Unionized foreign workers at Maple Leaf Foods brought up to speed on new contract with translations, long meetings
It took four languages and almost 16 hours to explain a new contract to the nearly 2,300 employees at Maple Leaf Foods’ hog processing plant in Brandon, Man. Three-quarters of the pork plant’s workers are new immigrants who were fast-tracked under a provincial nominee program. The information sessions started at 5 a.m. and ended at 11:30 p.m., with some gatherings lasting more than three hours.
