Canada

Radio Labour

Date: 29/09/2011 - 16:08

Countries	Canada
Language	English
Type of organisation	Radio

CKUT Montreal

Date: 29/09/2011 - 14:02

Countries	Canada
Language	English
Type of organisation	Radio

Canada: Migrant workers demand better conditions

Date: 06/09/2011 - 08:55

The dozens of migrant workers who rallied in Niagara this weekend took an enormous risk in doing so, organizers of a "solidarity caravan" said Sunday. Many workers fear retribution or even deportation if their employers discover they have been rallying for better conditions, members of Justice for Migrant Workers said. "It's a tremendous risk they're taking," said organizer Chris Ramsaroop.

Migrant workers in Quebec face risky work conditions: rights group

Date: 19/07/2011 - 07:31

Migrant farm workers are more numerous than ever in Quebec, according to the province's workplace health and safety board, and a local rights group says that means more people are being exposed to dangerous and unfair work conditions.

Québec: Travailleurs agricoles étrangers

Date: 19/07/2011 - 07:29

À nouveau cette année, le Québec accueille plus de 7 000 travailleurs agricoles venus principalement du Mexique, du Guatemala et des Antilles. Comme ces travailleurs sont particulièrement à risque de se blesser, la CSST rappelle aux employeurs qu’ils doivent les former dès leur arrivée et les superviser de façon assidue.

Highly educated female immigrants say Canada isn't on their side

Date: 22/06/2011 - 05:57

Jayashree Shrivastava, a 38-year-old environmental scientist from India, says if she could start over, she'd go south of the border.

Vancouver: City launches multimedia campaign for public feedback on migrant workers

Date: 25/05/2011 - 17:06

For the first time, city councillors, community representatives and residents have the opportunity to discuss the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and its impact on Vancouver.

As part of a multimedia campaign to raise awareness, the Vancouver Public Library will host a documentary film screening followed by a public discussion on the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.

Vulnerabilities of female migrant farm workers from Latin America and the Caribbean in Canada

Date: 29/04/2011 - 09:24

Since 1999, the number of temporary foreign workers from Latin America and the Caribbean employed in Canada's agricultural sector has tripled. Most temporary workers on farms are men, but the number of women is on the rise. In Canada, female temporary foreign workers endure precarious working and living conditions on the farms and face gender-specific challenges.

This policy brief documents this new trend in temporary migration and highlights the vulnerabilities of female workers employed in Canada’s agricultural industry.

Advocates defend migrant workers health studies

Date: 26/04/2011 - 08:48

The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Canada) and the Agriculture Workers Alliance (AWA) – two of Canada's leading migrant worker advocacy organizations – are applauding and defending the findings of two new reports that make a direct link between worker illness and the shortcomings of Canada's migrant worker system.

Despite being led by two separate teams of distinguished doctors and researchers, the findings of the reports are being attacked by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA).

Canada: Film champions rights of migrant workers

Date: 26/04/2011 - 08:17

Pass by any farm in southwestern Ontario and chances are the fields will be filled with migrant workers bent over in labour, a united nations of hard working but largely invisible people.

“There are housing problems, human rights problems, exploitation problems,” said Aaraon Diaz Mendiburo, a social worker whose interest in migrant workers led him to create the film Matices: Temporary Migration in Canada. The 54 minute production will be screened at the Registry Theatre, Saturday 10 a.m. as part of the free Local Focus 4 Film Festival.