A federal jury in Athens, Ga., has awarded $415,000 to two former poultry plant employees who were fired for complaining about fraud, hiring discrimination and other abuses by supervisors.
The U.S. District Court jury found that ConAgra Poultry Co. — later bought by Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. — fired the women in September 2003 after they blew the whistle on an assistant to the human resources manager who made a fake Social Security card for an illegal immigrant who worked a side job for the plant’s general manager.
