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Cargill Calgary strike hits holding pattern

Strike vote ballots sealed pending labour board meeting: union

Reading Time: 2 minutes The chance of a possible strike at Cargill’s Case Ready Plant in Calgary is looming large, but it’s not yet clear if workers are headed to the picket lines.




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Canadian Meat Council decries TFW changes

Industry group says ending special measures for sector is 'premature'

Reading Time: 2 minutes Incoming changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program will add to the sector's already significant labour challenges, the Canadian Meat Council says.



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U.S. to crack down on child labour amid massive uptick

Food processing plants among alleged offenders

Reading Time: 3 minutes Washington | Reuters — The Biden administration in the U.S. announced measures to crack down on child labour on Monday amid a steep rise in violations and investigative reports by Reuters and other news outlets on illegal employment of migrant minors in dangerous industries. U.S. officials said the Labor Department had seen a nearly 70 […] Read more


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U.S. packer profit margins jumped 300 per cent during pandemic, economists say

Increased costs don't explain higher profits, White House advisors say

Reading Time: 2 minutes Washington | Reuters — Four of the biggest meat-processing companies, using their market power in the highly consolidated U.S. market to drive up meat prices and underpay farmers, have tripled their own net profit margins since the pandemic started, White House economics advisers said. Financial statements of the meat-processing companies — which control 55 to […] Read more