JULY 8, 2023 — 125 LAYOFFS IN MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA
Packers Sanitation Services Inc. (PSSI), contracted to clean the JBS pork processing plant in Marshalltown, Iowa will no longer be performing maintenance duties at the plant.
The contract loss is attributed to JBS USA CEO Wesley Batista Filho, “In light of the troubling allegations that have occurred in the food sanitation sector, JBS USA has made the decision to create a company that can provide the highest levels of food safety and quality assurance, while also adopting the same high standards for compliance and employment verification that we adhere to in the hiring of our own JBS USA workforce.”
“Nikki Richardson, a corporate communications specialist for JBS, confirmed the company had cut ties with PSSI over widespread allegations of child labor at meatpacking plants across the country. PSSI was fined $1.5 million as the result of a Department of Labor (DOL) investigation that uncovered “102 children as young as 13 working hazardous overnight jobs cleaning slaughterhouses in eight states,” including some unaccompanied minors who had entered the U.S. by crossing the southern border, according to a February NBC News report.”
DECEMBER 22, 2022 — Original post…
Kieler, Wisconsin-based Packers Sanitation Services, Inc., a provider of food safety solutions and janitorial services targeted at the meatpacking industry, has announced a major layoff following contract cancelation.
The layoff will impact 121 employees at the JBS Worthington pork plant in Worthington, Minnesota. Layoffs will commence on January 21, 2023.
According to a company spokesperson, "Recently, we received unforeseen notice from JBS USA — Worthington that it has decided to contract the Worthington MN location meaning that PSSI will cease services at this plant effective January 22, 2023. This will impact all PSSI employees at this location, which is disappointing news for the local team and for PSSI."
Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. We see good people being laid off through no fault of their own. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?
