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Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit Tuesday against 19 chicken producers, accusing them of conspiracy to inflate prices to maximize profits. The suit, filed in King County, also accuses those companies of rigging bids and coordinating supply reductions ...

Cody Easterday will need to wait a little longer before he finds out his sentence. Easterday pleaded guilty back in March to wire fraud for defrauding Tyson Fresh Meats out of $233 million. He admitted to billing Tyson as well as another company between 2016 and 2020 millions of dollars for feed intended for cattle that did not exist ...

Tyson Foods says that labor unions agreed to support its requirement for U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by November. According to Reuters the company will offer new benefits to workers including paid sick leave. Companies like Tyson have been trying to give employees incentives to get vaccinated through bonuses and other benefits as the Delta Variant pushes case numbers higher .

A meatpacking union representing 24,000 Tyson Foods workers is concerned over the company’s new COVID vaccine mandate. United Food and Commercial Workers International President Marc Perrone said, “While we support and encourage workers getting vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus…it is concerning that Tyson is implementing this mandate before the FDA has fully approved the vaccine." The

Tyson Foods-Pasco facility has awarded six $1,000 scholarships to area students through their annual local scholarship program. The scholarships will assist six individuals with college or university education-related expenses, such as tuition, books, academic fees and room and board ...

A Tri-Cities area rancher pleaded guilty this week to a single count of wire fraud and faces up to 20 years in prison for managing cows he never owned. Investigators say the scam started in 2016, when Cody Easterday contacted with Tyson Foods, to purchase and maintain cattle for the packing giant ...

Tyson Foods held a free, onsite COVID-19 vaccination event Thursday, encouraging workers at their Pasco beef plant to get immunized. Prior to Thursday’s event, only 100 of the 1,400 employees at the plant had been vaccinated, and company officials were hoping to use the day to encourage hundreds more to get the shot. Com ...

In an effort to encourage frontline workers to get the coronavirus vaccine, Tyson Foods announced Wednesday it will compensate workers for up to four hours of regular pay if they are vaccinated outside of their normal shirt via an external source ...

Meatpacker JBS and chicken company Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation say they’ll pay 100 dollars to American workers who voluntarily get the COVID-19 vaccine. Early in the coronavirus pandemic, thousands of U.S. meatpacking workers were infected, so the bonus will hopefully encourage employees to get the inoculations. COVID-19 ...

Tyson Foods this week agreed to $221.5 million to settle claims related to price-fixing lawsuits. The settlements are with three consumer and commercial purchasing groups who bought chickens directly from Tyson and require a federal judge's approval ...