US Sues Chicken Producers, Alleging They Conspired to Keep Wages Down

The US Justice Department is suing poultry producers including Cargill Inc. and Sanderson Farms Inc. for conspiring to keep wages down for workers who cut up chickens inside slaughterhouses.  The poultry producers conspired for at least two decades to collaborate with and assist competitors in making decisions about worker compensation, including wages and benefits...