THE FARM LABOUR POOL NIAGARA
FREE SERVICES (open year round)

Serving the Agricultural and Horticultural community of Niagara since 1996

Do you need employees for:
- Casual work: harvesting fruits, vegetable or flowers (other)?
- Relief work: in the dairy and poultry industries (other)?
- Seasonal work: greenhouse, nursery, vineyard and orchards (other)?
- Permanent work: greenhouse, nursery, vineyard, orchards, poultry, dairy, livestock, landscape, machine operators, infrastructure maintenance, shipper / receiver, drivers (delivery or long haul) (other)?

We have a database full of people who are looking to work in the Horticultural and Agricultural community of Niagara.

We will post your job to our web site and also post your job on our Job Boards in our St. Catharines office and in our outreach offices in Welland, Grimsby and Smithville.

Contact the St. Catharines office for all your needs. Call (905) 684-3276 or stop into our office.

Wage Rates For 2008 (as of Mar. 31, 2008)
THESE ARE MINIMUM RATES AS DEFINED BY THE EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ACT NOT NECESSARILY THE GOING RATES BEING OFFERED

Students Under 18: $8.20/hr
*piece rates do not apply to students

Adults: $8.75/hr

Strawberries:
$0.44/quart
$2.82/ 8 quart flat
$2.15/ 6 quart flat

Sweet Cherries:
$1.97/ 6-quart basket with stems
$1.82/ 6-quart basket without stems
$3.37/ 11-quart basket with stems
$3.08/ 11-quart basket without stems

Sour Cherries:
$1.82/ 6-quart basket
$3.08/ 11-quart basket

Pears:
$1.74/bushel

Raspberries:
$0.47/pint

Grapes:
$1.62/ bushel
$1.94/ winery container
$1.30/ 12 litre master (6x2 or 3x4)
$1.65/ 8 x 2 litre master

Grape Pruning:
$0.41 - 0.49 pc rate
or must make equivalent of minimum hourly rate

Grape Tying:
$0.29 - 0.34 pc rate
or must make equivalent of minimum hourly rate

THESE ARE MINIMUM RATES AS DEFINED BY THE EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ACT NOT NECESSARILY THE GOING RATES BEING OFFERED
Check out the 'Employment Standards Act'