A day after the president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 401 wrote to the general manager of Cargill Meat Solutions in High River, Alta., to voice concerns about worksite conditions with regard to COVID-19, Cargill says it is bringing in changes.
According to the Cargill website, the plant is “a fully integrated beef processing facility, with slaughter, fabrication, rendering and hide operations all under one roof.” In a statement issued Monday, Cargill Inc.
said it will be temporarily reducing shifts at the meat plant to allow the company to “minimize the impact of COVID-19 and continue to follow health department guidelines.” The plant will now run just one shift per day instead of the two it normally has.