For those who know a bit about their own labour legislation, I have a question...

[La Femme Fatale]

Okay, so I'm a bit stuck on something and I'd like to see if anyone here could lend a hand. I'm doing a bit of research right now on agriculture tribunals. Here in Ontario, we have a Labour Relations Act which establishes basic employment rights for the majority of workers (union, collective bargaining, striking, certification, arbitration, wages, overtime, minimum wage, hours worked, severence pay, vacation, maternity leave, etc etc). However, agricultural farm workers are excluded from this Act. Instead, they have the Agricultural Employees Protection Act for the same purpose - only, this act does not allow workers to form or join a union. Each Act has a board and a tribunal for dealing with grievances. I was wondering who else here lives in a country with a similar system (where agricultural workers have an act separate from other workers). If so, what's the Act called? I've already found California but I need a few others.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can answer. I will be forever in your debt!

 

[Romero]

In Norway everyone are free to join a union, this right was won a really long time ago, perhaps before WWII. I'm pretty sure agricultural workers have the same rights as anyone else. Sorry, I don't think you owe me much for this tiny answer....

 

[La Femme Fatale]

No worries, thanks for responding. I'm soo stuck I don't know what to do - I can't find ANY system that remotely resembles Canada's wacky mess.

 

[cheezMcNASTY]

I don't think we have that in Ohio... I'm a bit curious where farmers would fit into any system, really.
Always thought of them as entrepreneurs unless they were hired to work on someone else's farm of course.

 

[VP-70]

Afternoon Femme,

I'm not going to be much help on this one, as i'm utterly ****tered from my nightshift, but, i have found this.

http://www.scottishlaw.org.uk/lawscotland/agriculture.html

http://www.nfuonline.com/

I know here in Scotland, Anybody is free to join a union, but thanks to Mrs Thatcher, she took away alot of the unions punching power ( right or wrong is a matter of opinion ) so these days they really are just a voice box with the odd strike, unlike what they used to be, which was a body of people who could halt the entire machine.

I haven't read into it, but i'd imagine Scotland would have something of a mirror image to Canada as both countries, used to be very close, but with the rise of European Law i wonder if there is a dualism between your canadian law and european law.

Obviously that line of work is very unique in the world and doesn't really fit the modern world of , paste,send,delete in office work, so i'd think the Contracts of such work would wave away alot of things, alot like my contract does... I think ( its been a while since i checked ) 40 hrs is the maximum you can work a week, or its the maximum you can work without having to sign a contract that allows you to break that limit ?

My brain is fried this afternoon, but it's something along those lines.

Hope the links are of some use.

 

[La Femme Fatale]

Oddly enough, from what I've found so far, Canada's employment policies seem to mirror America's, not the UK's. The US is the only country I've found so far with a separate policy regime for agricultural workers, so I'm guessing it had to have come from there.

 

[Romero]

so I'm guessing it had to have come from there.

Lmao that sad face!

It's almost like hearing, "things that are not so great comes from the brother in south."
(I know it's true when we talk about labor rights, they are much better in Europe.)

But at least the US got their Second Amendment and excellent cakes! That's something I wish we had. (And many other things too.)