Red Meat Processors Conspiracy to Suppress Workers’ Pay Complaint

November 14, 2022

Conspiring to hold down wages is illegal, and this antitrust class action alleges that certain red meat processors have been doing exactly that. The defendants include well-known companies like JBS USA Food Company, Tyson Foods, Inc., and Hormel Foods Corp., which together produce around eighty percent of the beef and pork sold to consumers in the US. Additional defendants include Agri Stats, Inc. and Webber, Meng, Sahl & Company (WMS & Company), consulting firms which helped the companies exchange data on compensation for hourly and salaried employees.