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OPA News Release: [11/08/2005]
Contact Name: Lisa Kruska
Phone Number: (202) 693-4676
Release Number:
05-2174-NAT
Statement of U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao
On Supreme Court Decision in Poultry Worker Case
WASHINGTON— U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao issued the
following statement on the decision today by the Supreme Court in IBP v.
Alvarez and Tum v. Barber Foods:
"Today's unanimous Supreme Court decision in IBP v. Alvarez and Tum
v. Barber Foods , is a tremendous victory for low-wage workers across the
country and the Department of Labor. The Supreme Court vindicated the department's
position that employees in meat and poultry processing plants must be paid
for the time they spend walking between the place where they put on and take
off protective equipment and the place where they process the meat. These
private cases, in which the government filed amicus briefs, are the culmination
of this Administration's initiative to compel poultry processors to pay their
workers for all hours worked. We will now move ahead to assure that all affected
companies pay their employees correctly."
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