Farm Workers In Ontario Case Analysis

Farmworker situation in Ontario

Farm workers in Ontario had been one of the most vulnerable agriculture workers for a long time and farm work continues to be dangerous in Canada. The situation isnt getting any better in Ontario and this needs to change since this had lasted for many years. The way farm workers are being treated are not equal as everyone else, I think farm workers deserve the same rights and equality as everyone else in Canada. Firstly, farm workers deserve to have equal rights and proper treatment just like the majority of workers in Canada because farm workers have been crucial in the production of food in Canada and generates a positive outcome. For example, the production of food close to home generates a positive outlook for local economies, lowers greenhouse gas emissions and promotes Ontario’s food sovereignty
For example, ontario employers have the right to choose the gender and national origin of these workers, and their preferences can change from year to year based on racialized and gendered stereotyping. This situation contradicts Canada’s employment equity laws, and generates a sense of unease and rivalry among the workers and their home countries, who know that they can easily be replaced by another group and also paying Canadian minimum wage to workers who come from impoverished backgrounds, and it also renders them vulnerable to workplace abuse. All these could be easily taken care of with unions but a law gave farm workers no right to unionize because family farms cannot withstand the ill effects of strikes or other work action, and that the short planting and harvesting seasons can be easily devastated by a work stoppage. Therefore farm workers have to struggle with all these without having a chance to unionize to be treated