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Viterra workers suspend strike to vote on new offer

Workers will be working to rule during the voting period

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Today, Grain and General Services Union workers employed by Viterra in Saskatchewan said they will vote on the grain handling company's latest final offer over the next two weeks. Locals 1 and 2, representing country operations and head office staff, respectively, were set to walk out at 2 p.m. today if a deal had not been reached.
Brenna Mahoney, general manager of Keystone Agriculture Producers, speaks during a panel discussion at the Agriculture Enlightened conference in Winnipeg on Oct. 26. (Geralyn Wichers photo)
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Think outside the agriculture box for labour, ag and tech leaders say

Agriculture in the Classroom is reaching non-farming students with inspiration for ag jobs, panelists say

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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 training in human resources and
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Training on tap to fill farm labour gaps between ag and tech

The ‘agri-programmer’ may be on its way

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Say there’s trouble with the automated GIS and mapping features on the tractor, but you can’t find a tech with enough knowledge to offer help. It’s a simple example of the kind of employment gaps that keep farmers up at night, and that prevent their adoption of new technology, said the manager of an “upskilling”
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Pilot plan to cut red tape for reliable TFW employers

Farm employers can apply starting next month

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Canada’s temporary foreign worker (TFW) program is set to give farms a head start in an express lane expected to cut the annual paperwork for that program’s most “trusted employers.” Federal Employment and Workforce Development Minister Randy Boissonault last week launched a three-year pilot meant to “help to address labour shortages and reduce the administrative
Federal, provincial and territorial ministers of agriculture at their annual conference in Fredericton, New Brunswick in July 2023. Photo: AAFC
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Federal and provincial ag ministers meet in Fredericton

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Environmental issues remain a hot topic for provincial agriculture ministers. That and sustainable agriculture dominated discussions during the recent federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) agriculture ministers meeting in Fredericton, N.B. The annual conference was held from July 19-21. The focus on sustainable agriculture tracks, as this is the first time the ministers have met since
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Tyson Foods announces layoffs

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Reuters – Tyson Foods, which is seeking to cut costs, will lay off 228 corporate employees in Illinois who declined to relocate to the meatpacker’s Arkansas headquarters, the company confirmed June 13. The company said it will eliminate 177 positions from an office in downtown Chicago and 51 positions in Downers Grove, a suburb of
Employers can’t find workers and have a hard time attracting them due to their rural location, type of work and wages.
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Better pay, better opportunities: labour report

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada got comments from agriculture, food and labour groups about workforce challenges

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Pay workers more, increase benefits and provide more education and training for potential workers to improve the ag industry’s labour prospects. That’s a summary of comments from groups who responded to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s “What We Heard” report, released May 18, on the federal agricultural labour strategy. AAFC spent the last year surveying industry
Brazilian meatpacker JBS SA’s logo on a tower in Jundiai, northwest of Sao Paulo in southeastern Brazil, on June 1, 2017. (File photo: Reuters/Paulo Whitaker)
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JBS opens cleaning unit after outside firm fined for hiring kids

Company says has cut ties to cleaning contractor

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Chicago | Reuters — JBS USA, one of the biggest U.S. meatpackers, is creating an internal company to clean some of its processing plants after a private sanitation firm it employed was accused of hiring children for dangerous work. The launch shows the complexities involved in replacing Packers Sanitation Services Inc. (PSSI), a firm that
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International farmers may ease Canadian human capital crunch

A global retirement crunch is coming and Canada is ill prepared, report says

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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 farmers,” the authors wrote. The

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