Commercial food production is really dangerous work. I know. I've done it. And most of us were raised under the old "cleanliness is next to godliness" adage. But in commercial food production, cleanliness can make the difference between life and death.
Apparently, Tyson Foods just doesn't get it.
The US Labor Department announced today that a jury in Alabama ruled against Tyson Foods, charging the company with violating federal labor laws pertaining to worker safety and sanitation and for not accurately keeping company records. The federal investigation began in 2000, after worker complaints that Tyson Foods would not pay production workers in its Blountsville, Alabama, facility for the time it took them to put on and take off the specialized gear they needed to work under the safest and most sanitary conditions. Conditions required by federal law.
In a prepared statement, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said the department is pleased with the jury's outcome, which "vindicated our position that employers must pay their workers for the time that they are required to work." Duh.
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