Vol.61/No.29           September 1, 1997 
 
 
1,600 meatpackers strike in Canada  
Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers who struck Cargill's meatpacking plant in High River, Alberta, on July 11 approved a contract August 2. It includes a $1.50 wage increase over three and a half years, instead of the four years offered by the company, and a guaranteed 36-hour workweek. Hundreds of strikers mobilized daily in response to the company's decision to bring in replacements, carrying signs in Chinese, English, Arabic, and Amharic.  
 
 
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