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New report condemns government failures during Alberta Cargill COVID-19 outbreak

Essential and Expendable: How Alberta’s COVID-19 Response Failed Cargill Workers

Edmonton, Alta. – October 2, 2026 – In 2020, Cargill's beef processing plant in High River, Alberta, was the site of the largest industrial COVID-19 outbreak in North America with devastating consequence for UFCW 401 members. The week, the Parkland Institute released the results of the first independent investigation into the crisis delivering a scathing analysis of Alberta’s failure to manage and contain the outbreak.

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