COVID-19 cases linked to the Olymel outbreak. Of these, 200 are active, 142 recovered. One worker has died.Olymel said late Monday it was shutting down the hog slaughtering, cutting and deboning plant indefinitely because it believed it could no longer be operated safely and efficiently.
Nurses, contact tracers responding to Olymel pork plant outbreak in Alberta At Wednesday’s gathering, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 401 president Thomas Hesse said over 80 per cent of workers have told the union in recent weeks that they’re scared to come to work.“They’re terrified,” Hesse said. “Over 90 per cent of them have asked for a closure.”“Unsafe workplaces should not be allowed to operate.