Ont migrant worker wins $23,500 rights award

A St. Lucian migrant worker employed at a farm near Kingsville, Ontario has been awarded $23,500 because his employer called him a “monkey on a branch.”  Adrian Montrose was employed at a greenhouse at Double Diamond Acres Ltd. in 2009 under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program. The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal validated Mr. Montrose’s complaint and levied the penalty against the Windsor-area farm.