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DOWN ON THE FARM Migrant workers say living and working conditions are simply unfair
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Oral Honeyghan days after his finger required surgery when a machete nearly severed the digit off. The accident occurred when the workers were told to work after dark with poor lighting, according to their story.
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- Alva Gayle unsuitable for living. “You have to deal with us more decent like human beings, we’re not
animals,” says Gayle. “Even animals get better treatment than us up here.” Gayle and eight other migrant
farm workers from Jamaica live in a unit past the west edge of Yarrow while they work on a nearby farm harvesting broccoli, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts. They are a part of the Canadian government’s seasonal agricultural worker program (SAWP) which allows employers to hire temporary { See FARM, page A16 }
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lva Gayle walks around the cramped quarters he lives in, pointing out the large patches of mould on the ceilings and around the windows, the leaking kitchen sink, the flooded bathroom floor and many other conditions he says are
“You have to deal with us more decent, like human beings; we’re not animals. Even animals get better treatment than us up here.”
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