Don't know if there is more to this company Blackstone or not, guess it reminds me of Blackrock. Could there be any connection?
I searched for this Blackstone company and found what I think is related to this PSSI (Packers Sanitation Services Inc.). Posted the links below the article posts.
This is the first article when they reported on this story, the next article is the newest one about the company reaching an agreement with the feds.
Food sanitation company accused of employing at least 31 children on graveyard shifts in slaughterhouses
Packers Sanitation Services, Inc., or PSSI, allegedly employed dozens of minors to clean killing floors and cutting machines in Nebraska and Minnesota, the Department of Labor said.
Packers Sanitation Services, Inc., or PSSI, a company contracted to work at slaughterhouses and meatpacking facilities throughout the county, allegedly employed at least 31 kids — one as young as 13 — to work overnight cleaning shifts at three facilities in Nebraska and Minnesota, according to court documents filed on Wednesday.
Initial evidence indicates the company may also employ more kids under similar conditions at 400 other sites across the country, in addition to the 31 minors employed at three sites that investigators already confirmed, according to the complaint.
Interviews with the kids — which were conducted in Spanish, their first language, according to the complaint — revealed that several children began their shifts at the facilities at 11 p.m. and worked until 5, 6 or 7 a.m. Some worked up to six or seven days a week.
School records showed that one 14-year-old, who worked at the Grand Island facility from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. five to six days a week, from December 2021 to this past April, fell asleep in class and missed school after suffering injuries from chemical burns. At least two other minors also suffered chemical burns, the complaint states.
Blackstone, the private equity fund that owns PSSI, vehemently disagreed with the report’s findings.
The company accused of employing dozens of minors in slaughterhouses on the graveyard shift reaches agreement with the feds
Allegations of child labor at a slaughterhouse in Grand Island, Nebraska, date back to 2016, according to a previously unreported local police report obtained by NBC News. The report stated that an officer was called to the local middle school because a 14-year-old girl had “injuries to her hands.” The document shows that the allegations were investigated as “child abuse.”
A spokesperson for the Grand Island Police Department said that the injuries were from the child’s work at PSSI. The matter was referred to the local prosecutor and the guardian of the child was investigated but not charged.
Blackstone's website:
This article was posted yesterday (12/5/22) about Blackstone:
What about Blackstone’s $50bn credit fund?
https://www.ft.com/content/36e2e8c9-a0a3-4f3a-bac1-1d333b144be9
Blackstone and BlackRock are related by their history. BlackRock started in 1988 as "Blackstone Financial Management" and was part of the Blackstone Group.<br><br>However, they are now two completely different companies. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/22/blackstone-or-blackrock-schwarzman-and-fink-did-it-on-purpose.html
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Isn't Blackstone the one that's buying up all the houses and real estate?
Believe that was Blackrock, that's why I was wondering if they were somehow connected.
Dreadnaught61 shared an article in his comment that they have a history together but now are separate companies.