Listed below is a collection of articles about migrant workers published throughout this past month.
The list is meant as a resource and the views expressed in the articles do not necessarily reflect those of NMWIG or its members.
- Kelly, Alana. "Picker 'Out of Her Mind'". Castanet, 8 August 2017.
- Coles, Penny. "Peach Pickers Picnic Organized for Farm Workers". Niagara Advance, 9 August 2017.
- Rosts, Scott. "Niagara Workers Welcome Set to Host Inaugural Picnic". Niagara This Week, 10 August 2017.
- Brend, Yvette. "Smoky B.C. Air Felling Foreign Berry Pickers, Advocates Sound Alarm". CBC News, 12 August 2017.
- Levin, Dan. "Foreign Farmworkers in Canada Fear Deportation if They Complain". New York Times, 13 August 2017.
- Hayes, Kelly. "Naked Migrant Worker Attack May Have Been Fueled by Drugs". Global News, 14 August 2017.
- Paradkar, Shree. "NGOs Tell UN Panel Canada is Failing on Ending Racism". Toronto Star, 14 August 2017.
- "Worker Killed in Farming Accident". Simcoe Reformer, 15 August 2017.
- Shreve, Ellwood. "Chatham-Kent Considering Affordable Housing Options". Chatham Daily News, 15 August 2017.
- Sonnenberg, Monte. "Roll-Over Victim Farm Worker From Jamaica". Simcoe Reformer, 16 August 2017.
- "Beloved Jamaican Farm Worker Dies in Freak Accident in Canada". Loop News, 17 August 2017.
- Berry, Anna. "Across Canada and U.S., Migrant Farm Workers are Increasingly at Risk". Nonprofit Quarterly, 18 August 2017.
- Mayer, Tiffany. "The Hands That Feed Us: Kennedy Williams". St. Catharines Standard, 21 August 2017.
- Waters, Alistair. "West Kelowna to Tackle Temporary Farm Worker Housing Issue". Kelowna Capital News, 23 August 2017.
- "Farm Workers Protected by Same Rights as Canadians".Jamaica Observer, 23 August 2017.
- Brend, Yvette. "Mexican Farm Worker Says He Was Told Heart Attack Symptoms Caused by 'Too Much Chili'". CBC News, 26 August 2017.
- "Here's My Canada: Rights for Migrant Workers". Here's My Canada, 26 August 2017.
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