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Ontario Labour Relations Board decision probes agriculture exemption
Study seeks answers on agriculture workers
Cargill workers to vote
Unionized employees at Cargill’s beef processing plant in Guelph will vote on a new collective agreement on Sunday
Labour talks flounder at Cargill plant
Ontario Ministry of Labour mediator will meet with the Guelph beef processing plant’s management and unionized staff Thursday
Growers avert strawberry plant shortage
There will be enough strawberry plants available for this year despite the failure of a major Simcoe-area propagator, says an industry spokesman; provincial investigators conclude the farm owed workers $150,000 in unpaid wages
Labour watchdog slams Ontario’s ag worker act
An international organization that oversees labour standards has ruled Ontario's Agriculture Employee's Act violates the province's ag workers' right to bargain collectively
photo: Ken Forth
Fruit and vegetable growers want health tax exemption
‘We are at the mercy of a global market here,’ says farm labour committee’s chair
photo: Ken Forth
Survey tackles ag labour needs
There are more jobs available than workers to fill them and a national human resource council predicts the situation is only going to get worse for some ag sectors says researcher
Date set for ag worker labour law hearing
Union wants farm workers included under Labour Relations Act
Photo: Ken Forth