Butterball is the newest U.S. poultry firm to supply to settle in lawsuit that accuses the corporate of conspiring with different poultry producers to suppress wages and advantages for workers.
A courtroom doc, filed on August 27 in United States District Courtroom, District of Maryland, said that Butterball and the plaintiff class had reached an settlement to settle all claims towards the turkey firm. The settlement is topic to courtroom approval.
The phrases of the settlement weren’t made accessible. A proposal to settle doesn’t imply an request for forgiveness.
The settlement for Butterball and the plaintiffs to settle was reached following two different settlement presents made final week. These had been made with broiler producer Koch Meals and turkey producer Jennie-O Turkey Retailer, a subsidiary of Hormel Meals. Paperwork for Koch Meals’ settlement was filed in courtroom on August 20, and the submitting was made on behalf of Jennie-O on the next day.
Phrases of these agreements had been additionally not disclosed.
Butterball, headquartered in Garner, North Carolina, is the second-largest turkey producer in the USA, having slaughtered 1.06 billion turkeys in 2023. Firm manufacturers are Butterball, Carolina Turkeys, Simply Good and Farm to Household.
