Meat packer Olymel plans to shut a pork further-processing plant it operates in Quebec’s Monteregie by mid-November and pick up the work at its other sites. Olymel, the meats arm […] Read more
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Olymel to close former F. Menard bacon plant
Pork further-processing plant at Henryville to shut in November
Striking Olymel workers accept new six-year deal
Slaughter could restart Friday at earliest, company says
Striking workers at a major hog slaughter and cutting plant in Quebec’s Beauce region have agreed to a new six-year contract that could see slaughter resume Friday at the earliest. […] Read more
Olymel, union reach second tentative deal to end strike
Company postpones threatened layoffs pending employees' vote Tuesday
A second agreement in principle has been reached between meat packer Olymel and the union for one of its major Quebec hog slaughter and processing plants to end a months-long […] Read more
Union rejects province’s call for arbitration in Olymel strike
Labour minister had proposed third-party settlement
A proposal from Quebec’s labour minister to end a four-month strike at a major hog slaughter plant, which has created a backlog of market-weight hogs on farms in Eastern Canada, […] Read more
Olymel’s striking Quebec workers get layoff ultimatum
Hog slaughter plant idle since late April
Updated — The threat of job losses for about half the unionized workers at a major pork packing plant in Quebec is its owners’ latest bid to end a four-month […] Read more
Olymel, Quebec workers reach deal in principle
Agreement may end months-long strike at hog plant
The union for workers at a major pork slaughter and packing plant in Quebec’s Beauce region says it has a deal that may end a strike which has backed up […] Read more
Olymel strike talks delayed to mid-month, union says
Quebec hog plant's workers on strike since late April
A two-months-and-counting strike at a major Quebec hog slaughter and processing plant is expected to continue through to mid-July at the earliest due to scheduling issues, the workers’ union says. […] Read more
Sale of new fuel-powered cars, light trucks to be banned from 2035
Interim targets to be set for 2025, 2030
Ottawa | Reuters — Canada will ban the sale of fuel-burning new cars and light-duty trucks from 2035 in an effort to reach net-zero emissions across the country by 2050, […] Read more
Strike ends at Exceldor poultry plant in Quebec
Union members vote to take six-year deal
A month-long strike at one of Quebec’s biggest poultry slaughter and processing plants is ending after unionized workers voted to accept a new agreement reached through mediation. About 500 unionized […] Read more
Second Cup owner to buy Milestones dining chain
Foodtastic plans to expand brand to Quebec
Future growth of the Milestones chain of grill-and-bar restaurants across Canada will take place under different ownership. Vaughan, Ont.-based Recipe Unlimited, owner of fast-casual and dining chains such as Swiss […] Read more
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