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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,...
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Farm workers have Constitutional right to join union, lawyer argues
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
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
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...
Farmers to appeal Ont. ban on farm unions
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
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
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
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
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...
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