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Quebec court upholds farm workers' right to bargain
Seasonal farm workers have right to unionize, rules Quebec Superior Court
The Superior Court of Quebec has upheld a lower court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a section of the Quebec Labour Code that denied collective bargaining rights to workers on farms that have three or fewer employees working on a year-round basis. The law, challenged by the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada union, had kept thousands of seasonal workers on Quebec farms from being able to effectively unionize and bargain.
Agricultural workers in many provinces are granted fewer workplace protections than employees in other sectors. In Alberta, for instance, they aren't even covered by the province's Occupational Health and Safety Act.
The Superior Court of Quebec has upheld a lower court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a section of the Quebec Labour Code that denied collective bargaining rights to workers on farms that have three or fewer employees working on a year-round basis. The law, challenged by the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada union, had kept thousands of seasonal workers on Quebec farms from being able to effectively unionize and bargain.
Agricultural workers in many provinces are granted fewer workplace protections than employees in other sectors. In Alberta, for instance, they aren't even covered by the province's Occupational Health and Safety Act.
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/lori-theresa-waller/2013/03/labour-news-week-quebec-court-upholds-farm-workers-right-
