Sholom Rubashkin

Sholom Rubashkin

Sholom Rubashkin is the current CEO of the Glatt kosher Agriprocessors slaughterhouse in Postville, Iowa. Rubashkin took over from his father Aaron Rubashkin, who founded the plant in 1987. Sholom resigned shortly after federal agents raided Agriprocessors in May 2008. The raid resulted in the arrests and deportations of about 270 mostly Guatemalan undocumented workers. fact|date=July 2008

Child Labor violations

On September 9, 2008, Rubashkin, along with his father, Agriprocessors and two other managers were each charged with more than 9,000 violations of child labor laws. [ [http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/09/slaughterhouse.child.labor.ap/index.html CNN.com - Slaughterhouse charged with using child labor, September 9, 2008] ]

ee also

*Moshe Rubashkin

Further reading

*"", Stephen G. Bloom. Harcourt. ISBN 0156013363


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