Environmental Group Sues Tyson Foods for Alleged False Climate Claims September 19, 2024 By Leah Douglas An environmental group is suing Tyson Foods for allegedly misleading consumers by saying it will reach net-zero emissions by 2050...
Poultry Producers Ask Judge to Dismiss Ruling That They Polluted an Oklahoma Watershed October 31, 2023 By Ken Miller A group of poultry producers, including the world’s largest, have asked a federal judge to dismiss his ruling that they...
Unions Say Meat Plants Relaxed COVID-19 Safety Measures After Outbreaks December 26, 2021 By Tom Polansek Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, last year assigned a team of dedicated employees to enforce social distancing and...
Tyson Gets OK to Use Employees, Technology for Safety Inspections at Meat Plant October 28, 2020 By Tom Polansek Tyson Foods said on Tuesday it plans in January to have company employees take on duties from more than a...
Virus Outbreak at Iowa Pork Plant Was Larger than Reported by State July 23, 2020 By Ryan J. Foley The first confirmed coronavirus outbreak at an Iowa meatpacking plant was far more severe than previously known, with more than...
5,000 Meat, Food Plant Workers Exposed to Coronavirus, Union Says April 24, 2020 By Tom Polansek More than 5,000 U.S. meat and food-processing workers have been infected with or exposed to the new coronavirus, and 13...
Meat Plant Closures, Absenteeism Rise With Workers’ Fear of Coronavirus, Lack of Safety April 15, 2020 By Tom Polansek and Rod Nickel CHICAGO/WINNIPEG, Manitoba — At a Wayne Farms chicken processing plant in Alabama, workers recently had to pay the company 10...
Arkansas-Based Tyson Foods to Pay $1.6M to Settle Hiring Charges October 6, 2016 Tyson Foods Inc., will pay $1.6 million to settle federal allegations of hiring discrimination at six plants in Arkansas, New...
132K Pounds of Tyson Chicken Nuggets Sold at Costco Recalled September 29, 2016 Tyson Foods Inc. says it’s voluntarily recalling more than 132,000 pounds of chicken nuggets after receiving reports that “hard, white...
$5.8M Award Against Tyson Foods in Iowa Pay Dispute Upheld March 23, 2016 By Mark Sherman The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled for more than 3,000 workers at a Tyson Foods Inc. pork-processing plant in Iowa...