Description: Three migrant farm workers are suing the federal government and their former employer after allegedly being thrown out of the country without explanation.
Source: Globe and Mail
Date: 11/24/2011
Related links:
- CBC story
- UFCW Canada press release
- The law firm representing the workers, Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP
- Tigchelaar Berry Farms
- Seasonal Agriculture Worker Program
- Community Legal Services of Niagara South
- Agriculture Workers Alliance
- UFCW Canada
Questions for discussion:
- Summarize the workers’ claim.
- What are some of the challenges this suit might face?
- Summarize the worker/employer arrangement under the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program.
- Do you think the terms of this program are fair?
- Why or why not?
- Do you think non-Canadians should have rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
- Why or why not?