VIOLATION OF LAW

J. Austin DeCoster and Violation of Laws

J. Austin DeCoster and Violation of Laws

This article is based on key concepts presented in the five articles. Which emphasis on J. Austin "Jack» DeCoster having a series of large animal genera of operations (a lot of pigs) and egg plant in Iowa, Maine and Ohio. His company repeatedly cited for violating environmental laws, labor and immigration.

Glessner indeed play a key role in providing assistance to the structuring of its egg DeCoster Empire in Iowa. Remember back in 2000, was hit with DeCoster? He is a habitual violator status of the Attorney General of Iowa for violations rampant pollution at its factory farm pig. The punishment was DeCoster prohibited any new construction, feeding operations before the end of 2004.

DeCostner was banned, but his henchmen were not. It did not refrain from its plan to dominate the market created by the egg shell DeCoster (Yes, confused fully) led by Glessner to secretly built from Iowa DeCoster closed chicken Empire, according to an associated press article on Aug. 27. ??Just weeks after DeCoster status normal violator, his associates founded a company called Environ egg production.

From the outset it was clear who cared to look that Environ in masking operation DeCoster. State environmental officials were aware that Environ seem to have the same address, same phone number, the same agent and lawyers as DeCoster farms of Iowa on the data. What's more, consultant, who studied the territory where the object will be birth listed??DeCoster farms in Iowa as his client in a report sent to County supervisors. Glessner are listed as Environs spokesman on forms to Iowa's Department of natural resources (DNR).

Maine high quality eggs are still with me? Now let's thought balances DeCoster's egg properties in Maine, where he got his start DeCoster as industrial living. Recall that back in 1996, working conditions were so terrible at DeCoster's egg operations there that OSHA fined him $ 3.6 million, and the United States Secretary of Labor Announces object agricultural sweatshop.

The twit destroyed Glessner reputation in Maine and its move to Iowa. It also inspired him to change the names of the Isle of Man, speciously announce them new ownership and install the Glessner as public face.

In 1999, the company paid $ 5 million to settle wage and hour claims associated with 3000 employees.

In 2001, the Supreme Court of Iowa ruled that Decoster was a "repeat ...