Posted on 10 September 2008. Tags: Agriprocessors, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Housing Bubble, Lehman Brothers
In the big picture, all these things are connected. But, they all have their own distinct story lines. Let’s start with greed, which comes in two flavors. There is the greed by the owners of the kosher meatpacking plant that would make my Jewish, non-religious grandparents cringe: The Iowa attorney general on Tuesday […]
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Posted on 06 August 2008. Tags: Agriprocessors, child labor, Iowa
This has been an on-going story. An update today via The NYTimes (quick post today, folks, because of work craziness): State labor investigators have identified 57 under-age workers who were employed at a kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa and have asked the attorney general to bring criminal charges against the company for child […]
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