Cargill Meat Solutions has settled a class-action lawsuit brought by workers seeking back pay for donning and doffing at its Schuyler, Neb., meatpacking plant.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Arkansas poultry processor OK Industries, which was ordered to pay a $14.5 million judgment to approximately 300 Oklahoma farmers who raised chickens for the company.
A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of the employees at Creekstone Farm's Arkansas City, Kan., facility is seeking unpaid wages and overtime. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court names employees Paz Sanchez and Elvis Posadas as the representative plaintiffs and seeks to include anyone who worked at the facility in the past three years.