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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders conducts a U.S. Senate hearing March 29, 2023, to examine charges that the Starbucks coffee chain has engaged in union-busting. (Committee video screenshot)

Bernie Sanders confronts former Starbucks CEO over union-busting allegations
BY: - March 29, 2023

WASHINGTON — Democratic senators at a hearing on Wednesday grilled the former CEO of Starbucks over allegations that the giant coffee company intimidated, harassed and fired workers who tried to form unions. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent and former presidential candidate who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, focused on Starbucks’ […]

GREELEY, CO - JUNE 01: A JBS Processing Plant stands dormant after halting operations on June 1, 2021 in Greeley, Colorado. JBS facilities around the globe were impacted by a ransomware attack, forcing many of their facilities to shut down. (Photo by Chet Strange/Getty Images)

Food sanitation company fined $1.5 million for illegal child labor
BY: - February 20, 2023

A company responsible for cleaning meatpacking plants across the country has paid $1.5 million in civil penalties for making children as young as 13 work in dangerous conditions. The fine, announced Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor, followed an investigation by the agency into Packers Sanitation Services Inc., at 13 plants in eight states, […]

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