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Comprehensive News Feed for Atalissa, IA.
Results 1 - 20 of 85 in Atalissa, IA
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Assure federal oversight for vulnerable workers
Men with mental retardation were awakened in the middle of the night to pluck feathers at Henry's Turkey Service in Atalissa. Comment?
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Revive state office to help vulnerable Iowans
... were paid pennies an hour, plus room and board, to work for Henry's Turkey Service. The men lived in a 106-year-old Atalissa bunkhouse, complete with boarded-up windows and space heaters for warmth. They were awakened at 2:30 a.m. to pluck feathers ... Comment?
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Disabled workers paid cents per hour at state-run homes
... always been controversial, but the alleged exploitation of mentally retarded employees by Henry's Turkey Service in Atalissa has rekindled the national debate on subminimum wages. The federal law is intended to ensure that jobs are available for ... Comment?
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... always been controversial, but the alleged exploitation of mentally retarded employees by Henry's Turkey Service in Atalissa has rekindled the national debate on subminimum wages. The federal law is intended to ensure that jobs are available for ... Comment?
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Where the investigations into Henry's Turkey Service stand
Ten months after its Atalissa operation was shut down by authorities, Henry's Turkey Service still faces sanctions or investigations on several fronts: U.S. Department of Labor: The agency filed a civil lawsuit against Henry's and owner Kenneth Henry in November for alleged violations of federal labor laws. Comment?
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Boarding house registry among reforms for disabled
... to grow out of the scandal involving the alleged exploitation of mentally retarded processing-plant workers in Atalissa. The Legislature and Gov. Chet Culver approved a law earlier this year requiring the owners of boarding homes to register with ... Comment?
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Department of Human Services vows new 'sensitivity' to disabled
Gov. Chet Culver said in February that he'd try to find out why the state failed to act in protecting the Atalissa men who worked for Henry's Turkey Service for as little as 40 cents an hour. 1 comment
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Across U.S.: Social Security will launch an effort designed to spot Atalissa-like abuses
The Social Security Administration is launching a nationwide program aimed at preventing the sort of abuses that allegedly took place for more than 30 years at Henry's Turkey Service in Atalissa. 1 comment
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Ex-official gets similar position in Arkansas
... have been about an inquiry into the treatment of 21 mentally disabled men who were removed from a group home in Atalissa where they had lived for decades while they worked at a nearby meatpacking plant. Supporters said Gessow was as forthcoming as ... Comment?
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... and coaches ninth-grade girls' basketball for Iowa City West. Brad Burnett is the son of Steve and Edie Burnett of Atalissa. He is a graduate of West Liberty High School and received a degree in agricultural business from Iowa State University and a ... Comment?
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Iowa consolidates child abuse call centers; lenthens record keeping policy
In the midst of budget cuts and an investigation into a bunk house in Atalissa, Iowa lawmakers are taking a closer look at how abuse is reported for adutls and children. Comment?
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Iowa child abuse call centers to be merged
... for both steps - a centralized abuse reporting system and longer record keeping - after a scandal surfaced in Atalissa. Twenty-one men with mental retardation were housed in substandard conditions and allegedly exploited to work for low wages at a ... Comment?
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... at the Peden-owned farm near Glenn Dotson's home at the intersection of Ivory Avenue and 320th Street in rural Atalissa, to finish the job they began in May. Peden, locally known for having 'the best corn in the area,' died on May 11 while he was ... Comment?
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Abuse call centers to be merged
... for both steps - a centralized abuse reporting system and longer record keeping - after a scandal surfaced in Atalissa. Twenty-one men with mental retardation were housed in substandard conditions and allegedly exploited to work for low wages at a ... Comment?
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Department of Labor files lawsuit against Henry's Turkey Service
More than nine months after local, state and federal authorities descended upon the dilapidated century-old schoolhouse turned bunkhouse containing 21 mentally handicapped men in Atalissa, new allegations have surfaced. Comment?
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Criminal charges rare in cases like Atalissa
... for the past 35 years, collecting 40 cents an hour for their work and living in a dilapidated company building in Atalissa. When the bunkhouse was closed by Iowa officials in February, state leaders expressed outrage and the governor pledged that ... Comment?
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Criminal charges rare in cases like Atalissa
... for the past 35 years, collecting 40 cents an hour for their work and living in a dilapidated company building in Atalissa. When the bunkhouse was closed by Iowa officials in February, state leaders expressed outrage and the governor pledged that ... Comment?
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Iowa labor company sued for underpayment
... s and overtime, plus damages or interest on the wages. In February, the state removed 21 men from a rundown home in Atalissa where some employees lived. ___ Information from: The Des Moines Register, http://www.desmoinesregister.com Comment?
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... filed Wednesday alleges that back wages are owed to 37 Henry's employees, most of whom lived in a dilapidated Atalissa bunkhouse and worked at the West Liberty Foods plant in Muscatine County. Named as defendants are Henry's Turkey Service, a Texas ... Comment?
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Lawsuit: Mentally Disabled Workers Paid $65 Month
... s and overtime, plus damages or interest on the wages. In February, the state removed 21 men from a rundown home in Atalissa where some employees lived. Comment?
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