BY Josh Kerns on May 14, 2014 @ 12:57 pm (Updated: 1:32 pm - 5/15/14 )
Farm workers allege mistreatment of cows, workers at Darigold farms across Northwest
BY Josh Kerns on May 14, 2014 @ 12:57 pm (Updated: 1:32 pm - 5/15/14 )
The United Farmworkers of America released this photo of a cow with an injured, bulging eye they say highlights the mistreatment of dairy cows at Darigold farms across the Northwest. (Photo via United Farmworkers of America)
Workers at Darigold farms across the Northwest are raising new complaints about the treatment of cows and workers alike, and they allege blood and pus from sickened cows is getting into the milk supply.
Photos: Sick, injured cows reportedly being kept in milk supply chain (Warning: Graphic Images)
A consumer lawsuit filed last week accuses the dairy cooperative of producing milk "under conditions where dairy cows are injured and sick, where despite suffering from bloody and swollen udders, cows are still milked, and where workers are denied the most basic labor protections, such as drinkable water, lunch rooms, meal and rest periods, and an environment free of discrimination," the complaint said...
