The open secret of America’s poultry industry is child labor

The stretch of land running from Delaware to the South is known as the “broiler belt” because it’s dotted with towns that specialize in chicken processing. At night, children as young as 10 years old clock in at midnight so they can clean heavy machinery and pick up chicken carcasses. In many of these towns, child labor has become an open secret.

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