Agriculture Workers Alliance - Alianza de Trabajadores Agrícolas

04/19/2026

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My name is Sonthaya Naphai, and I am writing on behalf of myself and … Victor Choke needs your support for Help Fire Victims Rebuild Their Lives in Aldergrove

12/21/2025

05/09/2025

UFCW Canada is proud to support the release of a groundbreaking national report calling for enforceable housing standards for migrant agricultural workers in Canada. Backed by decades of research and advocacy, this report sets out bold, consensus-based recommendations to end the substandard, unsafe, and undignified housing conditions too many workers still face. As part of a just and lasting solution, UFCW Canada also calls for a transition to broader-based and sectoral bargaining models—so workers can have a real voice across the entire agri-food industry.

It’s time to raise the bar. Every worker deserves a safe, private, and healthy place to call home.

Read the full report: https://farmworkerhousing.ca/national-housing-standards/

12/07/2024

Premier Ford can effectively tackle labour exploitation! Vulnerable workers must be guaranteed the right to Freedom of Association, all agricultural workers must be included in the ON Labour Relations Act.

'Just a number' — Migrant worker faces deportation after losing finger at Ess*x County greenhouse

https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/just-a-number-migrant-worker-faces-deportation-after-losing-finger-at-kingsville-greenhouse

11/28/2024

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The Niagara Migrant Workers Interest Group (NMWIG) is launching… Niagara Migrant Workers Interest Group needs your support for Help Staphel Fight for His Life

07/05/2024

‘Monumental’: Migrant workers at mushroom farms join union reports the Toronto Star after nearly 170 migrant workers at four mushroom farms have unionized, joining UFCW 1518.

This union certification at Highline Mushrooms is a monumental achievement, inspiring hope for fair treatment across the global agri-food industry.

“We want to be treated as equals,” said Eneida Montoya, a mother of two from Guatemala, who has been coming to work in Canada since 2008 and started at Highline more than three years ago.

“We’re looking for representation to exercise our rights. We want to stop living under the fear of being terminated and sent home.”

06/19/2024

Historic win of these courageous migrant workers, welcome to the UFCW Canada family ✊

150 migrant agricultural workers at the four Highline Mushrooms factory farms in Abbotsford have unionized and joined United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1518.

06/16/2024

Exciting news from British Columbia!

Agricultural workers at four Highline Mushrooms factory farms are have applied to join UFCW Canada. This reflects their determination to enhance working conditions and marks a significant milestone for migrant agricultural workers in Canada.

“We want to join the union because we want fairer treatment, support in case of accidents at work, stable schedules, safe housing, and recall rights. We want to have a voice,” says Karen, union activist, “We want a workplace free of dangers, with fair treatment and job stability.”

“For the past three decades UFCW has been the leading force in helping migrant workers exercise their fundamental rights,” says Shawn Haggerty, National President of UFCW Canada. “Labour rights are human rights, and we will be proud to welcome Highline Mushroom workers into our UFCW family.”

More here (via IUF: The food, farm, hotels and more global union): https://www.iuf.org/news/canada-mushroom-farm-workers-in-fyffes-family-move-to-join-union/

06/04/2024

05/24/2024

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01/09/2024

Two years after his vineyard operating company was fined $90,000 in connection with an immigration fraud scheme, South Okanagan businessman Randy Toor is now under investigation for an alleged s*x assault last month on a migrant worker employed at one his farms.

Those with information should contact the Oliver RCMP detachment at 250-498-3422 and quote file No. 2023-5996. The release notes Spanish interpreters are available.

https://www.pentictonherald.ca/news/article_891388f6-ae63-11ee-95b8-f375c2c1f0e0.html