Poultry workers will be on the receiving end of a massive settlement for alleged wage suppression by their employers.
“Tyson Foods and eight other poultry processors have agreed to pay $180 million to resolve a lawsuit in U.S. court claiming they conspired to suppress poultry workers’ wages, in an agreement that pushes total settlements in the case to nearly $400 million.
The workers’ attorneys on Monday in a court filing, opens new tab asked U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher in Maryland to preliminarily approve the nine new settlements.
Other settling defendants include Foster Farms, Koch Foods and Butterball. Major meat processors including Perdue and Sanderson earlier agreed to settle the workers’ claims.
Tyson, Koch, Foster and Butterball denied any wrongdoing, but settled to avoid the uncertainty, burden and cost of further litigation, settlement papers show. The other settling companies also denied the workers’ claims.”
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