COVID-19 among migrant farmworkers in Canada employment strain in a transnational context

Vosko, Leah F.,, Basok, Tanya,, Spring, Cynthia,, Candiz, Guillermo, and George, Glynis,

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: This study analyzes the conditions that migrant farmworkers in Canada endured prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic (January 2020-March 2022). It draws on policy analysis and open-ended interviews with workers in Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), as well as non-status migrants employed in agriculture. It evaluates policies and measures adopted by Canadian authorities to address labour shortages in agriculture and protect the health of migrant farmworkers.

Keywords: agricultural workers.; migrant workers.; COVID-19; working conditions; hazardous work; labour shortage; precarious employment; occupational safety; occupational health; occupational injury (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 1 online resource (64 p.) pages
Date: 2022
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