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Article

13 Feb 2008

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Charlotte Observer, in Facing South [USA]

Worker abuse documented -- yet again -- in the South's poultry industry [USA]

The next time you pick up a House of Raeford product at the grocery store…you should stop and think about the human suffering...[T]he Charlotte Observer is featuring an investigative series titled "The Cruelest Cuts," examining the plight of workers at the poultry giant's Carolina facilities. A team of reporters and editors spent almost two years analyzing documents and interviewing more than 200 poultry workers, most of them Latino...The team found compelling evidence the...company failed to report serious injuries such as broken bones and carpal tunnel syndrome, plant officials often dismissed workers' requests for medical care...[also refers to Perdue].