UVa law students helping migrant farm workers | Daily Progress
While many University of Virginia law students spend their evenings stressing about internships or logging countless hours in the library, members of the Migrant Farmworker Project are putting their knowledge of the law to use ensuring that the region’s migrant workers are being treated fairly and paid in compliance with the law.
As Ontarians prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving, the migrant farm workers who harvest their seasonal produce are organizing to demand justice against exploitative labour conditions and unfair immigration practices. On October 2, migrant workers will bring their demands to the Ontario Ministry of Labour in Toronto in an unprecedented action. Who: Justicia for Migrant Workers
JUSTICIA FOR MIGRANT WORKERS | SUNDAY – Migrant Workers Bring Caravan for Justice into Toronto
A migrant workers group practically relived the lives of escaped U.S. slaves as they followed the route their “forebears” in spirit took along the Underground Railway passing through Brantford.
Many of about 60 members of the Migrant Worker Solidarity Caravan for Justice, Respect and Dignity felt compelled to cover their mouths with scarves and don hoods as they gathered on Sunday morning inside S.R. Drake Memorial BME Church on Murray Street, just north of Dalhousie Street.
Migrant workers caravan stops in Brantford – Brantford Expositor – Ontario, CA
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