ANNAPOLIS, MD. — Within the past week, two additional settlements have been reached in a class-action lawsuit against several poultry processors for alleged wage price-fixing.

Tyson Foods Inc. and its subsidiary Keystone Foods proposed a settlement on Aug. 12 to the US District Court for the District of Maryland. A few days later, on Aug. 16, Amick Farms LLC filed a settlement. The terms of both deals were not disclosed.

These settlements add to previously reached agreements including one with Pilgrim’s Pride ($29 million), Simmons Foods ($12 million), George’s ($5.8 million), Peco Foods ($3 million), Cargill ($15 million), Sanderson Farms ($38.3 million), Wayne Farms ($31.5 million), Perdue Farms ($60.65 million), Case Farms ($8.5 million) and Mountaire Farms ($13.5 million).

In 2019, workers sued the poultry processors for allegedly violating the Sherman Act by conspiring to drive down hourly wages and salaries at poultry processing plants for more than a decade.

According to the complaint, the processors exchanged compensation data provided by Agri Stats Inc. and other sources. The plaintiffs claimed the companies held “off the books” meetings, where managers exchanged future compensation plans across facilities through phone calls and electronic surveys.