Poultry workers win lawsuit against Tyson
by MBJ Staff Published: September 21,2011
Tags: agriculture, back wages, courts, doffing and donning, labor, lawsuit, manufacturing, poultry, unions, workers
More than 17,000 Tyson poultry workers in 41 plants in 12 states have settled a $32-million lawsuit in a 12-year struggle to get paid for work already performed, according to the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW). The UFCW initiated the suit against Tyson. Last Thursday, the United States District Court in Georgia [...] [...]
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