US CHICKEN CASE
August 1st, 2002
BY PHILIP FINE
ONE of the United States' largest chicken processors has settled a class-action lawsuit and will now compensate its workers for time spent, unpaid, preparing and cleaning up for their work-shifts. In a case likely to be watched by British trades unions and law firms, Perdue Farms Inc. agreed this week (Aug 7th) to pay 60,000 slaughterhouse workers US$10 million (GBPounds 6.52 million) for past and future time spent putting on and taking off protective gear, as well as cleaning up work sites.
The agreement falls on the heels of a US$10 ...
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