Thread by @Hell_Berta

The Cargill plant is set to open today...despite serious worker’s safety concerns and a legal action to stop its planned opening.

As of now, nearly half of the workers at the Cargill plant - 917 of 2,000 - have tested positive for the COVID-19.

Much is the same at the JBS plant in Brooks, which continues to be open despite repeated calls to close down. Together, there are more than 1500 positive COVID-19 cases tied to the outbreaks at these plants, two workers have died and at least five others are in the ICU.

Even more disturbing are the news that workers at these plants are being blamed for these outbreak and their communities are facing backlash and treated differentially. This is unabashed discrimination and it must stop.

These concerns relating to workers safety and this engrained culture of ignoring them is something that sets Alberta apart from the rest of Canada in a very concerning way.

Let’s be clear, the handling of outbreaks at Cargill and JBS plants is a massive failure on part of the government, not workers. And, if the government disagrees and has nothing to hide, it must commit to a public inquiry in this matter.

The Premier and government can not continue to utterly ignore and dismiss the voices of those on the shop floor and that of the Official Opposition and let these plants continue operating at the expense of workers and their safety. It’s wrong.

We must put people before profits.

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