Insights and Stories on Union

High River beef plant workers to vote on Cargill offer

Nov. 22, 2021 at 1:11 pm CST

Workers on the verge of striking at Cargill’s major beef cattle slaughter plant at High River, Alta. will vote this week on a new contract offer from the company. However, the union bargaining committee for the workers, represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 401, is recommending […]

Deere’s striking U.S. workers accept revised offer

Nov. 17, 2021 at 10:18 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Cargill beef plant workers serve strike notice

Nov. 11, 2021 at 3:22 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Deere’s U.S. workers on strike after rejecting deal

Oct. 14, 2021 at 4:45 pm CDT

By Reuters

Striking Olymel workers accept new six-year deal

Aug. 31, 2021 at 7:48 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Olymel, union reach second tentative deal to end strike

Aug. 30, 2021 at 2:42 am CDT

A second agreement in principle has been reached between meat packer Olymel and the union for one of its major Quebec hog slaughter and processing plants to end a months-long strike — this time under threat of layoffs. Olymel and the CSN-affliliated Syndicat des travailleurs de Olymel Vallee-Jonction (STOVJ) announced […]

By Dave Bedard

Striking Quebec pork plant staff reject deal with Olymel

Aug. 18, 2021 at 5:51 pm CDT

Quebec’s hog farmers now want Premier Francois Legault to step in on a months-long strike at a major pork packing plant after its workers rejected a tentative deal between their union and employer. Workers at Olymel’s plant at Vallee-Jonction, about 60 km southeast of Quebec City, met Tuesday evening to […]

By Dave Bedard

Court approves Morris Industries’ sale to Rite Way

Dec. 22, 2020 at 1:00 pm CST

Seeding equipment manufacturer Morris Industries has been approved for sale to another Saskatchewan manufacturer — minus its Yorkton manufacturing plant, which is not part of the sale and is now expected to close by year’s end. Judge Shawn Smith of Court of Queen’s Bench in Saskatoon on Friday approved the […]

By Dave Bedard

Shutdown urged for Quebec pork plant after COVID-19 death

Oct. 23, 2020 at 3:24 am CDT

The union for over 1,000 workers at a major Quebec hog slaughter plant is calling on the owner to temporarily close the facility against a COVID-19 outbreak now blamed for the death of an employee. Le Syndicat des travailleurs d’Olymel Vallee-Jonction-CSN said Wednesday the death of a worker earlier this […]

By Dave Bedard

Union seeks temporary halt for major Manitoba hog plant

Aug. 6, 2020 at 7:57 pm CDT

The union for about 2,000 workers at Maple Leaf Foods’ main Canadian hog slaughter and packing plant is calling for the company to put the brakes on production, pending further tests for COVID-19 among employees. United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 832 said Thursday it was “made aware” late […]

By Dave Bedard

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