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By Courier Staffwcfcourier.com Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 11:03
SPRINGDALE, Ark. --- Tyson Fresh Meats has agreed to pay $2.25 million to 1,640 people and offer to hire 224 others as part of a settlement involving alleged employment violations occurring eight to 10 years ago at four plants, including the Tyson Fresh Meats plant in Waterloo.
Based on audits of job applications, the federal Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs had alleged the plants discriminated against female applicants for entry level production jobs. Tyson officials denied the claims, stating there were legitimate non-discriminatory reasons for not hiring the applicants.
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