The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into an agreement with Perdue Farms Inc. to address child labor violations at its Accomac, Virginia plant.

Investigators say Perdue and SMX jointly employed children to debone and process chicken with dangerous equipment such as electric knives and a heat-sealing press. The Department of Labor also ...

Jan 15 (Reuters) - Perdue Farms and a staffing agency will pay more than $4 million to settle claims that they employed children in hazardous jobs at a chicken processing facility in Virginia ...

Last year, the National Chicken Council projected Americans would eat 1.45 billion wings on gameday. This year, thanks to Perdue, fans can avoid packed sports bars and unreliable meal delivery ...

(AP) — Perdue Farms plans to close a processing plant ... The company best known for its chicken says it is providing affected workers in Tennessee with severance packages with extra pay and ...

Perdue Farms and a staffing agency will pay more than $4 million to settle claims that they employed children in hazardous jobs at a chicken processing facility in Virginia, the U.S. Department of ...

(AP) — Perdue Farms will pay $4 million in restitution ... The hazardous work at the Accomac facility included deboning chicken using equipment such as electric knives, the department said ...