Child labor allegations at kosher
plant come days after rabbis visit
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| Aaron Troodler |
| Rabbi Pesach Lerner, center, the executive vice president of the National Council of Young Israel, speaks with a worker at the Agriprocessors plant in Postville, Iowa, on July 31, 2008. |
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By Ben Harris
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Published: 08/05/2008
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In what could result in charges against upper management at Agriprocessors, the Iowa Labor Commissioner's Office sent dozens of alleged child labor violations to Iowa’s attorney general for prosecution. The news came just days after a group of Orthodox rabbis gave the embattled kosher meat-packing plant a clean bill of health.
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