Insights and Stories on Workers

Farmers to know soon whether new wage supports work for them

Apr. 15, 2020 at 8:31 pm CDT

Ottawa — Agricultural employers may soon find out whether changes to the Canada Summer Jobs program, and other new federal supports on the way, will result in more workers for the sector. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Wednesday said officials are reviewing requests from employers to see which ones […]

‘Elbow to elbow:’ North America’s meat plant workers fall ill, walk off jobs

Apr. 13, 2020 at 11:21 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel Tom Polansek

Canada’s pork sector up to speed, aware of challenges

Apr. 3, 2020 at 2:02 pm CDT

By Alexis Kienlen

Farming deemed essential in new federal pandemic guidance

Apr. 2, 2020 at 3:29 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

Ottawa expected to ‘officially’ declare ag an essential service

Mar. 30, 2020 at 10:47 am CDT

By Allan Dawson

CN starts calling back laid-off employees

Feb. 28, 2020 at 11:09 pm CST

Montreal | Reuters — Canadian National Railway has started calling back many of the 450 workers it laid off earlier this month in Eastern Canada, when blockades crippled operations on strategic rail lines, according to a company email sent to customers Friday. Earlier this week, police made 10 arrests and […]

By Allison Lampert

Farm labour shortage seen costing billions, expected to rise

Jun. 25, 2019 at 3:41 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s farm labour deficit is expected to double by 2029 to 123,000 workers, or one in three jobs, as shortages continue to hit the sector’s bottom line, the Canadian Agriculture Human Resource Council said on Tuesday. Farmers in Canada have long reported challenges in recruiting farm […]

By Reuters

Brexit crisis tipped for British asparagus

Mar. 18, 2019 at 5:09 am CDT

Ross-on-Wye, England | Reuters — For almost 100 years, Chris Chinn’s family has farmed asparagus in the rolling hills of the Wye Valley in western England. This year, he fears uncertainty around Britain’s departure from the European Union will keep his eastern European workers away and the asparagus will stay […]

By James Davey Kate Holton

Sharp differences over labour surface at NAFTA trade talks

Sep. 4, 2017 at 1:56 am CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Tensions over sharp differences in pay between Mexican workers and their Canadian and U.S. counterparts surfaced on Sunday as negotiators discussed labour market rules in talks to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement. Canada’s biggest private-sector union said NAFTA should be scrapped if Mexico […]

By Dave Graham Sharay Angulo

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