Manuel Acosta v. Tyson Foods

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

Manuel Acosta, Luis Montoya, and Martin Hinojosa sued Tyson Foods, Inc. on behalf of a class of employees at Tyson’s pork processing plant in Madison, Nebraska. They claim that Tyson failed to pay certain wages due, in violation of the Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act, Neb.Rev.Stat. § 48-1228 et seq., and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. The district court certified a class consisting of current and former hourly employees of Tyson’s Madison facility, who “are or were paid under a ‘gang time’ compensation system in the Kill, Cut or…