Posted on 11/16/2008 9:08:47 AM PST by org.whodat
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A former executive of a kosher slaughterhouse that was the site of one of the nation's largest immigration raids was arrested Friday on a bank fraud charge and ordered jailed until at least next week,
In the months following the raid, the company has faced state and federal allegations that it violated child labor laws, wage regulations and safety rules. The arrest Friday was related to the depositing of checks from customers and the alleged diversion of money.
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Wonder how many illegals and muslims were workers there?
Good work.
Was it the kosher hams and bacon?
Rabushkin (sp?) has had problems for quite some time now.
I kinda followed this loosely because Hebrew National, a competitor, was once a large account of mine, and I knew the people that ran it.
Other Kosher processors were cutting back because Rabushkin was under-cutting them by as much as $3-4 an hour per employee. Now we know how he was doing it.
And there was some kind of controversy over whether what they were making was really kosher, or kosher enough.
Then the packing plant starts as a Kosher plant, and a whole bunch of Hasidic Jews show up. Then as the white workers stop working there, Mexicans, Guatemalans, and Russians show up.
It was a crash melting pot in just a couple years. All things considered, the white folks were reasonably accomodating, but the town was completely transformed. Now a leftist nun and priest have been stationed there, and it now the Catholic Church there is just a big immigration place, no matter the legal status.
Just from a social experiment, a very interesting situation. Nice to see that the dirtballs bringing in all the illegals are getting busted.
Games have rules. And in the U.S., the rules of the economic game, agree with them or not, are the result of the expressed will of the people.
Rule breakers have to be thrown out of the game. This is one of the first instances in recent memory when the DoJ actually decided to do that.
One down, thousands to go.
My wife has relatives in Illinois and river cities in Iowa, and they have tried to explain to us what you did so well in a couple of short/clear paragraphs.
The story is amazing.
What is amazing is that the story repeats its self at every meat packing plant in the united states. You should see what has happened around the Tyson Chicken plants. And there were over 200 cases of TB in one chicken plant in greenville, SC.
Actually, I am glad that they went after them. I remember reading about the story, and this was one of the biggest cases of illegal immigration and worker fraud that was ever prosecuted. There was also a serious identity theft ring there, and it turned out that they were also making meth in the plant as well.
The downside is that it did force the price of Kosher meats up a fair amount. Oh well, too bad.
Glad your glad. Get back to me when they get a handle on the destruction of our sovereignty and they issue the "Amero".
Hey, every little bit helps.
While it’s not much, it’s better than nothing.
Mark
I have heard and read about Tyson’s problems for years.
What is it about the meat packing industry that attracts/brings about these problems.
Low pay. Less than ideal, sometimes dangerous, working conditions. Often long hours.
I call on some meat packing plants (I've been in this one a few years ago.) It truly is work that a lot of Americans don't want to do.
Thanks: “ truly is work that a lot of Americans don’t want to do.”
That was what I was thinking.
They want the cheap labor!!!
Just saying.
Hope he spends time in jail and loses his business license, permit etc...
A small fine is handed on to the customers...
A big OUCHY is needed...
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