March 11, 2021
A Maryland federal judge declined to toss proposed class action claims from workers against three poultry companies accused of plotting to keep wages low and also rejected an effort to trim the suit to exclude jobs the plaintiffs didn't do.
December 21, 2020
Tyson Foods Inc., Perdue Farms Inc. and other poultry processing companies have urged a Maryland federal judge to partially dismiss a proposed class action accusing them of a wage-fixing conspiracy, arguing the hourly workers who brought the suit didn't hold some of the jobs allegedly affected.
September 16, 2020
A slew of poultry processing behemoths, including Tyson Foods Inc. and Perdue Farms Inc., dodged a proposed class action accusing them of a massive wage-fixing conspiracy, with a Maryland federal judge ruling Wednesday that the workers would have to add specifics to their suit before it could go forward.
October 09, 2019
A Maryland federal judge on Wednesday granted a bid by ex-chicken producer employees to consolidate related cases in a proposed class action accusing chicken processing companies of a decadelong conspiracy to fix the wages of hundreds of thousands of workers.
September 03, 2019
The largest chicken processing companies in the U.S., including Tyson Foods Inc. and Perdue Farms Inc., are facing a proposed class action in Maryland federal court accusing them of a decade-long conspiracy to fix the wages of "hundreds of thousands" of workers.