In a joint news release issued June 24, the Canadian Cattle Association (CCA), National Cattle Feeders’ Association (NCFA) and Beef Farmers of Ontario (BFO) strongly encouraged the Cargill Dunlop facility in Guelph and members of UFCW Local 175 to come to an expedited labour resolution. The CCA, NCFA and the BFO represent about 19,000 beef producers in Ontario and approximately 60,000 Canada-wide.
Canadian beef sector urges resolution on Cargill labour dispute
Cargill Calgary strike hits holding pattern
Strike vote ballots sealed pending labour board meeting: union
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.
Clock ticking on potential border strike, union says
Most border workers are classified essential and must continue to work in a strike, feds say
The union representing Canadian border workers says its members could strike as soon as Thursday.
Strike possibility looms at Calgary Cargill plant
June vote will determine if Calgary Cargill workers will echo Cargill Guelph work stoppage
Nearly 1,000 workers at Cargill’s beef processing plant in Guelph were on strike at the end of May, and there’s a possibility that workers at the Cargill Case Ready plant in Calgary could also hit the picket lines.
Eastern Canada’s largest beef processor on strike
Union says a Cargill plant in Calgary could soon take similar action
Nearly 1000 workers at Cargill’s beef processing plant in Guelph hit the picket lines this morning, as workers strike in an effort to gain better compensation.
Canadian Border Services workers vote to strike
Workers at the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) voted 96 per cent in favour of strike action, according to a statement released by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) earlier today.
Alberta urges Trudeau to head off port and rail strikes
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to do all he can to head off potentially devastating strikes by railway and port workers.
Federal government moves to push back possible rail strike
The federal government is moving to push back the start of a possible strike by railway workers at Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), an official said on Friday.
Railway strike vote dismays farmers
Grain Growers of Canada calls on railways, workers to resolve their differences
Grain Growers of Canada is sounding the alarm over a potential strike by workers at both of the country’s major railways.
Railway workers at CN, CPKC vote to strike, says union
Thousands of railway workers in Canada at Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) have voted overwhelmingly to strike as early as May 22, the union said today.
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