Tyson boss says bet on how many would get COVID was morale boost
By Ryan Foley article
IOWA CITY, Iowa - One of the Tyson Foods managers fired for betting on how many workers would contract COVID-19 at an Iowa pork plant said the office pool was spontaneous fun and intended to boost morale.
Don Merschbrock, former night manager at the plant in Waterloo, Iowa, said he was speaking in an attempt to show that the seven fired supervisors are not the evil people that Tyson has portrayed. We really want to clear our names, he told The Associated Press. We actually worked very hard and took care of our team members well.
Fired Tyson boss says COVID office pool was a morale boost
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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