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Mar-Jac Poultry

Courts

Department of Labor’s child labor cases remain tied up in court

The Department of Labor’s two cases accusing Alabama employers of “oppressive child labor” have both faced repeated motions to dismiss.

December 2, 2024

Judge denies preliminary injunction in Mar-Jac Poultry child labor case

Mar-Jac Poultry has filed a counterclaim against the Department of Labor and is seeking almost $20 million in damages.

July 5, 2024

It’s past time to end child labor: No ifs, ands, or buts

Medicaid expansion might not be a bipartisan issue, but we still have a healthily bipartisan pro-child labor caucus in Montgomery.

May 24, 2024

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Department of Labor claims Mar-Jac Poultry of Alabama used oppressive child labor

The Department of Labor says children worked “on the kill floor deboning poultry and cutting carcasses” in the Jasper factory.

May 22, 2024