Tyson Foods suspends managers who wagered on how many workers would be infected w COVID-19 in an outbreak at its plant in Waterloo, Iowa. At least 5 of the plant& #39;s 2,800 employees died in the outbreak that infected more than 1,000 workers by early May. https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tyson-suspends-managers-at-iowa-meat-plant-over-covid-betting-claims/?__twitter_impression=true">https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/...
As Tyson rebuffed calls from the local sheriff and health officials to close the plant in early April, its manager, Tom Hart, "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"
Most managers at the plant were avoiding the facility& #39;s floor by late March or early April due to fears of getting infected, designating authority instead to lower-level supervisors without management training
One high-level manager told supervisors to keep showing up even if they had symptoms and to direct workers who reported to them to follow suit. One worker threw up on the production line but was allowed to keep working