APAS is raising concern about rotating Unifor picket lines threatening to delay spring seeding in Saskatchewan.
APAS raised the alarm after a recent picket line made it difficult to access a Co-op farm fuel site in Moose Jaw on Thursday.
APAS is raising concerns about access to cardlocks & rural fuel supplies during the ongoing labour dispute between Co-op & Unifor. Farmers sounded the alarm after a picket line made it difficult to access a site in Moose Jaw this week.
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— APAS (@AgProducersSK) May 8, 2020
President Todd Lewis says farmers have a very short window to seed the 2020 crop and many farmers are racing to finish the 2019 harvest.
In a world of covid-19 and food supply concerns, he says the last thing farmers need now is to have seeding compromised by not being able to get fuel.
He says many farmers rely on daily cardlock stations for fuel.
