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The Lucrative Business Of Importing Cheap Labor From Overseas
There are legal ways to bring in cheap labor from overseas to do brutal work for low wages. Immigration attorneys typically earn at least $10,000 per immigrant (because the application process is labor-intensive). Unskilled immigrants typically work for close to … Continue reading
Posted in Agriprocessors, Immigration
Tagged agriprocessors inc, american consulate in guangzhou, cathay pacific airlines, guangzhou china, immigrant visa, immigration attorneys, immigration reduction, political advocacy group, postville iowa
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I’m Tired Of The Fluffy Treatment The Jewish Journal Gives ‘Progressive’ Orthodox Judaism
The rabbis must be happy when they can have one of their own write these stories. That way they won’t be asked any tough questions. This is what I call unethical journalism — having someone you control report on you. … Continue reading
Posted in Beth Jacob, Bnai David-Judea, Daniel Korobkin, Ethics, Jewish Journal, Jewish Journalism, Modern Orthodox, Pico/Robertson, YICC
Tagged judea congregation, nai david, postville iowa, rabbi elazar, rabbi yosef, state and federal labor laws
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OU Threatens To Withdraw Kosher Certification For Agriprocessors
Julia Preston writes for the New York Times: The leading Jewish authority in charge of certifying kosher food has threatened to withdraw its certification from the products of Agriprocessors Inc., the nation’s largest kosher meatpacker, after criminal charges for more … Continue reading
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Tagged agriprocessors inc, criminal misdemeanor, jewish households, misdemeanor charges, postville iowa, rabbi menachem
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Debating Kosher Ethics
From the New York Times: An immigration raid at the nation’s largest kosher meatpacking plant has opened a wide rift among Jewish leaders over the company’s ethical conduct and led to new interest in a campaign to create wage and … Continue reading
Posted in Kashrut
Tagged agriprocessors inc, meatpacking plant, national council of young israel, postville iowa, rabbi allen, united synagogue of conservative judaism
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Rushing To Judgment On Agriprocessors
I have one quibble with Rabbi Avi Shafran’s essay. He seems to equate getting the results from a government investigation with getting the facts. I wonder why a government investigation is more intrinsically likely to get the facts than a … Continue reading
Posted in Agriprocessors, Journalism
Tagged Agriprocessors, gross mistreatment, human fingers, meatpacking industry, meatpacking plant, postville iowa
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