Well it’s started here in oz

[dmlfarmer]

Back to original post. Walmart is being sued in Illinois for wrongful death when a stocker in a Chicago store died. Reports say: "The family of one Walmart employee near Chicago who died from COVID-19 filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the retailer. The suit (2020-L-003938) filed April 6 in Cook County, Ill., alleges Walmart knew about the man’s symptoms and disregarded them.
Wando Evans worked for Walmart for 15 years and died shortly after being sent home on March 23. The lawsuit said Evans, 51, worked as an overnight stocker and maintenance person and told his managers he had symptoms of COVID-19 but was not taken seriously. The suit claims Walmart was negligent because the store was not properly cleaned, nor was it practicing social distancing nor provide protective equipment to employees and didn’t tell other store employees when co-workers became symptomatic. Evans was one of two employees from the Evergreen Park store to die from COVID-19 exposure."

There is another lawsuit filed in Washington State by workers at the Seattle Nursing home that had deaths.

Fox News is preparing for potential lawsuits on their downplaying of the virus and calling it a hoax.

At least one chain store deemed an essential service is planning to close its doors and will only supply essential goods by phone order to limit risk to instore employees and potential lawsuits that could arise due to an employee contracting Covid-19

[GDR]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/cargill-meat-plant-union-covid-19-1.5530836

Here we go! Not sure how stupid some of these union bosses can be, maybe, just maybe some of those people might be happy to still have a job.

Look out below for beef prices if Cargill shuts down.

[dmlfarmer]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/cargill-meat-plant-union-covid-19-1.5530836

Here we go! Not sure how stupid some of these union bosses can be, maybe, just maybe some of those people might be happy to still have a job.

Look out below for beef prices if Cargill shuts down.

It is not just union bosses responsible. Anyone who loses a family member is a potential client for tort lawyers. Just look at the advertising some law firms including Canadian firms are doing seeking injured individuals from glyphosate. Covid-19 will make glyphosate suits look penny ante if such suits are allowed to proceed.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Seems like as good a time as any to put the new extraordinary powers our government gave themselves to use for good instead of evil. Use them to shut down the unions and ban them in perpetuity.

Wishful thinking, I know.

[Oliver88]

Seems like as good a time as any to put the new extraordinary powers our government gave themselves to use for good instead of evil. Use them to shut down the unions and ban them in perpetuity.

Wishful thinking, I know.

During this pandemic does the RCMP have the authority to arrest thugs blockading railways?
How about unifor blocking entrances on Coops property?

[Guest]

Here in Saskatchewan a nurse travelling to remote native reserves apparently was infected before going there and has spread the disease there.
Reserves are apparently suing the government now.
Your example and this one Could be a real mess unless there are laws protecting the health system and businesses from this kind of thing.

But aside from that if true why in the world wasn’t that nurse tested prior to going there?

And if they can sue In these cases aren’t all governments liable since it’s evident now that about Jan 3 Canada and USA were aware there was a problem?

Unbelievable
The rest of the country appreciates what nurses have done and these ungrateful assholes sue ?
If this is true , Not one nurse should ever go there again
Just amazing how low , low lifes can go
They need to be told to shove this lawsuit right up their ungrateful arses and to look after their own interests from now on
The sad thing is that it wont be the people that live there , it will be another money grabbing trough feeding leader doing it

[dalek]

I may have mentioned this before but my insurance broker had a discussion with a rep from one of the big reinsurers last week about the fact that most business interruption policies won’t cover anything to do with this situation. The reinsurers expect to have their legal teams kept busy dealing with lawsuits over that issue alone for the next decade.

[woodland]

So I was thinking about my own question of why I am always defending supply management on here. Same answer as disagreeing with DML on oil overproduction. As self employed farmers we are all opinionated, makes sense, that just doesn't make us right all the time.
So maybe we need to have faith that other businesses know how to run their business better than an outsider.

If your cousin Fred tells you that you should be harvesting because the sun is out even though its rained the last 4 days. Is that good advice for your business? Or if we give Woodland advice on his cows that he should only raise "steak cows" instead of ones that produce burger or stew meat, does that help?

Sometimes we just dont know what we think we do.

I’ve got a few nice well “aged” steak cows out in the field awaiting a new home if anyone wants. I’ll stick with eating yearlings “usually crippled or hurt” and such though.

P.S. I love a good burger with all the fixin’s though if the tenderloin is gone already. Yum!

[Ab7]

Sm is a sad joke.
But the milk is being dumped all over.
Blame the hoarders for making stores bring in limits

[foragefarmer]

I give credit to all SM farmers, they have worked hard to get where they are. SM farmers realize that by working together as one they have created system which ensures them a guaranteed income.

The majority of them are family farms which is ok in my books. Would you like them to be the same as the USA corporate farms? Canadian SM farmers spend their money buying feed grains and forage seeds which many of us produce. Why farmers would attack other farmers for the simple reason they have a successful organization which ensures not to over produce is beyond me.

[ajl]

I give credit to all SM farmers, they have worked hard to get where they are. SM farmers realize that by working together as one they have created system which ensures them a guaranteed income.

Everyone and their dog wants to have a system that guarantees them an income. The question always remains: WHO should guarantee you an income?

[LEP]

Everyone and their dog wants to have a system that guarantees them an income. The question always remains: WHO should guarantee you an income?

I have a friend who runs a dairy.Definitely not a guaranteed income. But more of a perpetual machine that if you manage well and start to make progress, then things get better. Low interest rates help.