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11 Aug 2025

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By Lili Euzet, News From The States (USA)

USA: Migrant workers in Mississippi poultry industry allegedly subjected to deteriorating working conditions, incl. undocumented workers who fear raising complaints

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“‘I didn’t have a voice’: Mississippi poultry industry’s use and alleged abuse of immigrant workers”

Maria was seven months pregnant with her now 12-year-old child when she slipped on the greasy floor of a Koch Foods poultry plant in Morton…

Koch Foods didn’t answer multiple requests for comment on allegations made by workers…

“I feel like it doesn’t matter if you speak English or not, they’re going to look at you ugly. They treat you wrong just because they feel they have that authority, that they’re the boss,” said Sofi, a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. She started working at Koch Foods in February and quit after four months….

Quality Service Integrity, a sanitation company contracted by Tyson Foods, was fined $10,000 in June 2024 for making workers pay to replace their damaged protective equipment…

“We have strict policies in place across all facilities to ensure full compliance with all applicable workplace regulations,” a Tyson Foods spokesperson told Mississippi Today in a statement. Quality Service Integrity did not reply to a request for comment…

…Orozco filed another complaint against Peco Foods in Sebastopol …

…Mar-Jac poultry plants were inspected three times following the death of a worker in three years – and fined $163,759 in 2023 after the death of a 16 year-old on the job…