AWA Virgil and Simcoe Offices host their Annual Open Houses

AWA Virgil and Simcoe Offices host their Annual Open Houses

On July 8^th and July 10^th the AWA Offices of Simcoe and Virgil respectively held their annual Open Houses in order to welcome migrant farm workers from the Caribbean, Mexico, Guatemala and other countries back into their regions for the 2011 season.

Both centres had an amazing turn out of worker at their events. Virgil’s event was also highlighted by the participation of OPRIG, CUPE Local from Brock University and by the presence of Father Hernan Astudillo from San Lorenzo’s Anglican Church in Toronto. The festivities culminated with Father Astudillo celebrating a service for the workers at the end of the event.

The AWA team would like to thank UFCW Canada Local 175/633 for providing the centres with their BBQ trailer.

Workers pose for a group picture at the AWA Simcoe Centre

Banner displayed at the AWA Virgil Centre

Visit our web site for more pictures of these two events and many more.

AWA - Virgil Office Open House

Migrant workers applaud Grapes of Wrath

Recently, fact met fiction when two dozen migrant farm workers in southern Ontario attended a theatre performance of The Grapes of Wrath at the Stratford Festival. The play is adapted from John Steinbech's acclaimed 1939 American novel of the same name, which went on to win both a Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize for Literature for its portrayal of the abuse and hardship faced by migrant farm workers during the Great Depression.

Read more here.