Racism at Tyson Foods so extreme that a Black employee feared for his life, suit says

Black Worker at Tyson Poultry Plant Threatened with Noose and Castration — White Worker Who Stood Up for Him Called ‘N-Word Lover,’ Then Both End Up Paying for What They Reported

Two maintenance workers at a Tyson Farms poultry plant in Ringgold, Virginia, say they were forced to work in unsafe conditions, subjected to severe racial harassment, and threatened with physical and sexual violence by openly racist white supervisors who fired them after they complained, in two separately filed federal discrimination lawsuits. Alvin Clark, a 62-year-old Black mechanic, was the highest-ranking mechanic in his department and the …

Racism at Tyson Foods so extreme that a Black employee feared for his life, suit says

Exclusive details: What happened to Alvin Clark is ‘some of the worst treatment I have seen in the workplace,’ his attorney told The Independent