Meat-packing Plant

• Cargill optimistic it can avoid job action as meat plant workers vote 97% in favour of strike

  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.

  Economy

  Nov 11, 2021
  
• Potential strike action looms at High River Cargill meat-packing plant

  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.

  Canada

  Nov 6, 2021
  
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• Canadian meat-packing industry looks to make big changes following COVID-19

  Outbreaks at two southern Alberta meat-processing plants this spring made hundreds of people sick with COVID-19. 

  Economy

  Jun 27, 2020
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• Widow and children of Cargill worker who died from COVID-19 share heartbreak

  Benito Quesada's four children are struggling without their father. His wife, now a widow, is worried about the family's future. Quesada worked at Cargill and died after testing positive for COVID-19.

  Health

  May 26, 2020
• COVID-19 in Brooks: How widespread testing, cultural support helped an Alberta city avert disaster

  The novel coronavirus began spreading through the small Alberta city in mid-April, where health officials identified outbreaks in multiple locations, including the JBS plant. 

  Health

  May 22, 2020
• 2nd Cargill employee to die from COVID-19 ‘humble, gentle family man’

  The second Cargill worker who became infected with COVID-19 and passed away has been identified. The husband and father of three is described as a gentle, humble man.

  Health

  May 12, 2020
• Union says staff at 2nd Alberta meat plant scared of COVID-19, not showing up to work

  The JBS plant in Brooks, Alta., had recorded 67 cases as of Monday. The union says it's only a matter of time until it shuts down.

  Health

  Apr 21, 2020