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“A quiet, gentle, and humble man”: UFCW Local 401 grieves the loss of union leader amid Cargill High River COVID-19 outbreak
May 12, 2020 18:38 ET | UFCW Local 401
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...
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UFCW Local 401 takes legal action to stop Cargill High River from reopening amid COVID-19 outbreak
May 01, 2020 17:37 ET | UFCW Local 401
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...
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“It’s time to fight for food workers,” union leader to Alberta Premier Kenney
April 24, 2020 12:17 ET | UFCW Local 401
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...
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Never Again! Alberta’s food processing workers don’t have to die for Canadians to have food: union leader
April 21, 2020 21:58 ET | UFCW Local 401
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...