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Canada - Issues, Concerns, Campaigns |
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| Migrants' bid to unionize contested |
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The British Columbia Agriculture Council, which represents the interests of the agriculture industry, questions the right of migrant workers to unionize under the B.C. Labour Relations Code.
The council argues that the code does not constitutionally apply to migrant workers, who come to Canada as part of a federal program that operates under the terms of agreements negotiated by Ottawa with the workers' home countries. (view link)
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| Foreign workers enslaved |
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Immigration officials are targeting a network of shady recruiters who are charging foreign construction workers huge fees for jobs that are available free in Canada.
The shysters are forcing workers to turn over their earnings and live like slaves after they arrive here. (view link)
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The Independent Workers Association Home Workers Section (IWA) says recent media attention on the plight of foreign workers' exploitation and abuse is more reason the federal and provincial government must step in to regulate agencies that facilitate - and profit from -- the problem. (view link)
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Friends of Farmworkers wants the provincial and federal governments and municipal authorities to raise the issue of worker safety and fairness for all migrant workers living and working in Chatham- Kent. (view link)
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Catherine Manuel came to Canada as a live-in nanny to care for 8-year-old Brent of Toronto. She ended up changing beds, cleaning toilets and painting the decks at the Whispering Pines bed and breakfast in Jackson's Point, on the shores of Lake Simcoe.
What Manuel endured happens all too regularly, according to critics and social workers. With more than 34,000 nannies and caregivers entering the country each year, most settling in the GTA, there is plenty of room for abuse. (view link)
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| The Case of Juana Tejada |
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The Case of Juana Tejada. Juana Tejada, a Filipina caregiver in Canada dying of colon cancer, appealed for permanent residence to avail of the health care system in the country. She was refused twice by the Canadian Immigration and she would be deported as soon as her visa expires. After strong campaigning from the ground and lobbying work, she was finally granted the permanent residence status.
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| The Case of Hermelindo Gutierrez |
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The Case of Hermelindo Gutierrez. There is an ongoing campaign for the Canadian government to grant refugee status to Mexican Hermelindo Gutierrez as he would like to avail of the health services due to his kidney problem.
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