Members of UFCW Local 431 who work at the Tyson Fresh Meats plant in Waterloo, Iowa, announced that they ratified a new contract last week which covers 2,200 workers at that plant.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. for 23 serious violations of OSHA's process safety management and fall protection standards at its Milwaukee ground beef production facility.