Tyson Suspends Managers Accused of Covid Betting Pool
- Bosses bet on how many workers would catch virus, suit claims
- Meatpacking giant CEO says ‘extremely upset’ by allegations
The Tyson Foods plant in Waterloo, Iowa.
Photographer: Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo
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Tyson Foods Inc. said it has suspended managers at an Iowa meatpacking plant accused in lawsuits of betting on how many workers would be infected in a Covid outbreak earlier this year.
More than 1,000 of the 2,800 employees at the Waterloo, Iowa, pork processing plant were infected with coronavirus by early May, and the facility eventually was temporarily shut down following a sustained campaign by local county officials and Democratic state lawmakers.