LilMikeSF<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> American grocery store staples like <a href="https://c.im/tags/LuckyCharms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LuckyCharms</span></a> cereal, Triscuits to <a href="https://c.im/tags/Cheetos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cheetos</span></a> & <a href="https://c.im/tags/Chewy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chewy</span></a> brand <a href="https://c.im/tags/granola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>granola</span></a> bars were revealed as being made by migrant children working in allegedly unsafe conditions at secretive processing plants in <a href="https://c.im/tags/GrandRapids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrandRapids</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a>? </p><p>The <a href="https://c.im/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> owned mfgr now seeking <a href="https://c.im/tags/Chapter11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chapter11</span></a> bankruptcy protections has been hit with numerous govt probes, ranging from blocking <a href="https://c.im/tags/Unionization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unionization</span></a> efforts to <a href="https://c.im/tags/ADA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADA</span></a> issues to exploiting <a href="https://c.im/tags/ChildLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChildLabor</span></a> across 28 facilities in multiple states with over 12,000 employees. </p><p>A 2023 <a href="https://c.im/tags/NYTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYTimes</span></a> investigation found factory floors staffed with low wage undocumented staff, including kids and that has led to recent <a href="https://c.im/tags/bankruptcy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bankruptcy</span></a> filing of Hearthside <a href="https://c.im/tags/Food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Food</span></a> Solutions, a mass market production & packaging firm </p><p>"It would be hard to find a cookie or cracker aisle in any leading grocer that does not contain multiple products from <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hearthside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hearthside</span></a> production facilities,” said Richard Roscoe, manager of just one of the corp's four plants in the Grand Rapids, Mich area.</p><p>Hearthside , whose plants are largely reliant on non union <a href="https://c.im/tags/TempWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TempWorkers</span></a> , has been publicly mentioned as a partner to <a href="https://c.im/tags/GeneralMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralMills</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/PepsiCo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PepsiCo</span></a>. In 2014 Hearthside Food Solutions was sold to <a href="https://c.im/tags/GoldmanSachs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldmanSachs</span></a> and 2018, it was announced <a href="https://c.im/tags/HearthsideFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HearthsideFood</span></a> purchased a <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kellogg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kellogg</span></a> cereal production plant in Indiana. Mgmt s proud of flaunt titles such as being named to lists of "Fastest Growing Private Companies" and is recipient of multiple innovation awards, and rarely touts or mentions its many labor law violations or legal troubles.</p><p><a href="https://www.iheart.com/content/2024-11-25-maker-of-beloved-snacks-files-for-bankruptcy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">iheart.com/content/2024-11-25-</span><span class="invisible">maker-of-beloved-snacks-files-for-bankruptcy/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/25/downers-grove-based-hearthside-alleged-child-labor-files-for-bankruptcy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">chicagotribune.com/2024/11/25/</span><span class="invisible">downers-grove-based-hearthside-alleged-child-labor-files-for-bankruptcy/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2020/05/21/memphis-food-packagers-vote-join-ufcw-first-election-since-covid/5205436002/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commercialappeal.com/story/new</span><span class="invisible">s/2020/05/21/memphis-food-packagers-vote-join-ufcw-first-election-since-covid/5205436002/</span></a></p>