Hannah Dreier

New York

Investigative Reporter at The New York Times

New York Times reporter focused on immigration. Previously covered Venezuela for AP, and wrote for The Washington Post and ProPublica. [email protected]

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Meatpacking Companies to Pay $8 Million for U.S. Child Labor Violations

Jan 16, 2025 | ourcommunitynow.com | Hannah Dreier

Share Perdue Farms and JBS, two of the country’s biggest meatpackers, will pay a combined $8 million after the Department of Labor found the companies relied for years on migrant children to work in their slaughterhouses.The deals, announced this week, are part of a flurry of child labor settlements that have come in the last days of the Biden administration, which has been cracking down on the practice.It is rare for major brands to come under federal scrutiny for child labor.
Meatpacking Companies to Pay $8 Million for U.S. Child Labor Violations

Jan 16, 2025 | nytimes.com | Hannah Dreier

You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Meatpacking Companies to Pay $8 Million for U.S. Child Labor ViolationsPerdue Farms and JBS have settled with the Labor Department after relying on migrant children to do dangerous work in their slaughterhouses. Most of the money will be used to help the children. A Perdue Farms plant in Accomac, Va,Credit...Meridith Kohut for The New York TimesJan.
How they did it: The New York Times exposes migrant child labor exploitation across 50 states - Editor and Publisher

Mar 26, 2024 | editorandpublisher.com | Hannah Dreier |Denise-Marie Ordway

This was a story that focused on people and on-the-ground reporting, but it started with data.
Alone and Exploited

Mar 15, 2024 | goldsmithawards.org | Hannah Dreier |Jodie Fleischer |David Hilzenrath

2024 Winner, Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting Reporter Hannah Dreier’s investigation into the wide resurgence of child labor in the United States began with a simple question: As more unaccompanied migrant children began crossing the border than ever before, where were they all going?
US failed to safeguard many migrant children, review finds

Feb 15, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Hannah Dreier

An independent government watchdog found serious lapses at the Department of Health and Human Services in its protection of children who migrate to the United States on their own, according to a report released Thursday.
Confronted with child labor in the U.S., companies move to crack down

Feb 7, 2024 | spokesman.com | Hannah Dreier

Many major U.S. companies — including some of the country’s biggest consumer brands — say they are taking steps to eliminate child labor in their domestic supply chains amid revelations that children are working throughout American manufacturing and food production.
An $80 billion industry looks for child workers. It keeps missing them

Dec 30, 2023 | pressdemocrat.com | Hannah Dreier

One morning in 2019, an auditor arrived at a meatpacking plant in rural Minnesota. He was there on behalf of the national drugstore chain Walgreens to ensure that the factory, which made the company’s house brand of beef jerky, was safe and free of labor abuses. He ran through a checklist of hundreds of possible problems, like locked emergency exits, sexual harassment and child labor. By the afternoon, he had concluded that the factory had no major violations.
An $80 billion industry looks for child workers but keeps missing them

Dec 30, 2023 | spokesman.com | Hannah Dreier

One morning in 2019, an auditor arrived at a meatpacking plant in rural Minnesota. He was there on behalf of the national drugstore chain Walgreens to ensure that the factory, which made the company’s house brand of beef jerky, was safe and free of labor abuses. He ran through a checklist of hundreds of possible problems, like locked emergency exits, sexual harassment and child labor. By the afternoon, he had concluded that the factory had no major violations.
Una industria de 80.000 millones de dólares busca niños trabajadores, pero no los encuentra

Dec 29, 2023 | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Hannah Dreier

Una mañana de 2019, un auditor llegó a una planta empacadora de carne en una zona rural de Minnesota. Estaba allí de parte de la cadena nacional de farmacias Walgreens para asegurarse de que la fábrica, la cual elaboraba la marca propia de carne seca de la empresa, era segura y no había perpetrado abusos laborales en su producción. Repasó una lista de cientos de posibles problemas, como salidas de emergencia cerradas, acoso sexual y trabajo infantil.
Where Migrant Children Are Living, and Often Working, in the U.S.

Dec 28, 2023 | news.nestia.com | Eli Murray |Hannah Dreier

Where Migrant Children Are Living, and Often Working, in the U.S. Where Migrant Children Are Living, and Often Working, in the U.S.By Eli Murray, Hannah Dreier and K.K. Rebecca Lai Dec. 28, 2023 Since 2021, migrant children have been traveling alone to the United States in record numbers: Nearly 400,000 children have crossed the southern border by themselves, most of them fleeing extreme poverty. ……