Editorial: Penalty for Henry's Turkey Service Too Lenient
The Gazette laments the reduced fines against Henry's Turkey Service for exploiting cognitively disabled workers in Atalissa. It notes ISR and EEOC involvement, calls for thorough investigations, and urges accountability to protect vulnerable workers and deter future abuses.
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Henry
Turkey Service
Atalissa
West Liberty Foods
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Iowa
Sylvia Piper
Iowa Protection and Advocacy Services
Iowa aging and policy calls for expanded care network
Letter from Mike Fuller praises the Older Americans Act and urges expansion of Iowa Department on Aging to serve long term care needs. Elizabeth Selk of Heritage Area Agency on Aging cites benefits and funding for elder services and home based care while advocating support for Roxanne Conlin in November election.
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Lyndon Johnson
Iowa
Iowa Department On Aging
Department On Aging
U.S. Senate
Roxanne Conlin
Mike Fuller Muscatine
Readers react to religion, birds, and politics in letters
A Ced ar Rapids reader shares disillusion with organized religion while affirming personal faith in Christ. Another letter defends birds of prey against fear mongering about peregrines and comments on Democratic figures in Washington.
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Nancy Pelosi
House of Representatives
Maxine Waters
Charlie Rangel
Ken Thimmesch
Cedar Rapids
Flight attendants keep you safe not spoil your travel
The piece argues flight attendants role is safety over comfort. It cites Steve Slater’s incident and urges patience with air travel. It notes passengers resemble loud online behavior and stresses attendants duties to fasten belts and manage emergencies.
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Slater
Jfk
Steve Slater
Government security run amok big government exposed in post 9 11 critique
Sheldon Richman argues the post 9 11 security apparatus is vast and opaque. He cites the Washington Post figures on 1 271 government bodies and 1 931 private firms, 33 secret complexes, and a 75 billion dollar budget, calling it highway robbery and a boondoggle.
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U.S
Washington Post
The
Post
Dana Priest
William Arkin
United States
Washington
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