NPR Confirms: New Agriprocessors Workers Exploited, Safety Concerns Cause New Workers To Quit

Confirming what we've reported here over the past three months, NPR's Jennifer Ludden went to Postville and found…

…exploited workers, greedy staffing companies, and a negligent Agriprocessors.

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Part 1. Part 2.

Especially noteworthy is the experienced slaughterhouse worker in Part 2 who takes a job at Agriprocessors but quits because the machine he is supposed to clean is turned on twice by supervisors while the new worker is inside cleaning it. Unlike other plants he has worked at, Agriprocessors' machine lacks a safety cutoff switch.

Also in Part 2, a new worker from Indianapolis gave Ludden a tour of the housing Agriprocessors' staffing company is charging him $100 per week for. Holes in the ceilings, rotting floors, mattress on floors, no furniture, and workers crammed in like sardines, each paying $100 per week.

And Ludden also notes Agriprocessors' Somali new hires are being fired – or are quitting – in droves.

[Hat Tip: State of the Jews.]