California poultry firms to pay $4.8M for violating child labor laws

05/02/24 5:31 PM By Noah Wicks

Members of a network of California poultry processors and distributors have agreed to pay $4.8 million in back wages and damages and give up $1 million in profits after a Labor Department investigation found child labor and wage violations.

Noah Wicks
Associate Editor

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