The union that represents 32,000 front-line food workers is urging Alberta’s government to implement more protective measures for its members. “We have lost faith in the willingness of the Alberta government to do everything necessary to protect workers,” Union of Food Commercial Workers 401 president Thomas Hesse wrote in a letter to Premier Jason Kenney. “Recent events suggest that food production has been prioritized over protection of workers’ lives.” According to numbers from Alberta Health, 714 cases of COVID-19 in the province have been linked to outbreaks at the Cargill processing plant in High River as well as the JBS plant in Brooks.

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