Source: Inside Edition 7 June 2018 What does it take to go undercover to investigate suspected wrongdoings? Inside Edition producer Zara Lockshin was assigned to investigate claims of child labor at businesses owned by a religious sect called the Twelve Tribes. She discovered children as young as 6 working at the group’s farm in Cambridge, N.Y….
Source: WNYT News Channel 13 June 06, 2018 04:29 PM CAMBRIDGE – The Twelve Tribes community in Cambridge is pushing back against labor violations state investigators say they found involving minors. NewsChannel 13 went back to the commune Wednesday. Members say there weren’t 12 people, let alone 12 children at the Common Sense Packaging Facility…
Source: TimesUnion Inside Edition first exposed potential child workers at Cambridge cosmetics factory By Larry Rulison Updated 7:23 am, Wednesday, June 6, 2018 CAMBRIDGE — The state Labor Department found multiple violations of state child labor laws at the Common Sense Farm in Washington County after visiting the Twelve Tribes commune on Monday following an “Inside…
Source: WNYT Channel 13 by Karen Tararache, June 06, 2018 06:46 AM “If I explain to you what it’s like to watch a diaper get pulled off of a six month old baby so that it can be beaten with a rod until it’s welts, it’s covered in welts and bruises,” Shuah Jones explained. Jones…
Source: Associated Press Fox News CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. – State investigators have found child labor law violations involving 12 minors working at a cosmetics packaging shop run by a New York religious community and are expanding their probe to eight other sites affiliated with the group, officials said Tuesday. State labor department investigators visited the Twelve…
Source: Beauty Independent June 5, 2018 Brand Report Rachel Brown Claire McCormack Amanda West Reade Despite increasing demand for transparency, there remains a veil of secrecy separating beauty consumers from the factories making the beauty products they purchase. When that veil is lifted, the picture can be unsettling as Inside Edition reporting last Friday exposing…
Source: Department of Labor (DOL) Violations could result in tens of thousands of dollars in fines Eight Additional Investigations Opened for Other Twelve Tribes Entities in NY Albany, NY (June 05, 2018) – Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon today announced the preliminary results of an ongoing investigation into the Twelve Tribes community located in Cambridge, NY,…
Source: New York Post By Laura Italiano 31 May 2018 A religious cult is forcing children as young as 9 to work the assembly line in its upstate factory — packaging fancy soaps and other goods that are then sold by Amazon, Whole Foods, Target and Walmart, a new exposé claims. The factory, in rural…
Source:Times Freepress May 19th, 2018 by Rosana Hughes A decade after its return to Chattanooga, the controversial religious group behind the Yellow Deli restaurant on McCallie Avenue and many other businesses around the world is finding itself back in the spotlight. A new investigative podcast, “The Twelve,” will detail the history and beliefs of…
Source: Parcast, series of podcasts on cults, May 2018 To go to Part 1 and Part 2 of this very special podcast on the Twelve Tribes and their founder Elbert Eugene Spriggs click on the image above and it will take you straight to the audio and start listening. To go to the page of…