Tag: labor

Last week, the Canadian Produce Marketing Association participated in a call with the Supply Chain Office of the Government of Canada to assess the potential implications of a rail disruption which could arise in the coming days.

Nearly 400 workers at five Highline Mushrooms farms in British Columbia have joined United Food and Commercial Workers 1518.

CFIB data found that three in 10 agri-businesses hired foreign workers in 2023. The reliance on foreign workers is even more pronounced in certain regions.

150 migrant agricultural workers at the four Highline Mushrooms factory farms in Abbotsford have unionized and joined United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1518.

Hundreds from across the produce and floral supply chain convened this week in the nation’s capital, June 10-12, for the Washington Conference hosted by the International Fresh Produce Association.

A strategy has developed regarding labor that has a chance of working: Our problems are about labor not immigration.

A decreased domestic labor pool, increased reliance on the H-2A Visa program, and the program’s flawed wage calculation have dramatically impacted the cost and availability of labor, pricing U.S. growers out of the market.

Presto Automation Inc., one of the largest AI and automation technology providers to the restaurant industry, today announced that it has been collaborating with Taco John’s and Qu to implement a Presto Voice drive-thru pilot at select Taco John’s restaurants.

IFPA will launch a labor activation at this year’s Washington Conference, building on the success of the WIC Basket activation which contributed to a fully funded WIC fruit and vegetable benefit this spring.

Publicity and social engagement throughout the agricultural industry involved politicians, government agencies, schools and businesses.