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Appeal Court set to hear Ontario ban on farm unions violates worker rights

                   
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May 19, 2008
        
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By: Colin Perkel, THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Farm workers barred from unionizing are set to tell Ontario's highest court that the ban violates their rights and should be thrown out as unconstitutional. The long-running battle, involving the United Food and Commercial Workers union and tens of... [read full story]                    

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Farm workers have Constitutional right to join union, lawyer argues

 ohscanada.com May 21, 2008
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Appeal Court set to hear Ontario ban on farm unions violates worker rights

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Farm workers have Constitutional right to join union, lawyer argues

ohscanada.com
May 21, 2008
        

TORONTO -- Calling job conditions dirty, difficult and dangerous, three former co-workers from a mushroom plant are trying to change legislation - and decades of labour relations history - that prevents Ontario farm workers from unionizing. While most Ontario workers have been allowed to join...

                   

Farm workers fight union ban

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May 21, 2008
        

Former mushroom plant worker Xin Yuan Liu and United Food and Commercial Workers official Stan Raper take a break outside the Ontario Court of Appeal, May 20, 2008. Immigrant employees vulnerable in the face of large-scale agribusiness, appeal court is told Tracey Tyler LEGAL AFFAIRS REPORTER...

                   

Farm workers have Constitutional right to join union, lawyer argues

tmcnet.com
May 21, 2008
        

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) TORONTO _ Calling job conditions dirty, difficult and dangerous, three former co-workers from a mushroom plant are trying to change legislation _ and decades of labour relations history _ that prevents Ontario farm workers from unionizing. While most Ontario workers...

                   

Reminder: UFCW Canada takes ban on Ontario farm unions back to court

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May 20, 2008
        

Landmark case at Ontario Court of Appeal argues exclusion of Ontario agricultural workers from unionizing is unconstitutional Attention: Agriculture Editor, Assignment Editor, Business/Financial Editor, News Editor, Government/Political Affairs Editor TORONTO - MEDIA ALERT --(Marketwire - May 20,...

                   

Farmers to appeal Ont. ban on farm unions

ctv.ca
May 19, 2008
        

The Canadian Press TORONTO -- Farm workers barred from unionizing are set to tell Ontario's highest court that the ban violates their rights and should be thrown out as unconstitutional. The long-running battle, involving the United Food and Commercial Workers union and tens of thousands of some...

                   

Appeal Court set to hear Ontario ban on farm unions violates worker rights

k-litefm.com
May 19, 2008
        

By: Colin Perkel, THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Farm workers barred from unionizing are set to tell Ontario's highest court that the ban violates their rights and should be thrown out as unconstitutional. The long-running battle, involving the United Food and Commercial Workers union and tens of...

                   

Appeal Court set to hear Ontario ban on farm unions violates worker rights

canadianbusiness.com
May 19, 2008
        

Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press TORONTO - Farm workers barred from unionizing are set to tell Ontario's highest court that the ban violates their rights and should be thrown out as unconstitutional. In an age of factory farms, they say, workers should be able to bargain collectively. "They need...

                   

Appeal Court set to hear Ontario ban on farm unions violates worker rights

brandonsun.com
May 19, 2008
        

TORONTO - Farm workers barred from unionizing are set to tell Ontario's highest court that the ban violates their rights and should be thrown out as unconstitutional. The long-running battle, involving the United Food and Commercial Workers union and tens of thousands of some of the country's...