-------------------------

Pages

Comment Rules

  • 1. No anonymous comments.

    2. Use only one name or alias and stick with that.

    3. Do not use anyone else's name or alias.

    4. Do not sockpuppet.

    5. Try to argue using facts and logic.

    6. Do not lie.

    7. No name-calling, please.

    8. Do not post entire articles or long article excerpts.

    ***Violation of these rules may lead to the violator's comments being edited or his future comments being banned.***

Older Posts Complete Archives

Search FailedMessiah

----------------------

FailedMessiah.com is a reader supported website.

Thank you for your generous support!

----------------------

----------------------

FailedMessiah.com in the Media

RSS Feed