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Slaughterhouse closures spread after the cyberattack on meat producer Business and Economic News JBS SA’s cyberattack on the world’s largest meat producer has forced the closure of a number of slaughterhouses around the world, and there are signs that the closures are spreading. JBS’s five largest cattle factories, which handle 22,500 cattle a day, have suspended meat processing, Facebook company messages, workers and unions have reported following an attack on the company’s computer ne...

A cyberattack on JBS SA, the world’s largest meat producer, has forced the shutdown of some slaughterhouses globally, and there are signs that closures are spreading. JBS’s five biggest U.S. beef plants, which combined handle 22,500 cattle a day, have halted meat processing, according to company Facebook posts, employees and labor unions, following the Sunday attack on the company’s computer networks. Slaughter operations in Australia had already been halted, according to a trade group,...

JBS canceled shifts at large US and Canadian meat plants on Tuesday after the company was forced to stop its slaughter of livestock after it was hacked by cyber criminals based in Russia.

A cyber attack on JBS SA, the world's largest meat producer, has forced some slaughterhouses around the world to close, and there are signs that the closure

(Bloomberg) -- The world’s biggest meat supplier was the target of a cybersecurity attack Sunday in the latest threat to global food supply chains that have been rattled by the pandemic.JBS SA shut its North American and Australian computer networks after an organized assault on servers, the company said by email Monday. Without commenting on operations at its plants, JBS said the incident may delay certain transactions with customers and suppliers.The attack sidelined two shifts and halt...

Article content When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, grocery store employees were hailed as heroes and given $2-an-hour bonuses. Now, in the crippling third wave, most “hero pay” is long gone, there’s little paid sick leave and store staff are still waiting to be vaccinated. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. “Overlooked, underappreciated and, in a way, betrayed.” That’s how it feels, an employee of a major grocery store in Windsor told me. Yet ...

“Overlooked, underappreciated and, in a way, betrayed.” That’s how it feels, an employee of a major grocery store in Windsor told me. Yet while we stay home, they keep showing up for work. They need their jobs, and we need to eat.  The pandemic’s first wave was “very scary,” said this employee, who asked to remain anonymous. Customers flooded stores, panic buying. The employee would remind people to stay two metres apart, and some would respond, “f— off.” Now, some customers ...

  KITCHENER -- The provinces new paid sick day program was formally approved on Thursday, but a union representing local front-line workers says the program doesnt go far enough. The announcement also comes as the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths connected to workplaces in Ontario continues to grow. Longtime Cambridge Zehrs employee Cecil Pearcey was diagnosed with COVID-19 in January and has been battling the disease in hospital. His colleagues setting up a go-fund-me page on his behal...

Some Hamilton workplaces are shutting down to stop COVID-19 outbreaks from spreading At least three workplaces with outbreaks in Hamilton and the surrounding area are winding down or halting operations because of COVID-19 outbreaks. Social Sharing

By Tara Deschamps and Brett Bundale, The Canadian Press on April 16, 2021. A worker casts a shadow as he sanitizes grocery carts in Toronto, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Despite being deemed essential and continuing to go into work as stay-at-home orders are renewed, most supermarket employees have yet to receive a vaccine or a pay boost. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn Grocery store workers are struggling with heightened stress and anxiety as they remain on the front lines of a surge in COVID-19 infec...