date:May 24, 2012
The lawsuit was filed in US District Court in Kansas, and the plaintiffs are seeking class-action status.
Valente Sandoval Barbosa and Carolina Gaytan were identified as the lawsuits class representatives for hourly workers at the company, according to The Associated Press. The lawsuit claims employees were systematically underpaid for:
The time it takes to put on and remove protective gear during unpaid meal breaks;
walking to and from production lines; and
waiting to clean equipment and f