Reuters Tyson Foods workers and activists rallied outside the U.S. meat company39;s headquarters in Arkansas on Monday to protest the industry39;s use of child labor and push for improved working conditions in processing plants.

Activists and the Biden Administration have pressured the U.S. meat industry to adopt safer labor policies after children hired by contractors were found doing dangerous jobs cleaning slaughterhouses.

Dozens of protesters marched near Tyson39;s offices in Springdale, Arkansas, with signs saying Stop child labor and Let children be children. They chanted Hey hey, ho ho, exploitation39;s gotta go, according to a livestream of the event on Facebook.

Tyson, the biggest U.S. meat company by sales, had no immediate comment on the protest. The company39;s code of conduct says suppliers are expected to ensure they do not use child labor.

Magaly Licolli, an organizer of the rally, said Tyson needs to do more to keep kids out of its supply chain.

Tyson keeps avoiding the subject by saying that they are not hiring directly the workers, said Licolli, the director of Venceremos, an organization that advocates for poultry workers in Arkansas.

Licolli said she helped two teenage boys from Guatemala recover wages after they were hired by a contractor to gather chickens on a farm that supplied Tyson and were not initially paid. Tyson did not comment on the incident.

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