Justice Department sues poultry processors over unlawful labor practices.

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department

on Monday against three large poultry processors along with a proposed deal meant to end what it described as a decades-long scheme to deceive workers and suppress wages.

The moves are part of the department’s broader investigation into the poultry industry’s anticompetitive practices. The filings come just weeks after the department lost a criminal price-fixing lawsuit against chicken…