MO attorney general plans to intervene in antitrust lawsuit against Tyson Foods
DEXTER, Mo. (KBSI) – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey says he plans to intervene in the antitrust lawsuit against Tyson Foods.
“The people deserve better than big corporations who engage in anticompetitive behavior at the expense of Missouri jobs and communities,” Bailey said in a tweet on X.
A class action lawsuit on behalf of 45 people was filed in Stoddard County.
The Oliver Law Firm in Dexter filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of 45 plaintiffs.
Tyson Foods Inc. closed a chicken processing plant in Dexter in 2023. This impacted 683 employees as well as a vast network of chicken growers, farmers, truckers and more.
The suit alleges Tyson engaged in anti-competitive behavior by prohibiting the plaintiffs from ever growing slaughter chickens again. The suit alleges the plaintiffs cannot work for other slaughterhouses in the area.
The people deserve better than big corporations who engage in anticompetitive behavior at the expense of Missouri jobs and communities.
To that end, I am filing a motion to intervene in the antitrust lawsuit against Tyson Foods.
I will always fight for Missouri agriculture.
— Attorney General Andrew Bailey (@AGAndrewBailey) July 12, 2024
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