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FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is urging President Donald Trump's Department of Labor to open an investigation into Tyson Foods on Tuesday after receiving a whistleblower report claiming the company employed child labor at one of its facilities.
Hawley wrote a letter to Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer on Tuesday, urging her to investigate the matter. He said his Senate Judiciary subcommittee opened its own investigation after being contacted by the whistleblower.
Tyson plants in Tennessee and elsewhere have been the subject of child labor investigations in recent years.
"The whistleblower, a former Tyson Foods employee who oversaw plant safety, alleges that they personally witnessed underage workers and also received multiple reports from hourly Tyson employees about child workers in the plant. According to the allegations, these child workers were employed by a third-party entity contracted by Tyson for work in the plant," Hawley wrote in his letter.
"After reporting concerns to company superiors about child workers employed at the plant, the whistleblower was subjected to retaliation and a 'toxic work environment.' Due to the toxic work environment, the...
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