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Lilydale Foods workers still on strike at Turkey plant
Oct 15, 2012

The country’s beef industry is embattled in controversy and in Edmonton the turkey processing business is joining in the bad press. About 200 workers from the UFCW Local 1118 are […]

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Cleanliness suffers as beef moves too fast at Alberta meat plant shut down over E. coli concerns, union says
Oct 11, 2012

BROOKS, Alta. — The union for workers at an Alberta meat packer shut down over E. coli concerns says the pace of slaughter operations forces workers to take shortcuts around […]

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Union speaking out about food safety concerns at XL Foods
Oct 11, 2012

The union representing workers at the XL Foods facility in Brooks says plant officials are ignoring their concerns about food safety. Doug O’Halloran, president of United Food and Commercial Workers […]

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XL Foods union calls for inquiry as E. coli cases hit 12
Oct 10, 2012

Union holds news conference to discuss safety protocols, meat production expectations The union representing workers at XL Foods Inc. is calling for a public inquiry into the massive beef recallat […]

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XL Foods ‘deeply regrets’ that people got sick
Oct 9, 2012

CALGARY — As inspectors descended on the shuttered meat processing plant in Brooks, Alta., Tuesday, the company behind the country’s largest beef recall issued its first comments in days. “We […]

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Highlights from the Joint Review Panel Technical Hearings on Economics
Oct 5, 2012

The technical hearings on economic issues raised by the Northern Gateway pipeline recently concluded in Edmonton. In these quasi-judicial hearings, Enbridge and intervenors (labour organizations, First Nations, environmental NGOs and […]

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