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Китайцы жгут!
May. 22nd, 2008 09:13 amПо случаю 33 омера - "Smoke on the Water" по-китайски.
May. 22nd, 2008
About "Doing it Right"
May. 22nd, 2008 10:31 amTestimony of Eric Frumin
Health and Safety Coordinator, Change to Win
Before the Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions United States Senate
Serious OSHA Violations: Strategies for Breaking Dangerous Patterns
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House of Raeford, Smithfield Foods and AgriProcessors
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Argiprocessors is one of the world’s largest kosher meat producers. The company is based in Postville, Iowa where it employs over 800 people and produces beef, poultry, turkey and lamb. The company has a smaller plant in Gordon, Nebraska, which employs roughly 100 workers. AgriProcessors produces meat products under brands such as Aaron’s Best, Aaron’s Choice and Rubashkin’s. The company’s products are sold at well-known retailers such as Trader Joe’s and Albertsons.
The plant has been the center of controversies for a variety of issues, including health and safety and environmental issues. In the period of April 2001 to February 2006, OSHA records show no less than twenty violations at AgriProcessors Postville plant. Of these, twelve were identified by OSHA as serious. An examination of the Postville plant’s OSHA 300 logs reveals five amputations along with dozens of other serious injuries such as broken bones, eye injuries and hearing loss.
On March 20, 2008, the Iowa Occupational Health and Safety Agency (IOSHA) cited AgriProcessors with 39 new health and safety violations with proposed fines totaling $180,000. For perspective, in 2007, IOSHA issued 19 violations for all meatpacking plants in Iowa with fines totaling over $120,000.
From 2000 to 2008, numerous reports in the media and a 2006 investigation by an independent commission of Rabbis have revealed numerous cases of worker mistreatment incuding lack of training, job favoritism, and unsafe conditions.
Full text here.
Health and Safety Coordinator, Change to Win
Before the Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions United States Senate
Serious OSHA Violations: Strategies for Breaking Dangerous Patterns
[...]
House of Raeford, Smithfield Foods and AgriProcessors
[...]
Argiprocessors is one of the world’s largest kosher meat producers. The company is based in Postville, Iowa where it employs over 800 people and produces beef, poultry, turkey and lamb. The company has a smaller plant in Gordon, Nebraska, which employs roughly 100 workers. AgriProcessors produces meat products under brands such as Aaron’s Best, Aaron’s Choice and Rubashkin’s. The company’s products are sold at well-known retailers such as Trader Joe’s and Albertsons.
The plant has been the center of controversies for a variety of issues, including health and safety and environmental issues. In the period of April 2001 to February 2006, OSHA records show no less than twenty violations at AgriProcessors Postville plant. Of these, twelve were identified by OSHA as serious. An examination of the Postville plant’s OSHA 300 logs reveals five amputations along with dozens of other serious injuries such as broken bones, eye injuries and hearing loss.
On March 20, 2008, the Iowa Occupational Health and Safety Agency (IOSHA) cited AgriProcessors with 39 new health and safety violations with proposed fines totaling $180,000. For perspective, in 2007, IOSHA issued 19 violations for all meatpacking plants in Iowa with fines totaling over $120,000.
From 2000 to 2008, numerous reports in the media and a 2006 investigation by an independent commission of Rabbis have revealed numerous cases of worker mistreatment incuding lack of training, job favoritism, and unsafe conditions.
Full text here.
New Principal at Boston Beis Yaakov
May. 22nd, 2008 03:15 pmJust got a letter from our daughter's Beis Yaakov school informing us that they have hired a General Studies principal. She used to be same at Torah Academy of Chicago. Sounds like a nice frum lady.
The letter boasts of her degrees, including a graduate one from Columbia University. Hmm...
The letter boasts of her degrees, including a graduate one from Columbia University. Hmm...