CHICAGO (CN) — Chicken catchers sued giant a meat-processor Tuesday in a federal class action, claiming they’re entitled to overtime, not just piece-rate for every 1,000 birds they catch in cage-free ...

When chicken catcher Jimmy Nicks’ job was subcontracted, he started doing the same job for a new boss — only without the pay, protections and benefits he’d come to rely on. The poultry industry needs ...

WILMINGTON, Del. — A federal judge in Wilmington has refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that poultry company Mountaire Farms failed to properly pay chicken catchers at its Millsboro plant. The ...

Twenty-one chicken catchers say Mountaire Farms, of Wilmington, Del., stiffed them for overtime and violated other labor laws, in a class action in Delaware Federal Court. Sign up for new weekly ...