April 05, 2024
A Colorado federal judge gave a Nebraska beef wholesaler another chance to petition for dismissal from a class action accusing it of participating in a meat industry wage-fixing scheme, after the company filed a motion that didn't follow the court's page limit.
February 27, 2024
A Colorado federal judge Tuesday gave initial approval to class settlements with two meat producers and a consulting company, requiring $11.25 million in payments to resolve claims that they participated in a nationwide scheme to fix and depress wages for meat plant workers.
February 05, 2024
Meat processing giant JBS USA Food Co. and a presumed class of meat plant workers have settled claims of wage-fixing in a lawsuit originally filed against nearly a dozen meat producers, according to a joint notice filed Monday.
September 28, 2023
A Colorado federal judge has denied bids by major meat producers to toss a putative class action accusing them of illegally coordinating to keep wages in the red meat industry low.
August 08, 2023
A proposed class of workers at a red meat processing plant have reached a $10 million settlement with Seaboard Foods LLC and a cooperation agreement with Triumph Foods LLC in their suit alleging the companies and others conspired to keep wages in the industry low.
December 08, 2022
Perdue Farms has agreed to settle employee claims in two separate states where the company plotted to depress wages, according to notices filed by plant employees in both Maryland and Colorado federal courts.
November 14, 2022
The largest U.S. producers of beef and pork illegally conspired to depress the wages of hundreds of thousands of meat plant workers since 2014, workers alleged in a proposed class action in Colorado federal court.