SPM NEWS 12.16.20 - 4:32PM
Gov. Kim Reynolds has announced she is easing some restrictions in response to the decreasing number of new COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations. Though these rates are still far higher than the first peak in the spring.
Reynolds said beginning tomorrow restaurants can go back to their normal hours and limitations on gatherings will be lifted.
Additionally, the number of spectators allowed at high school youth and adult sporting events has been increased to include all members of the participant’s household.
Reynolds said she will add new restrictions if numbers start increasing again.
The new proclamation still includes the partial indoor mask mandate. It will continue through January 8.
Tyson fires 7 after managers bet if workers would get COVID-19 at Iowa plant
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Tyson fires seven at Waterloo pork plant after COVID betting investigation
FILE - This undated file photo shows Tyson Foods meats plant in Waterloo, Iowa. (Jeff Reinitz/The Courier via AP, File)
Managers accused of betting on how many workers could get coronavirus.
Posted: Dec 16, 2020 3:30 PM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Tyson Foods says it has fired seven top managers at its largest pork plant after an independent investigation into allegations that they bet on how many workers would test positive for the coronavirus.
The company said the investigation led by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder revealed troubling behavior that resulted in the firings at the plant in Waterloo, Iowa. Tyson Foods President and CEO Dean Banks says the behavior exhibited by these individuals does not represent the Tyson core values, which is why we took immediate and appropriate action.”
Tyson fires 7 over claims of betting on number of COVID-19 cases
Seven managers at Tyson Foods’ pork plant in Waterloo have been fired following an independent investigation into allegations they took bets on how many workers would test positive for COVID-19.
Company officials announced the terminations Wednesday, nearly one month after the supervisors were suspended from their jobs without pay. In a press release, Tyson officials said the company’s decision to fire the managers was based on the findings of the investigation.
In a statement, Tyson Foods President and CEO Dean Banks said “the behaviors exhibited by these individuals do not represent Tyson’s core values. Tyson hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to lead the investigation after the accusations against the Waterloo managers were included in an amended lawsuit filed in April by the family of Isidro Fernandez, one of five Waterloo workers who died of COVID-19 complications after being exposed to t
By Bill Galluccio
Dec 17, 2020
Tyson Foods fired seven managers who worked at a pork plant in Iowa after an investigation revealed they had placed bets on how many employees would get COVID-19.
The company launched an investigation after the allegations came to light in a wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of
Isidro Fernandez, who died after contracting COVID-19. According to the lawsuit, one of the managers at a pork processing facility in Waterloo, Iowa, organized a cash buy-in, winner-take-all betting pool for supervisors and managers to wager how many employees would test positive for COVID-19. We value our people and expect everyone on the team, especially our leaders, to operate with integrity and care in everything we do, said
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