Kosher Plant Resumes Operation

By - Associated Press
Monday, August 18, 2008 - Web Link
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August 18, 2008

Three months after the nation's largest immigration raid, chickens and beef carcasses are again moving down the line at Agriprocessors' sprawling kosher meatpacking plant. But managers acknowledge that business still isn't back to normal.

The biggest problem is hiring people to replace the 389 workers arrested by immigration agents, managers said. More than 1,000 people worked at the plant before the May 12 raid.

And then there's the possibility that the state attorney general could file charges against the company after an Iowa Labor Commission investigation that alleged 57 cases of child labor law violations.