Benefits From Canadian Workers Programme Welcomed

Benefits From Canadian Workers Programme Welcomed

(Stock Photo) Government welcomes the myriad benefits which Barbadians bring annually from working on Canadian farm labour programmes. Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, Colin Jordan, emphasized this today as he addressed the start of a 2019 Review...
Workers Encouraged To Be Ambassadors In Canada

Workers Encouraged To Be Ambassadors In Canada

Workers picking apples on one of the farms. (GP) Barbadians who journey to Canada to work in the Seasonal Agricultural Workers’ Programme or Temporary Farm Workers’ Programme have been encouraged to continue being ambassadors for their country. The call came today...
Minister’s Assurance For Retrenched Persons

Minister’s Assurance For Retrenched Persons

Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, Colin Jordan, has given the assurance that persons interested in employment overseas will be facilitated. He was speaking at a press conference on the work and effort of the Labour Department and his Ministry last...
Farm Labour Programme Holding Its Own

Farm Labour Programme Holding Its Own

The future viability of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers’ Programme in light of recent changes by the Canadian government will be high on the agenda, when local and regional government officials and Canadian seasonal farm labour employers meet over the next few days....
Benefits From Canadian Workers Programme Welcomed

B’dos To Host Seasonal Workers’ Meeting

The Ministry of Labour will be hosting the 2017 Annual Review Meeting of the Canada/Caribbean Seasonal Agricultural Workers’ Programme from November 19 to 24. In recognition of the 50th Anniversary of Barbados’ participation in the Seasonal Workers’ Programme, a...

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