May 29, 2020
Meatpacking plants were the sites of COVID-19 outbreaks across
the continent, and the outbreaks in Alberta killed several workers.
What is it about this industry that made workers so vulnerable to
this pandemic, and why do the corporate meat-packing giants command
such influence and power? Team Advantage examines the role of
corporate agribusiness in rural Alberta and the labour struggles
that have shaped the industry.
Further information:
Alberta
Labour History Institute: Alberta's Summer of '86
[video]
24 Days in
Brooks [National Film Board
documentary]
Michael
Broadway: Small Town, Big Changes Meat-packing, refugees and the
transformation of Brooks. [Alberta Views,
2006]
George
Melnyk: Faces of the Lakeside Packers Strike [Alberta Views,
2006]
Michael
Broadway: Cut to the Bone: How changes in meatpacking have created
the most vulnerable worker in Alberta [May 2012]