Insights and Stories on Labour

Think outside the agriculture box for labour, ag and tech leaders say

Oct. 26, 2023 at 6:35 pm CDT

Ag and tech leaders encouraged employers to think outside the agricultural box when looking to hire workers in order to expand the labour pool. “I’m one of the lucky ones,” said Brenna Mahoney, general manager of Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP). Mahoney entered the industry with no agriculture experience. She had […]

Pilot plan to cut red tape for reliable TFW employers

Aug. 16, 2023 at 7:23 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Federal and provincial ag ministers meet in Fredericton

Jul. 21, 2023 at 4:40 pm CDT

By Don Norman

JBS opens cleaning unit after outside firm fined for hiring kids

May. 4, 2023 at 6:54 pm CDT

By Reuters

CGC, other fed workers to strike Tuesday night if no wage deal reached

Apr. 17, 2023 at 4:03 pm CDT

By Steve Scherer

International farmers may ease Canadian human capital crunch

Apr. 3, 2023 at 8:25 pm CDT

As other nations reduce their agricultural footprints in an effort to boost sustainability, their loss could be Canada’s human capital gain, a new report suggests. “The immigration of scientists, data engineers, and entrepreneurs has been recognized as critical to Canada’s growth. A similar approach needs to be adopted to attract […]

By Manitoba Co-operator staff

Railways push back on feds’ proposed interswitching revival

Mar. 29, 2023 at 9:08 pm CDT

With Easter less than two weeks away, an Easter egg in the federal government’s 2023 budget calls for a new pilot program to again provide Prairie grain shippers with extended interswitching. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s budget, released Tuesday, laid out a list of investments to “further strengthen Canada’s transportation systems […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. to crack down on child labour amid massive uptick

Feb. 27, 2023 at 7:59 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — The Biden administration in the U.S. announced measures to crack down on child labour on Monday amid a steep rise in violations and investigative reports by Reuters and other news outlets on illegal employment of migrant minors in dangerous industries. U.S. officials said the Labor Department […]

By Mica Rosenberg Nandita Bose

Suspect in California farm worker shootings appears in court

Jan. 25, 2023 at 5:29 pm CST

Redwood City, Calif. | Reuters — A California farm worker accused of shooting seven people to death near San Francisco, some of them his co-workers, made his first court appearance on Wednesday after he was charged with murder in the state’s second deadly gun rampage in recent days. Chunli Zhao, […]

By Jorge Garcia

Biden administration makes case for quick Senate vote to avoid rail shutdown

Dec. 1, 2022 at 7:06 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — The Biden administration on Thursday urged the U.S. Senate to quickly pass a bill to block a railroad strike, warning that serious economic disruptions could be felt within days. The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to approve a bill to impose a tentative contract […]

By David Shepardson

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