{"id":116333,"date":"2023-07-10T15:04:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T19:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d5t8g5d.farmpresstheme.com\/agro\/justice-for-migrant-workers-ford-must-enact-emergency-measures-to-address-heat-stress-and-climate-crisis-in-ontarios-farm-worker-community\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T15:04:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T19:04:00","slug":"justice-for-migrant-workers-ford-must-enact-emergency-measures-to-address-heat-stress-and-climate-crisis-in-ontarios-farm-worker-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d5t8g5d.farmpresstheme.com\/agro\/justice-for-migrant-workers-ford-must-enact-emergency-measures-to-address-heat-stress-and-climate-crisis-in-ontarios-farm-worker-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice for Migrant Workers: Ford Must Enact Emergency Measures To Address Heat Stress And Climate Crisis In Ontario\u2019s Farm Worker Community"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\/EIN News<\/a>\/ — TORONTO, July 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Justice for Migrant Workers (J4MW) is demanding immediate emergency protections for the tens of thousands of agricultural workers employed in Ontario. The Ford government must end its inaction and enact protections to address occupational health and safety hazards such as heat stress, poor air quality, and chemical and pesticide exposure. Ontario provides no industry-specific regulations for agricultural workers, exacerbating an already crisis-level situation. To continue this inaction, to ignore the voices of farm workers and to subject a predominantly racialized workforce to differential treatment is the classic definition of environmental racism.<\/p>\n

Farm workers are raising the alarm regarding the hazards of air quality as well as the sweltering heat both in greenhouses and in the fields. Several workers have raised fears of the long term consequences of poor air quality resulting from the forest fires. Other workers are demanding action against the sweltering heat and potential health implications.<\/p>\n

Justice for Migrant Workers (J4MW) is demanding the implementation of emergency measures including:<\/p>\n