Cargill’s labour disputes have drawn to a close in Eastern and Western Canada.

In the second week of July, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 401, which represents workers at Cargill’s case-ready plant in Calgary, said they had come to an agreement with the company. Union members voted on a final offer July 8-9, with 74 per cent in favour of the proposed agreement.

That follows similar news from Cargill’s Dunlop beef processing plant in Guelph, Ont. Workers there had been on strike for 41 days. The 960 unionized employees ratified a new collective agreement July 6.

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