Locked-Out XL Staff Keep Talking

Talks have been scheduled in an effort to resolve a labour dispute between XL Foods and the company’s unionized members represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1400, an official with the union confirmed Sept. 29. “We have notified officials with XL Foods that the unionized members would like to get back to

Employment standards now apply to agriculture

Don Allan was trying to persuade his audience that Manitoba’s new provincial employment standards increase protection for employees working in agriculture. But one producer was having none of it. “It’s not equal between the employee and the employer,” the man insisted. “Workers have more rights than the employer. It’s ridiculous.” Overall, though, his was one


V-day for farm workers in Ontario

The recent victory in the Ontario Court of Appeal allowing farm workers to form unions and bargain collectively comes after a long, protracted, and exhausting battle to give them the same rights as other workers. Farm workers carry out some of the most dangerous, difficult, and dirty jobs in the country, under conditions most Canadians