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Poultry processing workers sought preliminary approval Monday for deals with Case Foods Inc. and Mountaire Farms totaling $22 million that would make the companies the 10th and 11th wage-fixing defendants to settle out of a broader Maryland federal court case where total payouts reach $217.25 million.
Total settlements in litigation reaches over $217 million.
With a lack of existing rendering capacity and high transportation costs, a new rendering plant in Mount Olive, North Carolina, made sense, Darling Ingredients CEO Randall C. Stuewe said.
Five other companies are still defendants in the case.
Michael ConroyFILE – In this May 7, 2020 file photo, workers leave the Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Logansport, Ind. Tyson Foods, on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021 is offering