DOJ, Poultry Processors Settle Claims Of Wage Suppression For $84.8M

Mealey's (June 8, 2023, 8:02 AM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), a data consulting firm and its president and three poultry processors will settle claims of conspiracy to suppress plant workers’ wages for $84.8 million in restitution to be paid by the processors and other relief, according to two final judgments signed by a federal judge in Maryland....