New York (CNN Business) Tyson has fired seven management employees at its biggest pork processing plant in Waterloo, Iowa as a result of an independent investigation into allegations that some bet on how many workers would get infected with Covid-19. In November, a wrongful death lawsuit filed this summer was amended to include new allegations about the behaviors of leaders within the Waterloo facility. The amended suit alleged that Tyson supervisors and managers at the facility took bets on how many workers would get sick, even as they took measures to protect themselves and denied knowledge of the spread of the illness at work. The lawsuit also alleged that plant managers encouraged workers to stay on the job even if they were feeling sick or exhibiting symptoms. Banks, along with the company and other individuals, was named as a defendant in the suit.

Source: CNN December 17, 2020 03:15 UTC