Final judgment granted for George's Foods settlement in US poultry labor antitrust case
( August 24, 2023, 17:18 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A Maryland federal judge granted final judgment approving a settlement between George’s Foods, George’s Inc. and the US Department of Justice to resolve claims that the companies conspired for years with other poultry processors to suppress workers’ wages via exchanges of compensation information. The companies agreed to pay $5.8 million in restitution, cooperate with future related antitrust investigations, refrain from a range of information-sharing conduct and accept oversight from a court-appointed monitor for up to seven years.Document below....
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