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1 Jun, 2008 7:49 pm
... to scare other employers into compliance," he said. "They're not doing that." The owner of the Postville plant, Aaron Rubashkin, has said that the company is conducting its own investigation "into the circumstances which led to the recent work ... action for the company, its
employees, the local community and our customers is to bring new leadership to Agriprocessors," Rubashkin said in the statement. The plant was
closed on the day of the raid, but resumed operation the next day at a reduced level ...
31 Oct, 2008 8:56 am
... feds arrested Sholom Rubashkin, a former senior exec of the kosher meat plant who's also the son of the founder, Aaron Rubashkin. A complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids alleges that Aaron employed illegal immigrants ... Blog Diversions: For those LB Loyals in need of some pleasure reading on this Friday morning, or who are simply
interested in how the Rubashkins, a Lubovitch family from Brooklyn, made their strange journey from Crown Heights to Postville, Iowa, we recommend Stephen ...
10 Sep, 2008 9:15 am
... in a May immigration raid. The state charges were the first to be brought against the owners, Aaron Rubashkin and his son Sholom, and senior managers at the plant since a ... read Stephen G. Bloom's book "Postville," you've heard of the Rubashkins
before. The Rubashkins are Lubovitch Jews who, over two decades ago, traveled from Crown Heights, ... a new one was brought for each day and each offense. If convicted, the
Rubashkins could face more than $5 million in fines and significant prison sentences. ...
30 Jul, 2008 10:22 pm
... at the plant "remain allegations only, that no agency has charged the company with," he said. The Agriprocessors kosher plant here has been owned and operated since 1987 by
Aaron Rubashkin and his family. His son Sholom was the plant's top manager until he was ... the raid.
The plant's products are distributed across the country under brands including Aaron's Best and Aaron's Choice. Most of the young immigrants were hired at Agriprocessors after they presented false ...
10 Sep, 2008 5:48 pm
... child labor violations. In all, 9,311 criminal misdemeanor charges involving 32 under-age workers were filed against the company, Agriprocessors Inc., and its owner, Aaron Rubashkin, and his son Sholom, who was the top manager of the packing plant in Postville, Iowa. More.... The
complaint charges that the plant employed workers under the legal age of 18, including seven who were under 16, from Sept. 9, 2007, to ...
6 Nov, 2008 8:54 am
... , reported today by the New York Times, apparently followed a decline in demand for Agriprocessors' meat, which is sold under the Aaron's
Best and Shor Harbor labels. At the same time, however, kosher meat retailers reported shortages of kosher meat this week, after the plant stopped slaughtering cattle a week ago. The
company was built by the father-son team of Aaron and Sholom Rubashkin. Its chaos out there; the
shortage is all over the country, Menachem Lubinsky, the editor of koshertoday. ...
16 May, 2008 1:01 am
... U.S., and most of the production is from its Iowa plant. The interruption in meat production could have a particular impact in smaller communities where the only kosher meat sold by
supermarkets is supplied by AgriProcessors, often under the Aaron's Best, Rubashkin and Supreme
Kosher brand names. AgriProcessors has also been the subject of high profile labor and animal rights disputes in recent years ...
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