Tyson Employees Win At Supreme Court

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Workers at an Iowa slaughterhouse scored a victory for hourly employees at the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday morning.


Workers from the Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Storm Lake were awarded $2.9 million in a 2011 class action lawsuit, in which they alleged Tyson underpaid them for the time it takes to put on and take off protective clothing required to do their jobs.

Tyson appealed the 2011 jury verdict, objecting to the plaintiff’s use of statistical evidence to prove their case. The Supreme Court, however, ruled the class could submit as evidence mathematical calculations of how long it took to put on and later remove safety gear, since Tyson failed to keep accurate working records.