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Elizabeth Urban

Cleaning Company Busted for 'Oppressive Child Labor' for Second Time This Year, Made Kids Work Illegal Night Shift at Iowa Pork Factory

A cleaning company has been busted for alleged "oppressive child labor" after making nearly a dozen kids work illegal night shifts at an Iowa pork factory, marking the second time underage workers have been discovered at the factory. This is a representational image. (Credit: Creative Commons)

A cleaning company has been busted for alleged "oppressive child labor" after making nearly a dozen kids work illegal night shifts at an Iowa pork factory, marking the second time underage workers have been discovered at the factory.

Qvest LLC, a sanitation company, reportedly employed 11 kids to "use corrosive cleaners to clean head splitters, jaw pullers, bandsaws, neck clippers and other equipment at the Seaboard Triumph Foods facility from at least September 2019 through September 2023," according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

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