No federal heat standard exists and lobbyists, corporate interests and those with fiercely anti-regulatory agendas have been vocal and active in keeping it that way.
The in-house medical care at Tyson Foods allegedly conceals injuries, throwing what it’s like to be a meatpacking worker in the United States into sharp relief.
It’s been nearly three weeks since unauthorized migrants were found in a Maine home. And yet the name of the Massachusetts company that rented the home and employed them still hasn’t been released. Nor is there confirmation that the company or its owners are being investigated.
More than two weeks after Border Patrol agents found 17 undocumented workers in a four-bedroom home, the men have disappeared into a process that lacks transparency. Some fear the government may be prioritizing deportation over investigations of possible exploitation.