Workers at Cargill in High River, Alta., have voted in favour of a strike starting Dec. 6 if the union can't come to a fair compensation deal with the company.

More than 1,400 unionized workers at the High River Cargill meatpacking plant participated in a strike vote on Thursday. The vast majority voted in favour of strike action.

An Alberta Health official confirms there had been 19 cases as of Friday and 18 of those cases are considered active at the Sofina Foods/Lilydale poultry processing plant in Calgary.