Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said on May 6 that he has opened an investigation into Tyson Foods over allegations that the company was employing underage children at one of its facilities.
In a letter to the Department of Labor, Hawley said that a former Tyson Foods staff member—who was in charge of overseeing plant safety—reported seeing underage workers at the company’s processing plant.
The former worker, whose identity was kept secret by the senator, also claimed to have received multiple reports from hourly Tyson Foods employees about children working at the facility.
“According to the allegations, these child workers were employed by a third-party entity contracted by Tyson for work in the plant,” Hawley stated in the letter….