Bill 6, the government of Alberta’s contentious farm workers’ safety legislation, sparked public debate as no other legislation has done in recent years. The Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act provides a right to work...
Agricultural laborers--Social conditions
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Author:McDonald, Shirley A., Barnetson, Bob, Broadway, Michael J., Bucklaschuk, Jill, Contractor, Delna, Dunlop, Darlene A., Hambly (Takasugi), Brynna, Hamm, Zane, Kennett, Paul, Koshan, Jennifer, Lau, C. F. Andrew, Martinelli, J. Graham, McIntyre, Robin C., Medeiros, Nelson, Preibisch, Kerry, Rolfe, Heidi, Tomic, Patricia, Trumper, Ricardo, Turner, Kay ElizabethSummary: - Author:Barnetson, Bob, 1970-, McDonald, Shirley Ann, 1953-Summary:
Farm workers are the faceless multitudes driving agriculture production. Many workers--men, women, and children--are injured and even killed at work. In nine essays, contributors to Farm Workers in Western Canada look at the origin,...
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Author:Addison, LincolnSummary:South African agriculture is characterized by growing labour unrest, evinced in recent years by high-profile strikes, but little is known about the sources and forms of day-to-day struggle. In Chiefs of the Plantation Lincoln Addison...
