Tyson Foods in December fired seven managers at its huge pork plant in Waterloo, Iowa, who had been accused of betting on how many employees would contract Covid-19. The allegations came to light in a wrongful-death suit filed on behalf of a Waterloo plant worker who died of Covid in April. Tyson responded by suspending the managers and hiring former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to lead an investigation. The lawsuit alleged that not only did the managers start a betting pool on how many employees would come down with Covid, they lied to workers about the danger - while avoiding the plant floor themselves, to the point of leaving operations in the hands of inexperienced employees.
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