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Canada’s food system requires urgent reforms, says food workers’ union in new report on migrant agricultural workers

Toronto – December 17, 2025 – UFCW Canada, the country’s leading advocate for agricultural workers for over 30 years, has released its annual report on the Status of Migrant Agricultural Workers in Canada, calling for urgent reforms to Canada’s food system.

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Union and Employer Groups Unite in Call for a New Immigration Pathway for Canada’s Food Sector

Union and Employer Groups Unite in Call for a New Immigration Pathway for Canada’s Food Sector

Ottawa – October 27, 2025 – Employer organizations and the largest union for Canada’s food processing sector are jointly calling on the federal government to create a new, dedicated immigration pathway that provides a route to permanent residency for essential jobs in the food sector.

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UFCW Canada partners with Ecojustice to mount legal challenge to ensure health and safety of farm workers

Leamington, Ont. – June 9, 2025 – UFCW Canada has launched a new legal case challenging Health Canada’s unlawful failure to protect agricultural workers by not enforcing safety data sheet requirements under the federal Pest Control Products Act (PCPA). Without access to critical information about the chemicals they are handling, agricultural workers are unable to protect themselves from hazardous pesticides at work.

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UFCW Canada supports new report calling for national housing standards for migrant agricultural workers

UFCW Canada supports new report calling for national housing standards for migrant agricultural workers

Toronto – May 9, 2025 – UFCW Canada is proud to support the release of a groundbreaking new report calling for the establishment of enforceable national housing standards for migrant agricultural workers across Canada. 

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Farmworkers at Highline Mushrooms Break Ground with Industry-Leading Union Agreement

Farmworkers at Highline Mushrooms Break Ground with Industry-Leading Union Agreement

Abbotsford, B.C. – December 19, 2024 – Unionized workers at Highline Mushrooms have overwhelmingly voted in favour of ratifying their first union contract, which will bring life-changing improvements to hundreds of temporary foreign workers.

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UFCW increases capacity building for migrant workers – International Migrants Day 2024

December 18 - International Migrants Day

Mexico City, Mex. – December 17, 2024 – December 18 marks International Migrants Day, a day to recognize the contributions of migrants; in Canada, migrant workers are crucial to our economy and our food security.

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