Morale is up for XL Foods workers in Brooks
Posted Oct 29, 2012 6:26 pm.
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Morale is back up in Brooks as over 2,000 workers got back to business at the XL Foods plant Monday.
Mayor Martin Shields says he attended a few events in the town over the weekend and could tell people were more relaxed and positive about the news.
But Shields tells 660News although workers are back, it will be a couple weeks before they get paid again.
“We’re monitoring that within the community – looking at what the risks may be for people who may be struggling with this or financial issues and so we’re monitoring that this week in particular because this is when a normal pay check would have been that is no longer there,” he says.
The CFIA restored the plant’s operating licence last week and also launched a review of the E. coli crisis that made at least 16 people sick.
Management of the plant has been taken over by JBS USA, an American subsidiary of a Brazilian company.
JBS USA has not yet decided if it will exercise its option to buy the plant.
