Meat Packing Plants

• Olymel temporarily closes Alberta pork plant because of COVID-19 outbreak

  Olymel has announced it is temporarily closing a pork plant in Alberta where health officials say hundreds of COVID-19 cases are now connected with an outbreak at the facility.

  Health

  Feb 16, 2021
  
• Union president wants meat plant workers on early COVID-19 vaccine list

  The union plans to hold a town-hall meeting Sunday to hear members views and what to do if getting a vaccination becomes a condition of employment.

  Health

  Jan 27, 2021
  
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• ‘Megascale’ slaughterhouses, meat-packing plants put beef industry at risk: report

  A study released Wednesday warned that beef production shutdowns similar to what occurred early in the pandemic could "easily happen again.''

  Health

  Dec 16, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Concerns over possible labour shortage in food-processing industry

  New numbers from the food industry show there is a shortage of processing workers across Canada. One expert says COVID-19 outbreaks at meat packing plants are making it harder to recruit workers.

  Consumer

  Oct 16, 2020
• High River mayor says COVID-19 cases likely linked to workers at Cargill meat processing plant

  The mayor of High River says the high number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in his community likely stems from infected workers at Cargill’s meat packing plant.

  Consumer

  Apr 15, 2020