Tyson Foods Pushes to Narrow Washington Wage Lawsuit Over Lack of Specifics

Tyson Foods Pushes to Narrow Washington Wage Lawsuit Over Lack of Specifics

Tyson Foods Inc. is asking a federal judge in Washington state to dismiss most claims in a proposed wage-and-hour class action, arguing that the former employee bringing the suit has failed to spell out concrete facts showing how labor laws were violated. In a motion filed Monday, the meat processing company urged U.S. District Judge Thomas O. Rice to throw out seven of the eight claims asserted by former worker Aylin Rodriguez, saying her amend…