Preface

• Author: Fay Faraday; Judy Fudge; Eric Tucker
• Pages: 9-9

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PREFACE

Like all books, this one is simultaneously a collective endeavour and

a deeply personal undertaking. Without our contributors, who put

aside other projects and personal obligations to meet tight deadlines,

this book would not exist. Our dedicated publisher, Jeffrey Miller,

and superb editor, Lesley Steeve, ensured that this is a timely book,

and one that we are conf‌ident will stand the test of time. Vincenzo

Pietropaolo’s wonderful photographs provide a special tribute to

the thousands of migrant workers who produce the food we eat and

sell in Ontario. Our diligent research assistants, Natalie Smith and

Mike Bilski, gave the book the rigorous attention to detail that every

good book requires. We are deeply indebted to all of these people

for helping us with this book, and we would like to thank them for

their work in making this a book of which we are very proud. It was

a pleasure to work with them.

As editors, we were all involved in the Fraser case in various

capacities, and we are all committed to ensuring that agricultural

workers in Ontario, regardless of their migration status, enjoy the

same suite of labour rights and standards that are available to the

vast majority of other workers in the province. For all of us, the hard

work and perseverance of agricultural workers was an inspiration.

But, for each of us, our commitment to social justice for agricultural

workers has different sources and sustenance. Fay Faraday offers

love and gratitude to Jim, Robbie, and Alex for their support and

inspiration. Judy Fudge would like to thank her family for their

example that decency is an essential part of the fabric of life, and her

students and teachers for always reminding her that social justice

is not simply an academic matter. Her most heartfelt thanks go to

Ken Massicotte, for providing her with love and support so that she

can spend her time as she pleases, which is (mostly) reading, teaching,

and writing about workers, their struggles, and labour rights. Eric

Tucker would like to dedicate this book to his father, William Tucker,

who passed away suddenly on 12 November 2011 at the age of 92.

His commitment to the pursuit of world peace and social justice was

and remains an inspiration for his family. He is missed.