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Postville, IA - State child labor charges against former owners and managers of a Postville meatpacking plant won’t be dimissed, but they also won’t be heard in court until next year.
The case was initially scheduled to go to trial Aug. 4. Both sides, however, asked for more time which Judge Nate Callahan granted in a hearing today.
A trial date hasn’t been set but a hearing on the status of the case is scheduled for Jan. 6, 2010.
The Iowa Attorney General’s Office last fall filed more than 9,000 charges against plant owner Abraham Aaron Rubashkin; former plant manager Sholom Rubashkin; human resources manager Elizabeth Billmeyer; and human resource employees Laura Althouse and Karina Freund. Prosecutors accuse the group of hiring minors and having children less than 16 years old handle dangerous equipment.
Callahan also denied today a request by defense attorneys to dismiss the charges.
A pool of 60 Black Hawk County jurors were polled Tuesday afternoon to determine whether an impartial jury can be found for the trial. The jurors were asked to fill out written questionaires which the attorneys in the case and Callahan will review. If the court finds an impartial jury can’t drawn from Black Hawk County, Callahan said he would consider either changing the venue of the trial or bringing in a jury from another county.
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Jul 14, 2009 at 09:34 PM Anonymous Says:
I hope they could work a deal with the DA it would be better
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Jul 15, 2009 at 05:15 AM Anonymous Says:
If Rubashkin could work out a deal, he would. The problem is that Rubashkin will not admit that he did anything wrong. He still blames everyone else for his problems.
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Jul 15, 2009 at 07:49 AM michali Says:
“ If Rubashkin could work out a deal, he would. The problem is that Rubashkin will not admit that he did anything wrong. He still blames everyone else for his problems.
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Really??? Do you happen to know Mr. Rubashkin that well that you can make such a stupid statement.
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Jul 15, 2009 at 07:27 AM Meatloaf Says:
The State of Iowa is making every effort to acommodate Rubashkin. In the end it will make very difficult for him mount an appeal to his eventual conviction.
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Jul 15, 2009 at 07:24 AM moshe g Says:
“ If Rubashkin could work out a deal, he would. The problem is that Rubashkin will not admit that he did anything wrong. He still blames everyone else for his problems.
”
of course he did
he hied 9,000 14 year old knowingly .........
cmon people grow up with your nast comments and stuff
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Jul 15, 2009 at 09:01 AM Anonymous Says:
we lived there. i worked there. i have never seen a 14 yr old working there. its not 9,000 14 yr olds, but one 14 yr old who lied about his age and worked 9,000 hours.
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Jul 15, 2009 at 09:16 AM lets pray Says:
kiven deikvah - nidcha legamrei
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Jul 15, 2009 at 09:41 AM Kashrus Pro Says:
The govt has nothing and they are throwing stuff on the wall to see if it sticks!
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Jul 15, 2009 at 12:22 PM Jewhunt Says:
Whats next? Millions of camps or stores etc. hier children all the time. Everyone asks the kid next door to mowe the lawn and those blades are dangerous. Delivery boys have to cross the street and lift heavy things. The whole America was built on teenagers working in order to send money to their family back home or to help bring them over. Here they hiered a kid by mistake. This is a Jewhunt.
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Jul 15, 2009 at 11:44 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Whats next? Millions of camps or stores etc. hier children all the time. Everyone asks the kid next door to mowe the lawn and those blades are dangerous. Delivery boys have to cross the street and lift heavy things. The whole America was built on teenagers working in order to send money to their family back home or to help bring them over. Here they hiered a kid by mistake. This is a Jewhunt. ”
You wrong there are federal and state child labor laws which control the amount of hours a child is allowed to work, and OSHA laws controls what type of work they could do .
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Jul 16, 2009 at 06:12 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Really??? Do you happen to know Mr. Rubashkin that well that you can make such a stupid statement. ”
Do you know him so well that he didn't?
The comment isn't stupid. His lawyers are doing the talking for him nd that is what they are saying.
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Jul 17, 2009 at 08:51 AM Anonymous Says:
“ Whats next? Millions of camps or stores etc. hier children all the time. Everyone asks the kid next door to mowe the lawn and those blades are dangerous. Delivery boys have to cross the street and lift heavy things. The whole America was built on teenagers working in order to send money to their family back home or to help bring them over. Here they hiered a kid by mistake. This is a Jewhunt. ”
Ever read a federal labor poster? They are required in ALL businesses, not just the goyish ones.
There are things that kids can do and things that they cannot do.