Sentences with phrase «migrant farm workers making»

In 2014, there were 567,077 migrant workers employed in Canada, with migrant farm workers making up 12 per cent of Canada's agricultural workforce.

In 2014, there were 567,077 migrant workers employed in Canada, with migrant farm workers making up 12 per cent of Canada's agricultural workforce.

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However, a little reflection on the plight of the migrant farm workers (life expectancy 49, annual income for a family of four $ 2,400, poisoning from pesticide in 15 of every 100 workers, death from T.B. and other infectious diseases 260 percent higher than the national average, infant and maternal mortality 125 percent higher, and not even toilets or drinking water in the fields) makes one reluctant to head for the comfort of the car and home.

However, even as it dismissed the application, the HRTO made several important findings about the dimensions of precariousness faced by migrant farm workers:

The program also provides job preparation and placement assistance (including workshops on job - seeking skills, resume writing, interviewing, and Internet job - search) to job seekers at WorkForce Centers throughout Minnesota, with special efforts made to serve unemployment insurance applicants, veterans, migrant and seasonal farm workers, and new entrants in the labor market.