Wrongful Death Lawsuit Alleges Improper Behavior of Management of Tyson's Waterloo, Iowa, pork plant
An article published by Iowa Capital Dispatch details some of the allegations against managers at a Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Waterloo, Iowa. According to the report, managers at the plant placed bets on how many employees would become ill from COVID-19 while telling them to report for work even if ill.
The allegations are part of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Isidro Fernandez, an employee at Waterloo who died on April 20. The lawsuit, which was recently amended to include new allegations, states that Tyson employees were required to work in crowded conditions in the plant, without being provided the necessary personal protective equipment to avoid contracting the virus.