Indiana Packers responds to federal lawsuit claiming company hired undocumented workers
Indiana Packers Corp. released a statement today, responding to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday that claims the Delphi, Ind.-based pork processor hires undocumented workers in order to suppress worker wages. The complaint was filed by a former employee against two members of the human-resources department, and it seeks class-action status in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
Indiana Packers Corp., in the statement, lamented the timing and communication of the lawsuit as well, saying, "As has become an unfortunate but common tactic, it appears the lawsuit was strategically released ... timed to fall near the end of the day, just in time to catch the evening news cycle." Additionally, Indiana Packers said notice of the lawsuit was "first sent to the company by the media."