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Article

15 Mar 2005

Author:
Kirk Makin, Globe and Mail [Canada]

Farm workers take issue with 'useless' law - Labour measure in Ontario offers no rights, protections, union lawyer says [Canada]

When the Supreme Court of Canada gave Ontario's agricultural workers the right to unionize, in a landmark 2001 decision, it looked like an unqualified labour victory. Four years later, however, the disillusioned litigants are accusing the province of Ontario of violating explicit court instructions that granted them union protections and the right to collective bargaining.