"Many Canadians are unaware of the contributions of immigrant women and the injustice this country has done them. The crucial role they play in the Canadian economy has certainly gone unrecognized. A majority of the women are employed as farmworkers, domestic workers or in sweat shops, which are the lowest paid jobs in the Canadian work force...However, the state benefits from the immigrant women because they provide a cheap labour pool that can be manipulated..." - Farmworker newspaper editorial, April, 1981
"Many farmworking women have contacted us on a number of issues regarding the workplace; however, health education is a topic that was presented to us on a constant basis. We encountered a legal case where a farmworking woman was verbally abused by her employer. Currently, we have referred the case to (Matsqui-Abbotsford) Legal Services and it is pending. It was brought to our attention that many farmworkers are unable to make arrangements for childcare and must rely on friends and family for support. In some cases, since there are no daycare facilities available on farms, farmworkers must take their children to work. Farmworkers not only put themselves at risk, but also their children in the fields to harmful farm chemicals and farm machinery." - Matsqui-Abbotsford Community Services Farmworkers' Project, 1994