Crash highlights need for more regulation of migrant workers
Posted Feb 7, 2012 11:33:47 AM.
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The United Food and Commercial workers is extending condolences to the family of the victims of yesterday’s horrific crash in Hampstead, west of Kitchener.
Stan Raper of the U.F.C.W tells 1310News, this highlights the need for change. “They’re away from their families for eight months to four years…it’s a horrible way to provide for your family”.
Raper says the mode of transportation for migrant workers on farms has been a concern. “In some cases, the vehicle’s in pretty poor shape”. At this point of the investigation, it’s not known if the condition of the van played a part.
Raper tells 1310News, “we need to put in some regulations dealing with the hours of work under the Employment Standards Act and how workers are transported”.
This crash is thought to be the worst involving migrants in Canadian history.
