{"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 Ford has the necessary tools to address long standing issues raised by farm workers. These are not new issues. It’s time to act. Immediate and urgent measures are required to end the structural violence farm workers endure as a result of legal exclusions that exist within Ontario\u2019s legislative framework.<\/p>\n J4MW also reiterates our longstanding demands for: permanent status on arrival for migrant farm workers, an end to unilateral repatriations and disbarment, and equal access to entitlements such as EI and CPP.<\/p>\n Justice for Migrant Workers (J4MW) is an all volunteer collective that consists of current and former workers, labour and community activists and scholars who advocate for fairness, dignity and respect for agricultural workers.<\/p>\n Chris Ramsaroop (Justicia for Migrant Workers) Tel 647-834-4932 \/ Email: j4mw.on@gmail.com<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n Taneeta Doma (Justicia for Migrant Workers & Migrant Farmworker Clinic) Tel 647-544-2758 \/ Email: j4mw.owp@gmail.com<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n \n
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