Law360, New York (June 30, 2009) -- A group of former hourly workers from the packaging division of pork processor Smithfield Foods Inc. is seeking conditional certification of a collective action accusing the company of failing to pay proper overtime.
In a motion filed Monday, plaintiffs who worked for Smithfield Packing Co. Inc.'s pork processing plant in Kinston, N.C., asked the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North...


