Canada's seasonal migrant workers need a place at annual negotiations : Advocates

Canada's seasonal migrant workers need a place at annual negotiations : Advocates

Canada and countries of the Caribbean are negotiating in Jamaica this week to set out the annual terms of the Canada-Caribbean Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP). The program was established 60 years ago and since 2023, 75,000 workers a year have been employed in Canada, primarily in the country’s agricultural sector. An organization that advocates for migrant workers said workers are not consulted or represented in the negotiations and…

Caribbean Farm Workers Demand Major Canadian Reforms - The Caribbean Camera

Migrant agricultural workers from the Caribbean are pressing Canada and participating governments to overhaul the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program, arguing that decades of negotiations have failed to adequately address their working conditions, legal rights and welfare. The demand comes as Jamaica hosts the 2026 Canada-Caribbean Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (CCSAWP) Annual Review meeting in Ocho […]