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Kosher Meat Plant Was Israeli Drug Factory
From Agriprocessor Meth, to Tel Aviv Ecstasy Labs, to Cocaine Smuggling, all Roads Lead to Israel
"Raids could force meatpackers to raise worker pay" by HENRY C. JACKSON, Associated Press | Saturday, December 06, 2008
DES MOINES, Iowa — The kosher slaughterhouse whose work force was depleted by a mass immigration raid in May has struggled to remain open because of a problem that few companies in this economy have: It can't find enough workers.
Since 389 of its 1,000 employees were arrested in the immigration raid, Agriprocessors Inc. has tried multiple recruitment tactics to replenish staff at its plant in Postville. It hired employment firms, recruited homeless people from Texas and even brought in workers from the tiny island nation of Palau.
But the plant hasn't been able to bring its staffing to more than half of pre-raid levels, causing Agriprocessors to cut its production drastically and then suspend it completely. After filing for bankruptcy protection, the company last week managed to restart its poultry line with a skeleton crew.
Good! The last thing we need in this country are Zionist drug labs masquerading as kosher food outfits! But the tone of the article is "poor Agriprocessors," isn't it?
"I think it is a big problem, a huge issue for companies," said Lance Compa, a Cornell University professor who has studied workplace immigration issues.
Meatpackers across the country face staffing shortages if immigration agents continue to conduct such mass raids. Unless the administration of President-elect Barack Obama intervenes, companies could be left to choose between two risky alternatives: hire illegal workers and chance a raid or increase salaries to attract and retain legal workers at a cost of higher consumer prices.
Oh, no, they would never want to do that!! Notice what is MISSING form the DISCUSSION, readers? PROFITS!!!!!!!!!!! Those are OFF LIMITS to the pro-rich, pro-corporate press.
"What (the companies) are doing now is scrambling," Compa said. "A lot of them are turning to employer agencies to fill their work force. But if they want a stable work force, they'll almost certainly need to raise wages and benefits."
Oh how horrid!
The action at Agriprocessors followed December 2006 immigration raids at Swift & Co. plants in Iowa and six other states that resulted in nearly 1,300 arrests. Swift said those raids cost as much as $50 million because of delays in returning to full production and ultimately led to the selling of the company, based in Greeley, Colo., to the Brazilian meat company JBS S.A.
The Agriprocessors raid has affected not only the company, but also the city where the plant is the largest employer. Postville officials have said the city is in a humanitarian crisis, with businesses closed, rental houses vacant and churches saying they cannot meet the need for donations of food and clothing....
That s' what Zionist scum leave in there wake, AmeriKa!! That is the FUTURE of YOUR NATION if you don't open your eyes!!!!!!!!!
