Articles Tagged: Meat processors

Iowa recipients are from Tabor, Marcus

One of the former supervisors filing lawsuits is a Waterloo plant manager accused of arranging a COVID-19 office pool and encouraging interpreters to mislead workers about the coronavirus pandemic.

Two meat plant workers from Iowa and one from Georgia have filed a federal lawsuit accusing 11 of the United States’ largest beef and pork producers of conspiring to depress wages and benefits.

An investigation into the theft this summer of several semitrailers loaded with frozen beef from Nebraska has led to arrests and uncovered a multimillion-dollar theft ring targeting meatpacking plants in six Midwestern states, federal authorities said.

Some say the deal supports their concerns about how a lack of competition in the beef industry affects prices to consumers.

Responding to increased consumer demand for custom meats, the Iowa Economic Development Authority awarded 15 grants Friday to small-scale meat processors.

Company sought to move Waterloo cases to federal court

Markets not working fairly when demand is strong and packers are making record profits, but cattle farmers still are losing money, Sen. Chuck Grassley told Senate Judiciary Committee.

JBS’s five biggest beef plants in the United States — which altogether handle 22,500 cattle a day — halted processing following a weekend ransomware attack on the Brazilian company’s computer networks.