Quebec Pork Industry Says Thousands of Pigs Risk Being Euthanized If Strike Continues

Workers walk outside the Olymel pork processing plant in Vallee-Jonction, Que, on Oct. 29, 2020. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot

MONTREAL—Quebec pork producers are asking the province to end a labour strike at a major slaughterhouse because thousands of pigs risk being euthanized.

The producers want Labour Minister Jean Boulet to force both sides to negotiate at the Olymel plant in Vallée−Jonction, Que., south of Quebec City.