Farm employer group ‘delighted’ by Supreme Court ruling
Canada’s highest court upholds Ontario’s ag employees Act
photo: Ken Forth
farm workers
Some migrant workers get paid, some don’t
Rol-Land Farms Ltd’s workers are paid, but 136 migrant and Canadian farm workers from Ghesquiere Plant Farm Ltd are still owed four to five weeks salary plus vacation pay
Mushroom workers to tell their story
Last week, foreign workers at a mushroom farm near Milton were told to pack their bags and return home. The company, Rol-Land Farms Ltd., won’t say why. Some of the workers plan to detail their experiences tomorrow.
Court favours bargaining rights for farm workers; province considers next steps
It’s the fifth time in recent years that the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Canada has argued in the courts that Ontario farm workers should have the right to bargain collectively, a union’s key strength. This time around, justices with the Ontario Appeal Court agree. But the fight’s not over yet, says a representative of the provincial agriculture community’s Labour Issues Coordinating Committee.
All bets off on delivery of farm worker hearing decision
The two sides in this week’s appeal of an Ontario law that denies farm workers the right to form unions and bargain collectively differ on their opinions of how the court will rule and when the decision is to be handed down.
Farm workers get days off in Manitoba
“Manitoba has done the right thing,” stated Wayne Hanley, national president of UFCW Canada (United Food and Commercial Workers) in a news release following a late January announcement that Manitoba is changing its labour code to give farm workers several new rights such as a day off, work breaks, vacations and the right to a minimum wage. The changes take effect June 30.