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Major chicken producer violates safety rules and immigration law to bring you chicken nuggets An investigation finds that at a chicken factory run by Case Farms, some workers had to have their limbs amputated after being hurt on the job. The company uses undocumented immigrants and sometimes fires them if they protest the conditions.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Major chicken producer violates safety rules and immigration law to bring you chicken nuggets An investigation finds that at a chicken factory run by Case Farms, some workers had to have their limbs amputated after being hurt on the job. The company uses undocumented immigrants and sometimes fires them if they protest the conditions.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Temp Worker Protections Temporary workers have long been near the bottom of the employment totem pole. In places like warehouses, farms and hotels, temps can face more wage violations and injuries than permanent employees. And they have few protections when things go wrong. Now, a new California bill aims to change that. If it passes, California would become one of the first states to make companies legally responsible for the pay and safety of their temps.
Which Way, L.A.?
TSA Scanners Warehoused X-Ray body scanners have been controversial since the Transportation Security Administration began installing them in airports after the failed underwear bombing on Christmas Day, 2009. Now, the TSA is planning some changes that travelers -- and taxpayers -- will want to know about. Nearly half the scanners are going to be moved from America's biggest airports to smaller ones. But 90 others — worth $150,000 each -- will be left sitting in a Texas warehouse. Michael Grabell is a reporter for ProPublica .
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TSA Scanners Warehoused X-Ray body scanners have been controversial since the Transportation Security Administration began installing them in airports after the failed underwear bombing on Christmas Day, 2009. Now, the TSA is planning some changes that travelers -- and taxpayers -- will want to know about. Nearly half the scanners are going to be moved from America's biggest airports to smaller ones. But 90 others — worth $150,000 each -- will be left sitting in a Texas warehouse. Michael Grabell is a reporter for ProPublica .
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