[Avodah] Glatt Yosher?

Moshe Yehuda Gluck mgluck at gmail.com
Sun Dec 31 10:34:20 PST 2006


R' Jacob Farkas:
> The question at hand is not hypothetical. The company whose practices
> prompted the discussion has been accused of both Tza'ar Ba'alei Hayyim
> abuses and inadequate safety training that lead to serious accidents, as
> well as providing substandard wages and working conditions. Granted,
> setting a living wage in the context of Halakhah is not a simple task,
> but why is there no discussion?

If I eat meat from a plant that doesn't pay its workers on time or
transgresses Tza'ar Baalei Chaim, the plant owner goes to Gehenom. If I eat
meat that isn't kosher, _I_ go to Gehenom. Hence, no discussion vis-à-vis
the plant owner's responsibility.

KT,
MYG




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