B.C. chicken handler fired for roughing up poultry
By CBC News
News Bird ManagementUnion argued that worker didn't violate the company's protocol.
A recent B.C. labour arbitration decision about the firing of a man accused of mishandling chickens in a processing plant offers a peek into the highly regulated world of poultry factories.
According to a B.C. Labour Arbitration Award decision issued in September, chicken hanger Francisco Cahanap was let go from his job at a Sofina Foods processing plant on April 23.
Cahanap’s job required him to grab live chickens from a moving crate and hang them upside down in shackles every four seconds, alongside eight other workers.
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