“A quiet, gentle, and humble man”: UFCW Local 401 grieves the loss of union leader amid Cargill High River COVID-19 outbreak CALGARY, Alberta, May 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UFCW Local 401 is deeply saddened to learn of the loss of another union member who worked at the Cargill plant in High River. This is the second...

“It’s time to fight for food workers,” union leader to Alberta Premier Kenney CALGARY, Alberta, April 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With confirmed COVID-19 cases affecting Alberta grocery stores and major outbreaks and deaths in Alberta meat packinghouses, UFCW Local 401...

Never Again! Alberta’s food processing workers don’t have to die for Canadians to have food: union leader CALGARY, Alberta, April 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UFCW Local 401 President Thomas Hesse has released the following statement in reaction to news that a member of the union employed by Cargill in...