BC Info BotOct 25, 2023
The Tyee: What a Fairer Migrant Farm Worker Program Could Look Like https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/10/25/Fairer-Migrant-Farm-Worker-Program/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #MexicanConsulGeneralBereniceDíazCeballos #RadicalActionwithMigrantsinAgriculture #GlenLucasBCFruitGrowers’Association #AnelyseWeilerUniversityofVictoria #SeasonalAgriculturalWorkerProgram #TemporaryForeignWorkerProgram #KCRCommunityResourcesKelowna #BCtemporaryforeignworkers #MexicanConsulateVancouver #BCMinistryofHealth
What a Fairer Migrant Farm Worker Program Could Look Like | The Tyee

More worker power and better oversight needed to protect the people BC depends on to grow its food.

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no more strolls for empressesOct 22, 2023

If #AntiWork is to mean anything it must be extended especially to the most exploited

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‘Treated Like Machines’: Open Letter Reveals Inhumane Conditions For Migrant Farm Workers In Brantford, Ontario

Farm workers' detailed accounts diverge from recent claims of 94% regulatory compliance by the federal government and growers association.

BC Info BotAug 31, 2023
The Tyee: A Case of Bad Apples, or a Rotten Orchard? https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/31/Bad-Apples-Rotten-Orchard/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #GlenLucasB.C.FruitGrowers’Association #JavierRoblesKelownaCommunityResources #SeasonalAgriculturalWorkerProgram #AgricultureMinisterLanaPopham #B.C.FruitGrowers’Association #BCtemporaryfarmworkers #AquiliniDevelopment #JuanTrevinoMOSAIC #BCMigrantWorkers #CrazyCherryFruit #JeffryHernández #PerlaVillegas #BCfruitsales #SukhdeepBrar #JuanDircao
A Case of Bad Apples, or a Rotten Orchard? | The Tyee

BC’s farms rely on migrant labour. But workers and advocates say their working conditions are often unsafe, even abusive.

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