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May 12, 2020 18:38 ET | Source: UFCW Local 401

“A quiet, gentle, and humble man”: UFCW Local 401 grieves the loss of union leader amid Cargill High River COVID-19 outbreak

CALGARY, Alberta, May 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UFCW Local 401 is deeply saddened to learn of the loss of another union member who worked at the Cargill plant in High River. This is the second...
May 01, 2020 17:37 ET | Source: UFCW Local 401

UFCW Local 401 takes legal action to stop Cargill High River from reopening amid COVID-19 outbreak

CALGARY, Alberta, May 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- While nearly half of Cargill’s 2,000 High River employees tested positive for COVID-19, Cargill announced on Wednesday their intention to reopen...
April 24, 2020 12:17 ET | Source: UFCW Local 401

“It’s time to fight for food workers,” union leader to Alberta Premier Kenney

CALGARY, Alberta, April 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With confirmed COVID-19 cases affecting Alberta grocery stores and major outbreaks and deaths in Alberta meat packinghouses, UFCW Local 401...
April 21, 2020 21:58 ET | Source: UFCW Local 401

Never Again! Alberta’s food processing workers don’t have to die for Canadians to have food: union leader

CALGARY, Alberta, April 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UFCW Local 401 President Thomas Hesse has released the following statement in reaction to news that a member of the union employed by Cargill in...