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A tugboat passes shipping containers being unloaded and stacked on a pier at Port Newark, New Jersey, U.S., November 19, 2021.
Photo: Reuters/Mike Segar/File

Tentative labour deal heads off US port disruption; Trump credited

By Daniel Wiessner, Lisa Baertlein, Reuters January 10, 2025

A tentative labor deal forestalled potentially damaging trade disruptions at three-dozen U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico ports, with both sides in the talks crediting President-elect Donald Trump for clearing the way for them to hammer out a deal on automation.

News, Other

Food and beverage sector sees softening demand for workers

By Geralyn Wichers December 30, 2024

Job vacancies in food and beverage manufacturing fell to 2019 levels this year, but softening demand for workers isn’t necessarily a positive sign says Farm Credit Canada.

News, Reuters

COMMENT: The Temporary Foreign Worker Program is a failure, and new immigration limits make a bad situation worse

December 12, 2024

Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) was seemingly set up to fail. Multiple successive governments have long passed the buck to the next and still none are willing to fix it.

Op/Ed

The inquisition on foreign labour is coming; is agriculture ready for it?

Agriculture will have to have a rock solid case to justify its reliance on foreign labour as the Canadian mood on immigration sours

By Gord Gilmour November 26, 2024

Agriculture will have to have a rock solid case to justify itself and its reliance on foreign labour as the Canadian mood on immigration sours.

Migrant workers clean fields in California’s Salinas Valley on March 30, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)

News, Reuters

US farm groups want Trump to spare their workers from deportation

By Leah Douglas, Reuters November 25, 2024

U.S. farm industry groups want President-elect Donald Trump to spare their sector from his promise of mass deportations, which could upend a food supply chain heavily dependent on immigrants in the United States illegally.

Photo: powerofforever/iStock/Getty Images

News

Immigration minister calls era of “unlimited supply of cheap labour” at an end

By Jonah Grignon November 14, 2024

The era of an “unlimited supply of cheap labour” in Canada is over, says Immigration Minister Marc Miller. According to a report from Global News, Miller said employers may need to start offering higher wages to Canadian workers while speaking to the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade Wednesday.

News

Federal government moves to end disputes at ports of Vancouver and Montreal

Labour board will take a few days to issue order; West Coast union says it will file a legal challenge

By David Ljunggren, Reuters November 12, 2024

Canadian Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon said this morning he had directed the country's labor relations board to order an end to disputes at the ports of Vancouver and Montreal, citing the economic damage inflicted.

File photo of cranes at the Port of Montreal. (Jean-Paul_Lejeune/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets, News

Montreal dockworkers’ union rejects offer; lockout begins

By Reuters November 12, 2024

The Montreal Longshoremen's Union rejected a final offer made for a new labour contract, leading to a lockout being declared, the Maritime Employers Association (MEA) and the union said on Sunday.

News

Pork groups worry on labour hit of tightened immigration

Ottawa's new and stricter tone on immigration has some farm groups worried about the impact it will have on agriculture's existing labour gap

By Alexis Kienlen November 12, 2024

Ottawa’s new and stricter tone on immigration and temporary foreign workers has some farm groups worried about the impact it will have on agriculture’s existing labour gap.

News

Montreal port employers threaten shutdown

By Ed White, Reuters November 8, 2024

Port of Montreal terminal operators have threatened to shut down most operations as of Sunday after providing a "final, comprehensive offer" to the longshore union.

Daily Network News

Canadian Agricultural HR Council gets federal funds for workforce development tools

Farm groups call on agriculture minister to pause federal research cuts

Feed grains weekly: Prices bump up

Tag Archives Labour

Tentative labour deal heads off US port disruption; Trump credited

Food and beverage sector sees softening demand for workers

COMMENT: The Temporary Foreign Worker Program is a failure, and new immigration limits make a bad situation worse

The inquisition on foreign labour is coming; is agriculture ready for it?

US farm groups want Trump to spare their workers from deportation

Immigration minister calls era of “unlimited supply of cheap labour” at an end

Federal government moves to end disputes at ports of Vancouver and Montreal

Montreal dockworkers’ union rejects offer; lockout begins

Pork groups worry on labour hit of tightened immigration

Montreal port employers threaten shutdown

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