Union wants Calgary chicken processing plant shut down after COVID-19 outbreak

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This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.The union representing workers at the Sofina Foods/Lilydale poultry processing plant in Calgary is calling for the immediate closure of the plant following a COVID-19 outbreak.

The Calgary facility, which also had an outbreak in April, manufactures fresh chicken products and employs about 450 people.An official with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 401, has called for the immediate closure of the facility until the outbreak has been contained and the workplace is safe.Union president Thomas Hesse said Sofina advised it would cancel the second shift scheduled to work Friday after concern expressed by workers and the union.

 

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