Manitoba Pork and the Canadian pork council are lobbying the Canadian and Manitoba government for strategies to protect the sector from U.S. tariffs.
Pork sector worries tariffs will hit labour pool
Keeping workers available for post-tariff recovery a key goal
Employers of temporary foreign workers got more fines, bans in 2024
Employment and Social Development Canada handed out $2.1 million in financial penalties to employers of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) between April and September 2024. This was more than double the fines given in the same period of 2023, according to a federal news release.
Immigrant US farmworkers prepare for Trump mass deportation plan
Immigrant farmworkers are preparing for incoming U.S. president Donald Trump's promise of mass deportations, including by assigning guardians for their children if they are detained, according to groups providing them legal support.
US chicken, pork plant workers face higher health risks, USDA studies confirm
Workers in U.S. chicken and pork plants face higher risks than other manufacturing workers for musculoskeletal disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome, according to two studies the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued on Friday.
Canadian election could short agriculture in 2025
Reading Time: 6 minutes Farmers will go to the polls during the 2025 Canadian federal election this year, but its not clear how signficantly the issues driving agriculture will feature in party platforms.
Tentative labour deal heads off US port disruption; Trump credited
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.
Food and beverage sector sees softening demand for workers
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.
COMMENT: The Temporary Foreign Worker Program is a failure, and new immigration limits make a bad situation worse
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.
US farm groups want Trump to spare their workers from deportation
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.
Immigration minister calls era of “unlimited supply of cheap labour” at an end
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.
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