When chicken catcher Jimmy Nicks’ job was subcontracted, he started doing the same job for a new boss — only without the pay, protections and benefits he’d come to rely on. The poultry industry needs ...

Like Superman emerging from a phone booth, Armando Parra steps out from the bathroom of his old-time barbershop transformed into the Chicken Catcher, dedicated to ridding this island town of nuisance ...

Chicken catchers are suing Koch Foods, a large poultry processor based in Park Ridge, claiming foul play in denying them overtime pay for rounding up cage-free birds from farms for slaughter. The ...

As a baseball fan, I'm excited that Time Warner Cable has agreed to allow other cable providers to broadcast the final six Los Angeles Dodger games. Few things are more exciting than a pennant race, ...

The poultry industry needs people like Jimmy Nicks. A former chicken catcher, Jimmy used to head out to the farms, often at night, scoop up chickens by their legs and bring them back to the ...