Not exact matches
The protest will highlight ongoing
human rights abuses faced by the
agricultural workers in Mexico who pick tomatoes for the chain.
In Europe laws that limit the use of
agricultural chemicals and the exposure of
human workers to such chemicals have already made lettuce - weeding robots competitive with
human labor.
«If we can identify where and why these extremely high levels of use are occurring, particularly near
human settlements, policymakers and health
workers can work to reduce extreme exposures near
agricultural communities via information campaigns or farmer outreach,» Larsen explained.
The «one world, one health» initiative is an effort to boost and coordinate surveillance for potentially dangerous viruses and other pathogens that can mix and jump among livestock, birds,
agricultural workers and the broader
human community.
UFCW Canada argued the section of the Code violated freedom of association rights under both the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Quebec Charter of
Human Rights and Freedoms because it denies
agricultural workers employed on farms that have three or less employees, the right to join a union and bargain successfully.