News Trial Date Set for Agriprocessor Owner, Employees Posted 10 November 2008 The owner and managers of the nation's largest kosher meatpacking plant are scheduled to go to trial next April on more than 9,000 charges alleging child labor violations at the plant in Postville. Prosecutors accuse the owner and managers at Agriprocessors Inc. of hiring minors and in some cases having children younger than 16 handle dangerous equipment. Charged are the company itself, plant owner Abraham Aaron Rubashkin; former plant manager Sholom Rubashkin; human resources manager Elizabeth Billmeyer; and human resource employees Laura Althouse and Karina Freund. Each defendant faces 9,311 individual counts - one for each day a particular violation is alleged for each worker. The charges each carry a maximum penalty of 30 days in jail and a fine of $65 to $625. Trial is scheduled to begin April 20.

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