Workers Receive Collective Certification for Wage Lawsuit Against Tyson

A federal judge in Arkansas on July 24 granted a collective of Tyson Foods workers class certification in a lawsuit that alleges the company subjected the workers to unlawful wage practices after a payroll system was hacked in 2021.

The lawsuit was filed by Annie Thornton on behalf of other employees that were in a similar situation. The original case started in April 2022.

According to the complaint, Tyson could not access its timekeeping records between Dec. 5 and Dec. 11, 2021, after a hacker took over its payroll system supplied by Ultimate Kronos Group and asked for a ransom to regain access to the servers.

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