A J Decoster Co

Egg Farm Fined, Ordered to Pay Back Wages: A.J. DeCoster Co. of Turner, Maine, has been fined $3.6 million and ordered to pay back wages to dozens of migrant workers who cleaned processing plants and were illegally charged for housing that Labor Secretary Robert Reich characterized as inhumane.

DeCoster Egg Farms, one of the nation's leading egg producers, on Monday agreed to pay a $2-million fine for safety and health violations found last July. Turner, Maine-based DeCoster Egg Farms was fined for violating numerous health and safety codes, including maintaining machinery without protective shields, failing to provide protective equipment for workers, refusing to pay employees in a timely fashion and forcing workers to live in unsanitary conditions.

DeCoster Egg Farms, one of the nation's leading egg producers, on Monday agreed to pay a $2-million fine for safety and health violations found last July. Turner, Maine-based DeCoster Egg Farms was fined for violating numerous health and safety codes, including maintaining machinery without protective shields, failing to provide protective equipment for workers, refusing to pay employees in a timely fashion and forcing workers to live in unsanitary conditions.

Egg Farm Fined, Ordered to Pay Back Wages: A.J. DeCoster Co. of Turner, Maine, has been fined $3.6 million and ordered to pay back wages to dozens of migrant workers who cleaned processing plants and were illegally charged for housing that Labor Secretary Robert Reich characterized as inhumane.