Migrant workers

Migrant Workers - the issues

Canada has made a policy shift to promoting temporary migration rather than permanent migration. This means that Canada is bringing in more and more workers on only a temporary basis, with fewer rights, limited access to services, and no access to federally-funded settlement services. Migrant workers are particularly vulnerable since there is no systematic monitoring to ensure their rights are protected (except in a few provinces which have taken the initiative to pass and enforce legislation protecting migrant worker's rights).

New Protections for Live-in Caregivers

Campaign

Temporary workers

Source

Worker's Action Centre

Wed, 06/01/2011 - 12:00

URL

http://www.cleonet.ca/instance.php?instance_id=5044

Changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program Leave Workers Unprotected

Wed, 03/23/2011 - 12:00

Canadian Council for Refugees

Media Release

For immediate release
23 March 2011

Changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program Leave Workers Unprotected

The Canadian Council for Refugees today expressed its disappointment that upcoming changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Regulations do not adequately protect migrant workers. The changes come into force on 1 April 2011.

Issues

Temporary workers

Newsletter type

Release

The Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada 2010-11

Campaign

Temporary workers

Source

Agricultural Workers Alliance

Tue, 02/01/2011 - 12:00

URL

http://ufcw.ca/templates/ufcwcanada/images/awa/publications/UFCW-Status_of_MF_W…

Write a letter to Ministers and your MP about Migrant Workers rights

Join the CCR and other allies in raising awareness about the lack of protections for migrant workers and their rights in Canada. Write a letter to the Ministers responsible for the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, and send a copy to your Member of Parliament.

For suggestions and a template of topics to include in your letter, click here or follow the link below.

Meet with your MP about migrant workers' rights

Join the CCR and other allies in raising awareness about the lack of protections for migrant workers and their rights in Canada.

Talk to your MP about how the ways in which the federal TFWP and SAWP programs are constructed entrenches the vulnerability of migrant workers to abuse and exploitation. The government must change the two-tier, unequal system created by a revolving door of temporary migrant workers.