XL Foods: XL Foods Crisis

United Food And Commercial Workers Dept: Video: Could the XL Foods crisis hurt Harper? XL Foods workers listen to Doug O'Halloran, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 401, during a news conference stating that XL Foods are still refusing to address food safety issues flagged by the union in Brooks, Alberta, October 10, 2012. REUTERS video, according to Globe and Mail. They have few options here. XL is an economic engine and the largest local employer by far. Until the first round of layoffs hit a little more than a week ago, about 2,000 labourers toiled in the slaughterhouse, many of them immigrants or temporary foreign workers and video: Union wants new beef plant manager to clean house Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks to supporters as he attends a BBQ in Caribou Crossing, Aug. 20, 2012. The Canadian Press video Video: Alberta beef plant ignoring workers, union says (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.