TY - RPRT T1 - Falling Short: Troubles with the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program in Nova Scotia CY - Online PB - TFW Maritimes N2 - Falling Short: Troubles with the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program in Nova Scotia is the third community report released by the Migrant Workers in the Canadian Maritimes Partnership (tfwmaritimes.ca). The report follows the publication of Safe at Work, Unsafe at Home: COVID-19 and Temporary Foreign Workers in Prince Edward Island in 2021 and Unfree Labour: COVID-19 and Migrant Workers in the Seafood Industry in New Brunswick in 2023. Falling Short is based on desk research and worker interviews. Data was obtained from freedom of information requests to Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) and Nova Scotia’s regulatory bodies responsible for work safety, employment standards, and housing. An additional 15 interviews with migrant workers in Nova Scotia employed under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) were also conducted. Fourteen of these workers were employed under the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) stream of the TFWP, and one worker was employed under the low-wage stream of the TFWP. Falling Short found that in Nova Scotia, migrant workers frequently encounter a lack of regulatory implementation. Rules exist, but governments are failing to adequately enforce them to create a safe and dignified work environment for migrant workers. Falling Short provides recommendations to both the federal and provincial governments aimed at improving the working and living conditions of the temporary migrant workforce in the province. A1 - Bejan, Raluca A1 - Allain, Kristi A1 - Glynn, Tracy A1 - Soto Flores, Paola Y1 - 2024/// UR - https://tfwmaritimes.ca/pdf/Falling_Short-TFWMARITIMES-NS-2024.pdf Y2 - 2024-03-27 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Urgent reforms needed for migrant agricultural workers, says UFCW Canada in new report CY - Canada PB - UFCW Canada & The Agriculture Workers Alliance N2 - UFCW Canada, the country’s leading advocate for agricultural workers for over 30 years, is calling for urgent reforms to protect the health, safety and rights of migrant workers in a new report. The Status of Migrant Agricultural Workers in Canada 2023: Special Health & Safety Report examines critical health and safety concerns of the current system, described as contemporary form of slavery, that leaves migrant workers vulnerable to ongoing abuse and exploitation. UFCW’s new report highlights the dangers that migrant agricultural workers face while in Canada, including sub-standard living conditions, chemical hazards, heat stress, and more. These workers face unique health and safety challenges due to their living and working conditions, lack of access to healthcare, and language barriers. The tens of thousands of migrant workers are an integral part of the multi-billion dollar Canadian agricultural industry, providing crucial labour while working in conditions that has been described as “systematic slavery” by workers. In September of 2023, UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Tomoya Obokata, raised concerns about Canada’s temporary foreign worker programs, stating that they can foster contemporary forms of slavery. Canada’s employer-specific work permits make workers especially vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Agriculture is one of the most dangerous industries in developed countries. The International Labour Organization (ILO) reports that at least 170,000 agricultural workers worldwide lose their lives annually, with millions more suffering severe injuries or poisoning from agrochemicals. UFCW’s report concludes with urgent recommendations to address the health and safety concerns, including access to collective bargaining, improved housing conditions, reduced pesticide exposure, and more. In addition, the report calls on every level of government – federal, provincial, and municipal – to implement critically needed reforms for migrant workers. For more than three decades, UFCW Canada has led the fight for migrant workers’ rights. To learn more about this advocacy and the reforms that are urgently needed, see UFCW Canada's report: The Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada, 2023. Y1 - 2024/// UR - https://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33571:urgent-reforms-needed-for-migrant-agricultural-workers-says-ufcw-canada-in-new-report&catid=10389&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2024-02-01 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Jamaican workers expelled from Ontario farm after protesting poor conditions: advocates CY - Canada PB - CBC Radio N2 - The Canadian and Jamaican governments are investigating allegations that an Ontario farm sent a group of Jamaican migrant workers home after they held a one-day strike to protest what they described as substandard living conditions. Y1 - 2023/08/25/ UR - https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/jamaican-farm-workers-sent-home-1.6947997 Y2 - 2023-09-05 JA - CBC Radio ER - TY - RPRT T1 - It Happens Here: Labour Exploitation Among Migrant Workers During the Pandemic IS - 978-1-7775810-0-8 CY - Ontario PB - The Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking N2 - New research shows that employer discrimination, unsafe working conditions and gaps in government policy put migrant workers at risk of being exploited once they arrive in Canada. FCJ Refugee Centre and the Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking’s newly released report, It Happens Here: Labour Exploitation Among Migrant Workers During the Pandemic, reveals that migrant labourers’ precarious immigration status makes them vulnerable to exploitation by recruiters and employers. The report summarizes findings from a series of focus group discussions that convened 77 migrant workers in Ontario in early 2022, with the support of Legal Assistance of Windsor (LAW). It highlights that many migrant workers are not aware that they have labour rights while working in Canada. Y1 - 2023/// UR - https://www.canadiancentretoendhumantrafficking.ca/concerns-about-labour-trafficking-increase-amid-higher-demand-for-migrant-workers-in-canada/ Y2 - 2023-02-16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Debt, Migration and Exploitation: The Seasonal Worker Visa and the Degradation of Working Conditions in UK Horticulture CY - United Kingdom PB - Landworkers’ Alliance (LWA) N2 - A new report from the Landworkers’ Alliance (LWA) shines a light on the systemic drivers of exploitation in the UK immigration system with regard to seasonal fruit and veg pickers. The report ‘Debt, Migration and Exploitation: The Seasonal Worker Visa and the Degradation of Working Conditions in UK Horticulture’ has been written in collaboration with the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, New Economics Foundation, Focus on Labour Exploitation, Sustain and a farmer solidarity network of former migrant seasonal workers. Seasonal work plays a significant role in UK agriculture. The government estimates that between 50,000 and 60,000 seasonal workers are needed annually to bring in the wider harvest across the UK, and these workers are almost entirely recruited from outside the UK. The latest report from LWA adds to this mounting body of evidence, and lays bare the legal and economic structures that facilitate the exploitation of farmworkers by the industrial food system, giving a platform for farmworkers to share their own account of life on the UK’s farms and develop solutions to the abuses they have faced. The report also includes a supply chain analysis carried out by the New Economics Foundation, which reveals that migrant seasonal workers picking soft fruit retain on average just 7.6% of the total retail price of the produce. Furthermore, the report outlines how workers who have to pay illegal broker fees (money paid by migrant workers to recruitment agencies in their home countries) can result in negative earnings. This means that after accommodation, subsistence and travel costs, some workers are essentially left out of pocket and end up paying more to come to the UK and work, than they keep as retained income to take home. Another chapter in the report features an extended testimony from a former migrant seasonal worker from Nepal, in which they describe the exploitation of recruitment agencies, the debt associated with taking out loans to pay for agency fees and the need for the UK Government to design a more safe and secure seasonal visa scheme. In response to issues raised in previous chapters relating to the supply chain, workers’ rights violations, and lack of redress, the final section of the report explores alternative approaches to labour rights, based on worker-led social responsibility (WSR), using the experience of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and Fair Food Program (FFP) in Florida as a case study. Y1 - 2023/// UR - https://viacampesina.org/en/the-landworkers-alliance-seasonal-worker-visa-and-the-degradation-of-working-conditions-in-uk-horticulture/ Y2 - 2024-02-06 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Un premier travailleur agricole mexicain fait reconnaître son cancer lié aux pesticides PB - Le Devoir N2 - De 2012 à 2016, Armando Lazo Bautista pulvérisait des pesticides sur des pommiers et des plants de bleuets à Franklin, en Montérégie, en jeans et en t-shirt, sans masque ni vêtements ou lunettes de protection, et parfois à bord d’un tracteur. Le Tribunal administratif du travail (TAT) vient de reconnaître que son lymphome non hodgkinien est une lésion professionnelle liée à son exposition à des pesticides, une première, selon son employeur et son représentant légal. A1 - Champagne, Sarah R. Y1 - 2022/// UR - https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/sante/676284/travail-un-premier-travailleur-agricole-mexicain-fait-reconnaitre-son-cancer-lie-aux-pesticides?utm_source=infolettre-2022-02-18&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=infolettre-quotidienne Y2 - 2022-02-22 JA - Le Devoir ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Assessment of the risks of human trafficking for forced labour on the UK Seasonal Workers Pilot. CY - London PB - Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX), N2 - This report presents the findings of research conducted by Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) and Fife Migrants Forum (FMF) between March 2020 and February 2021. This research was initiated in order to seek to understand the risk of human trafficking for forced labour for people coming to Scotland on the Seasonal Workers Pilot (SWP) in the horticultural sector. A two-year SWP was announced by the UK government in 2018 in response to concerns raised by farmers about possible labour shortages in advance of and after the UK had left the European Union (EU). During the development and launch of the SWP the UK government did not engage in meaningful discussion with worker representatives on the scheme, despite serious concerns raised by experts on human trafficking and modern slavery. This report responds directly to these concerns, seeking to document the voices and experiences of the people who have come to Scotland on the SWP. In so doing it seeks to develop strategies that can be taken by the UK and Scottish governments to tackle the risks of human trafficking for forced labour on the SWP and to protect current and future workers. A1 - Robinson, Caroline Y1 - 2021/// UR - https://www.labourexploitation.org/publications/assessment-risks-human-trafficking-forced-labour-uk-seasonal-workers-pilot Y2 - 2022-04-11 ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Exploited foreign workers to receive $300,000 in damages from employment agency PB - CTV News N2 - MONTREAL -- An employment agency in Victoriaville, Que., has been ordered to pay $300,000 in damages for exploiting, threatening and psychologically harassing a group of Guatemalan farmworkers, a Quebec labour tribunal has ruled. The 11 men had come to work on a Quebec farm as part of the province's temporary foreign workers program. Their work permits allowed them to work for only one designated employer. Y1 - 2019/// UR - https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/exploited-foreign-workers-to-receive-300-000-in-damages-from-employment-agency-1.4652288?fbclid=IwAR1FqM3n9IFzdUbvDE_oMLM8B0sgInVPhnUIuimPO47U4lXGSZNyqC62DLg Y2 - 2019-11-13 ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Billionaire Aquilini family shortchanged migrant workers, B.C. government rules Social Sharing N2 - A branch of the B.C. government has found the billionaire Aquilini family — which own the NHL's Vancouver Canucks — underpaid 174 migrant workers at their berry farm in Pitt Meadows last summer. Y1 - 2019/// UR - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/billionaire-aquilini-family-shortchanged-migrant-workers-b-c-government-rules-1.5138952 Y2 - 2019-05-18 JA - CBC news ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Police in Ontario free 43 Mexicans brought to Canada by alleged human traffickers PB - cbc.ca N2 - Mexicans trapped in 'modern-day slavery' as pay from their cleaning work was controlled by traffickers: OPP Muriel Draaisma · CBC News · Posted: Feb 11, 2019 12:44 PM ET | Last Updated: February 11 Y1 - 2019/// UR - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/human-trafficking-bust-barrie-1.5014269 Y2 - 2019-02-13 JA - CBC News ER - TY - ADVS T1 - Why migrant workers call this man for medical help instead of seeing a doctor CY - cbc radio PB - cbc N2 - "This [migrant workers] is a system of exploitation": Vancouver outreach worker Byron Cruz Y1 - 2018/// UR - http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/facing-race-the-current-s-town-hall-event-in-vancouver-1.4558134/why-migrant-workers-call-this-man-for-medical-help-instead-of-seeing-a-doctor-1.4559235 Y2 - 2018-03-12 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - 'I see my children as strangers': The painful choice of Canada's temporary foreign workers A1 - CBC News ,  Y1 - 2018/03/11/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/radio/outintheopen/estrangement-1.4548852/i-see-my-children-as-strangers-the-painful-choice-of-canada-s-temporary-foreign-workers-1.4548925 Y2 - 2018-03-12 JA - CBC News ER - TY - MGZN T1 - Le Grand sacrifice des nounous philippines Y1 - 2018/03/01/ UR - http://www.ellequebec.com/societe/reportages/article/le-grand-sacrifice-des-nounous-philippines Y2 - 2018-02-14 JA - ELLE Québec ER - TY - NEWS T1 - 'It's slavery in the modern world': Foreign workers say they were hungry, abused at Toronto temple A1 - Glover, Chris Y1 - 2018/01/17/ UR - https://www.cicnews.com/2018/01/latest-h-1b-news-parallels-spike-in-u-s-searches-on-canadian-immigration-0110052.html#gs.cY88b2k Y2 - 2018-01-15 JA - CBC News ER - TY - NEWS T1 - IL N’Y A PERSONNE À QUI PARLER Y1 - 2018/// UR - http://www.ledevoir.com/documents/special/17-12_guatemala/guatemala-travailleurs-ferme-charbonneau.html Y2 - 2018-01-16 JA - Le Devoir ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Retour à l'expéditeur A1 - Champagne, Sarah R. Y1 - 2017/12/26/ UR - http://www.ledevoir.com/documents/special/17-12_guatemala/index.html Y2 - 2017-12-26 JA - Le Devoir ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Foreign caregivers’ Christmas wishes to Santa, Trudeau and Hussen A1 - Keung, Nicholas Y1 - 2017/12/17/ UR - https://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2017/12/15/foreign-caregivers-christmas-wishes-to-santa-trudeau-and-hussen.html Y2 - 2017-12-26 JA - Toronto Star ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Committee urges federal government to repeal law that bans disabled immigrants A1 - Keung, Nicholas Y1 - 2017/12/17/ UR - https://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2017/12/13/committee-urges-federal-government-to-repeal-law-that-bans-disabled-immigrants.html Y2 - 2017-12-26 JA - Toronto Star ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Building an Inclusive Canada: Bringing the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act in Stop With Modern Values A1 - Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.,  Y1 - 2017/12/13/ UR - https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Committee/421/CIMM/Reports/RP9322080/cimmrp15/cimmrp15-e.pdf Y2 - 2017-12-26 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Halifax businessman accused of bilking foreign workers pleads guilty to misrepresentation PB - The Canadian Press N2 - A Halifax businessman stood in court Tuesday to admit submitting false records to immigration authorities, a moment of vindication for the Filipino temporary workers whom he had allegedly underpaid. The businessman offered his guilty plea to misrepresentation under provisions of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for "false information regarding the employment" of Sta. Juana and at least 25 other workers listed on the federal indictment. Y1 - 2017/// KW - fraud UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/hector-mantolino-guilty-plea-1.4433554 Y2 - 2017-12-07 JA - CBC News - Nova Scotia ER - TY - NEWS T1 - B.C. court approves migrant workers' class-action lawsuit against Mac’s Convenience Stores A1 - Keung, Nicholas Y1 - 2017/10/27/ UR - https://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2017/10/27/bc-court-approves-migrant-workers-class-action-lawsuit-against-macs-convenience-stores.html Y2 - 2017-12-26 JA - Toronto Star ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Surrey trucking company ordered to pay $350,000 after underpaying foreign workers Y1 - 2017/10/10/ UR - http://www.peacearchnews.com/news/surrey-trucking-company-ordered-to-pay-350000-after-underpaying-foreign-workers/ Y2 - 2017-10-13 JA - Peacearchnews.com ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Voices of Migrant Workers A1 - The Toronto Star,  Y1 - 2017/10/09/ UR - https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/migrants.html Y2 - 2017-12-11 JA - The Toronto Star ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Court certifies class-action suit involving 450 foreign workers who got no jobs A1 - The Canadian Press,  Y1 - 2017/09/19/ UR - http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/court-certifies-class-action-suit-involving-450-foreign-workers-who-got-no-jobs Y2 - 2017-10-01 JA - The National Post ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - NDP slam Liberal government for lack of action on ending ‘discriminatory’ immigration policy A1 - Russell, Andrew A1 - Hill, Brian Y1 - 2017/09/19/ UR - https://globalnews.ca/news/3756752/ndp-slam-liberal-government-for-lack-of-action-on-ending-discriminatory-immigration-policy/ Y2 - 2017-10-01 JA - Global News ER - TY - RPRT T1 - La néo-féodalisation du droit du travail agricole: Étude de cas sur les conditions de travail et de vie des travailleurs migrants à Saint-Rémi (Québec) PB - GIREPS A1 - Gallié, Martin A1 - Ollivier Gobeil, Jeanne A1 - Brodeur, Caroline Y1 - 2017/09/14/ UR - http://www.gireps.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Rapport_DroitTravail_Online.pdf Y2 - 2017-09-14 ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Protesters rally after talk of an anti-loitering bylaw in downtown Leamington A1 - CBC news Windsor,  Y1 - 2017/09/11/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/windsor/protestors-anti-loitering-bylaw-downtown-leamington-1.4283409 Y2 - 2017-10-01 JA - CBC news Windsor ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Immigration Canada reopens Manitoba family’s application for permanent residency A1 - Russell, Andrew A1 - Hill, Brian Y1 - 2017/09/06/ UR - https://globalnews.ca/news/3723425/immigration-canada-reopens-manitoba-familys-application-for-permanent-residency/ Y2 - 2017-10-01 JA - Global News ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - New students welcomed to Bow Valley by mayors N2 - Many of the students have waited years to be reunited with their families. The average wait was seven years, but a trio of youngsters from the Philippines have waited 17 years to re-join as a family. “I can’t even imagine what it’s like to be separated from your families, particular from your parents, for up to 17 years,” said Borrowman. The temporary foreign worker program does not allow workers to have families stay with them in Canada. A1 - Toombs, Aryn Y1 - 2017/08/31/ UR - http://www.rmoutlook.com/article/New-students-welcomed-to-Bow-Valley-by-mayors-20170831 Y2 - 2017-09-14 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Mexican farm worker says he was told heart attack symptoms caused by 'too much chili' A1 - Brend, Yvette Y1 - 2017/08/26/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/migrant-worker-mexican-farm-labour-heart-damage-cranberry-richmond-bc-1.4261565 Y2 - 2017-09-14 JA - CBC News British Columbia ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Korean workers in some Winnipeg sushi restaurants coerced into handing over part of pay to employers N2 - Unlicensed immigration consultant facing charges sheds light on pay problems. As many as 26 sushi restaurants in Winnipeg may have used an unlicensed immigration consultant to hire Korean workers and some were coerced into slicing off part of their paycheques to give to their employers, according to court documents obtained by the CBC's I-Team. A1 - Annable, Kristin Y1 - 2017/// KW - work permit KW - illegal recruitment UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/immigration-wages-consultants-1.4179163 Y2 - 2017-07-07 JA - CBC News - Manitoba ER - TY - ADVS T1 - Guatemalan immigrants in Canada denounce exploitation N2 - Temporary agricultural workers in Canada denounce exploitation and fraud on the part of the second company that hired them, the employment agency le Progres. Report by Jorge Contreras Ajuria Univision. A1 - TV News (Guatemala),  Y1 - 2017/// UR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaUijBm0-ZE&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop Y2 - 2017-06-15 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Décès d'un travailleur aux Serres Lefort N2 - Consternation et tristesse aux Serres Lefort à la suite du décès d'un travailleur d'origine mexicaine survenu dimanche. A1 - AGRO Québec,  Y1 - 2017/// UR - http://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/deces-dun-travailleur-aux-serres-lefort-628139173.html Y2 - 2017-06-15 ER - TY - CASE T1 - Tadena v. Dawat Restaurant Ltd. N2 - Angelica Tadena accepted a job offer from North Vancouver’s Palki Restaurant in late 2012, and arrived in Canada a year later, after the restaurant owner helped her obtain a Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) work permit. However, after showing up on her first day of work, she was told by an immigration agency that the restaurant now wouldn’t be employing her – but wasn’t given a reason why. It took Tadena four months to find another job, and she suffered “suffered significant fear, uncertainty, and financial hardship” in the meantime, a judge in the Provincial Court of British Columbia has found. Y1 - 2017/06/06/ UR - https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcpc/doc/2017/2017bcpc205/2017bcpc205.pdf Y2 - 2017-09-14 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Slavery claims as seasonal workers from Vanuatu paid nothing for months' work A1 - McKenzie, Nick Y1 - 2017/// UR - http://www.theage.com.au/national/investigations/slavery-claims-as-seasonal-workers-from-vanuatu-paid-nothing-for-months-work-20170327-gv7k99.html Y2 - 2017-05-01 JA - The Age ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Houston immigrant doctors given 24 hours to leave the U.S., then a reprieve CY - Houston, Texas N2 - On Wednesday afternoon, Dr. Pankaj Satija and his wife, both immigrants from India living and working legally in Houston, were abruptly told by immigration officials they had 24 hours to leave the United States. A new policy, they were told, no longer allowed them to extend their temporary permission to stay while they waited for permanent authorization. Y1 - 2017/// KW - Houston immigrant doctors UR - http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Houston-immigrant-doctors-given-24-hours-to-leave-11040259.php?t=493cd1a1b8438d9cbb&cmpid=twitter-premium Y2 - 2017-04-12 JA - Houston chronicle SP - 1 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Beyond Our Plates- Report CY - Vancouver,Canada PB - Migrant Workers' Dignity Association (MWDA) N2 - Before sharing our experiences of working with Temporary Foreign Farm Workers (TFFWs) with you, we asked the workers what they wanted us to tell you so as to best relate the conditions they endure. Every one of them advised us: tell them about our job stories, tell them about all the things that our hearts are suffering. By telling you some of their stories, we will make some recommendations and we hope to answer, at least in part, the following questions: * Who is involved in the production of the food we eat? * What is the real price that we are paying for our food? * Why are TFFWs called temporary and "guest" when they live in Canada for longer periods than in their own countries? * Why do the governments, as well as farm employers, think that Temporary Foreign Worker Programs (TFWPs) are successful programs? * What can Canadians do to stop the new slavery and social apartheid of TFFWs? *Why are Canadians concerned with eating local and organic produce but do not care about the unethical treatment of TFFWs? A1 - Migrant Workers' Dignity Association,  Y1 - 2017/// KW - Migrants story and abuse UR - https://dignidadmigrante.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MWDA-BeyondOurPlates_web.pdf Y2 - 2017-04-12 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - This sexually abused migrant worker is now safe — but she knows others aren't N2 - Mere weeks after she came to Canada, the migrant worker was threatened with deportation. A1 - Mojtehedzadeh, Sara Y1 - 2017/// UR - https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/migrants/2017/10/07/this-sexually-abused-migrant-worker-is-now-safe-but-she-knows-others-arent.html Y2 - 2018-02-04 JA - The Toronto Star ER - TY - NEWS T1 - BREAKING NEWS: Deportation order against migrant activist Gina Bahiwal cancelled N2 - After an outpouring of support from all across Canada, the deportation order for migrant activist Gina Bahiwal has been cancelled. Huge thanks to everyone who took the time to write letters of support; grassroots public pressure makes a difference. Gina’s struggle was also supported by dedicated work from her lawyer, Richard Wazana of Wazana Law. Y1 - 2017/// KW - Incarceration of migrant workers UR - https://harvestingfreedom.org/2017/01/13/breaking-news-deportation-order-against-migrant-activist-gina-bahiwal-cancelled/ Y2 - 2017-01-13 JA - Haversting freedom SP - 1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Leamington, Ont. migrant worker receives last-minute deportation reprieve CY - Windsor N2 - Gina Bahiwal had her bags packed to return to the Philippines when she learned she could stay in Canada.A Leamington, Ont. migrant worker had her bags packed in anticipation of her impending deportation this Sunday when she learned it had been cancelled at the last minute.Gina Bahiwal came to Canada from the Philippines in 2008 under the Temporary Foreign Workers Program and worked packing vegetables, as a housekeeper and in the fast food industry. Y1 - 2017/01/13/ KW - Deportation UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/gina-bahiwal-migrant-worker-leamington-not-deported-1.3935481 Y2 - 2017-01-30 JA - CBC News SP - 1 M2 - 1 SP - 1 ER - TY - THES T1 - Two Words, Two Realities The Social Experience of Seasonal Agricultural Workers in Quebec PB - University of Ottawa N2 - This thesis explores the social experience of Mexican and Guatemalan temporary immigrants in Quebec who are part of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) and the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP). Two distinct perspectives exist on the matter: that the programs are beneficial for all parties involved (workers, employers, and governments); and, that the programs exploit the workers involved, who must make important sacrifices and get meagre benefits. In the literature review, a neoliberal environment is found to be a macro factor that affected the programs substantially. This thesis, based on qualitative research conducted with workers and other program participants, brings new evidence to bear on these debates. Even though the workers come to Quebec strictly to earn money for their families, the social isolation and language barrier they endure in their host communities make their lives in Canada often very difficult. While more and more activities for the workers are being organised, additional efforts could be made. This thesis concludes that, overall the experience of the workers is not poor, but there is clearly room for improvement in order to balance their significant sacrifices and the benefits they (and Canada) get from the difficult work they perform. A1 - Dubé, Mélissa Y1 - 2016/// VL - M.A. (Globalization and International Development) T2 - School of Globalization and International Development SP - 178 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Fields of Dreams PB - Toronto life N2 - Ontario migrant workers endure 12-hour days, low pay and cramped living quarters—all in the hopes of earning enough money to support their families back home A1 - Ginsberg, Janie A1 - Thompson, Nicole Y1 - 2016/08/16/ UR - http://torontolife.com/city/life/ontario-migrant-workers/ Y2 - 2016-08-18 JA - Toronto life ER - TY - THES T1 - Up-rooted lives, deep-rooted memories: Stress and resilience among Jamaican agricultural workers in Southern Ontario CY - Hamilton, Ontario PB - McMaster University N2 - The Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) is a transnational labour agreement between Canada, Mexico, and various Caribbean countries that brings thousands of Jamaican migrant workers to Canada each year to work on farms. This thesis explores Jamaican SAWP workers’ experiences of stress in Ontario, and situates these experiences within a system of power and international inequality. When describing their experiences of stress and suffering in Ontario, many Jamaican workers drew analogies between historic and modern slavery under the SAWP. However, stress discourses also inspired workers to emphasise their resilience, and many workers gave equal attention to explaining their inherent strength as “Jamaicans”, which they associate with national independence and the history of slavery. In this way, I suggest stress discourses are sites of flexibility and resilience for Jamaican workers, and this thesis presents the foremost cultural, political, and historical factors that support Jamaican workers’ resilience in Ontario. Moreover, the predominant coping strategies workers employ in Ontario will be explored within the context of their restricted agency under the SAWP. This thesis concludes with a discussion of stress as an expression of subjectivity that is characterised by strength, faith, and the history of slavery. A1 - Mayell, Stephanie Y1 - 2016/// VL - Masters T2 - Anthropology SP - 107 ER - TY - ICOMM T1 - Migrant Workers address Parliament PB - Coalition for Migrant Workers Rights Canada N2 - Migrant Workers that addressed Parliament during May-June 2016 Review of the Temporary Foreign Workers Program. Audio recording included. A1 - Coalition for Migrant Workers Rights - Canada (CMWRC),  Y1 - 2016/06/20/ UR - http://migrantrights.ca/en/migrant-workers-address-parliament/ Y2 - 2016-06-21 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Brief HUMA 2016 - Empirical data (state restrictions of fundamental rights) N2 - Canada's policies resulting in the binding of a worker to a specific employer [hereafter "employer-tying policies"] currently take various forms. For example, indirect employer-tying policies are mostly based on state-imposed "debt to employer" (worker importation/sponsorship by employers or labor brokers, exclusion from access to newcomer integration programs, etc.) and/or legal/state sanction(s) - such as an additional delay and risk of deprivation of the right of unification with child/partner - if the worker quits the employer (or if the employer dies or releases the worker). Other examples of employer-tying policies include the federal imposition of 'binding work contract' under which the worker wave the right to work for another employer in the country, employment-based legal resident status, and employer/employment-dependent access to permanent legal status. Canada immigration laws incorporated at least 27 forms of employer-tying policies currently applied to specific groups of temporary foreign workers. A1 - Eugénie Depatie-Pelletier,  Y1 - 2016/// ER - TY - RPRT T1 - HUMA - Jurisprudence on employer-tying policies PB - MigrantWorkersRights-Canada N2 - In addition to the employer‐tied work permit regimes, employment‐tied recognition of the right to unity with one’s child(ren)/spouse/partner, employer‐dependent access to permanent legal status (Provincial Nominee Programs) and employment‐dependent access to permanent legal status (Canadian/Quebec Experience Class Programs), the Canadian federal regulations and guidelines currently incorporate 25 employer‐tying policies compelling temporary foreign workers to remain with a specific employer. A1 - MigrantWorkersRights-Canada,  Y1 - 2016/// ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Travailleurs agricoles exploités à Drummondville : un cas isolé, dit l`UPA CY - Montréal PB - Radio Canada N2 - Quatre Guatémaltèques qui ont travaillé dans une ferme de Drummondville en 2012 ont été exploités et abusés par leur employeur. C'est ce que conclut le Tribunal administratif dans un jugement rendu en avril. A1 - Radio Canada,  Y1 - 2016/// UR - http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/estrie/2016/05/16/003-travailleurs-agricoles-exploites-ferme-drummondville-cas-isole-upa-estrie.shtml Y2 - 2016-05-27 JA - Radio Canada ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Temporary Foreign Worker program under review PB - Radio Canada N2 - Four migrant workers testified at the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA) today (16 May 2016), explaining the need for permanent status, open work permits, and comprehensive reforms. A1 - Kilkenny, Carmel Y1 - 2016/05/16/ UR - http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2016/05/16/temporary-foreign-worker-program-under-review/ Y2 - 2016-05-27 JA - Radio Canada ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Ferme agricole: traités comme des «esclaves» à Drummondville PB - La presse A1 - Duchaine, Gabrielle Y1 - 2016/05/16/ UR - http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/justice-et-affaires-criminelles/201605/16/01-4982026-ferme-agricole-traites-comme-des-esclaves-a-drummondville.php Y2 - 2016-05-27 JA - La presse ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - La commission des relations de travail confirme l’accréditation de l’unité agricole de la section locale 1518 des TUAC chez Floralia A1 - UFCW/TUAC Canada,  Y1 - 2016/03/10/ UR - http://www.tuac.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30983:la-commission-des-relations-de-travail-confirme-l-accreditation-de-l-unite-agricole-de-la-section-locale-1518-des-tuac-chez-floralia&catid=9720&Itemid=6&lang=fr Y2 - 2016-03-15 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Energy giant CNRL derails full public inquiry into foreign workers' deaths A1 - Reith, Terry Y1 - 2016/// UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/cnrl-fights-against-public-inquiry-1.3439011 Y2 - 2016-02-29 T3 - CBC News ER - TY - CASE T1 - Lorenzo v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) PB - Federal Court N2 - This is an application for judicial review by the Applicant pursuant to subsection 72(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27 [IRPA] of a decision by an immigration officer [Officer] dated June 2, 2015, wherein the Officer held that the Applicant was not a victim of human trafficking; and, furthermore, rejected the Applicant's application for a Temporary Resident Permit and open Work Permit as the Applicant was, at the time of the decision, admissible to Canada. A1 - Federal Court,  Y1 - 2016/// UR - https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/fct/doc/2016/2016fc37/2016fc37.html?autocompleteStr=IMM-2949-15&autocompletePos=1 Y2 - 2016-01-29 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - The State of the World's Human Rights: Amnesty International Report 2014/2015 PB - Amnesty International N2 - Migrant workers fuelled the economies of many states across the region, not least in the oil and gas-rich states of the Gulf, where they performed vital roles in construction and other industries and in the service sector. Despite their importance to local economies, in most states migrant workers remained inadequately protected under local labour laws and were subject to exploitation and abuse. Qatar’s selection to host the football World Cup in 2022 ensured that its of cial policies and practices in relation to the workers it hired to build new stadiums and other facilities remained under scrutiny, and the government made promises of reform in response to pressure. Nevertheless, in Qatar as in other Gulf states, the sponsorship, or kafala, system used to recruit migrant workers and regulate their employment facilitated rights abuses that were exacerbated by a common absence of of cial enforcement measures to uphold migrants’ rights. Many migrant workers in the region were required by employers to work excessive hours without rest or days off, and were prevented by threat of arrest and deportation from leaving abusive employers. Perhaps most vulnerable of all were the many thousands of women from Asia, in particular, who were employed as domestic workers, and could be subjected to physical or other abuse, including sexual abuse as well as other forms of labour abuse without any or adequate means of remedy. The Saudi Arabian authorities engaged in mass expulsions of “surplus” migrant workers to Yemen and other countries, often after rst detaining them in harsh conditions. Elsewhere, in countries such as Libya where lawlessness prevailed, migrant workers faced discrimination and other abuses, including violence and armed robbery at checkpoints, roadblocks and on the streets. Thousands of people, many of them prey to human traf ckers and people smugglers, sought to escape and make new lives for themselves by boarding often overcrowded and unseaworthy vessels to cross the Mediterranean Sea. Some made it to Europe; others were pulled from the sea by the Italian navy, and at least 3,000 were reported to have drowned. A1 - Amnesty International Canada,  Y1 - 2015/// KW - Abuse KW - discrimination UR - https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol10/0001/2015/en/ Y2 - 2015-11-26 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Swept Under the Rug: Abuses against Domestic Workers Around the World IS - vol. 18, no. 7 PB - Human Rights Watch A1 - Human Rights Watch,  Y1 - 2015/// KW - Trafficking KW - Forced Labour KW - Wage Exploitation UR - https://www.hrw.org/report/2006/07/27/swept-under-rug/abuses-against-domestic-workers-around-world Y2 - 2015-11-06 ER - TY - CASE T1 - United Steelworkers v. Tim Hortons Inc. N2 - IN THE MATTER OF the Human Rights Code R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 210 (as amended) AND IN THE MATTER OF a complaint before the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal Between United Steelworkers on behalf of workers from the Philippines currently andformerly employed through the temporary foreign worker program at 658380 B.C. Ltd. doing business as Tim Hortons in Fernie, British Columbia, Complainants, and Tim Hortons Inc., TDL Group Corp., 658350 B.C. Ltd. doing business as Tim Hortons, Pierre Joseph Pelletier and Kristin Hovind-Pelletier, Respondents Y1 - 2015/11/05/ J2 - 2015 BCHRT 168 ER - TY - MGZN T1 - À la mode de chez nous IS - 3 N2 - La culture culinaire Québécoise raisonnée A Québec culinary journal with a section on taboos. This edition mentions Migrant Workers. A1 - Leduc, Véronic Y1 - 2015/// JA - Caribou SP - 40 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - The Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada - 2015 - UFCW/AWA PB - UFCW, AWA N2 - UFCW Canada is Canada’s leading private sector union. We count 1.4 million members internationally and more than 250,000 members in Canada. Our members work throughout the food industry—from the farm to the table. For this report we have drawn on the expertise of our staff across the country, academic research, and the experiences of the more than 13,000 migrant agriculture members of the AWA, which is today North America’s largest agriculture workers organization. We are using this opportunity to address long-standing issues and recent developments, while pushing reform that would result in fairer treatment of migrant agriculture workers. A1 - UFCW Canada,  A1 - AWA/ATA,  Y1 - 2015/// UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/templates/ufcwcanada/images/directions15/october/1586/MigrantWorkersReport2015_EN_email.pdf Y2 - 2015-10-30 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Human trafficking case in Sudbury falls apart A1 - Sudbury Star,  A1 - Carmichael, Harold Y1 - 2015/// KW - human trafficking JA - Sudbury Star ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Sex abuse case highlights vulnerability of workers on visas N2 - Singled out by employer, Mexican woman was forced into sex acts under threat of being sent home. In all, 39 women would take part in a criminal and human rights case against Presteve Foods. In the end, only OPT and her sister would stay for the eight years it took to get a judgement. A1 - CBC News ,  Y1 - 2015/// UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/sex-abuse-case-highlights-vulnerability-of-workers-on-visas-1.3129909 Y2 - 2015-10-19 JA - CBC News ER - TY - CASE T1 - Browne v. Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. N1 - According to the news article, Manuel worked mornings, days and nights. On her days off, she was sent to clean her boss' apartments. She was overworked and underpaid. She was working illegally, as she was not working for Holman, and apparently this was used against her, as a means to pressure her into silence. PB - Ontario Superior Court of Justice N2 - Catherine Kay Manuel, Philippine immigrant brought from Hong Kong on April 29th, 2008, to work as a Nanny for Terra Holman in Toronto, pursuant to the federal Live-In caregiver program, through the Jinkholm Internation recruiting agency. Upon arriving, Holman was nowhere to be found. Instead, Shirley Browne/Shirley Bollers brings Manuel to her Inn, to clean, care for guests, and occasionally care for the Inn. The Toronto Star publishes a an article on September 22nd, 2008: "Nanny sent to work as underpaid servant", byline: "Caregiver was shipped off to illegal job at inn". Shirley is suing the Toronto Start for defamatory statements. Y1 - 2015/// KW - underpaid KW - overworked ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Temporary foreign worker stuck picking bottles in Fort Macleod A1 - CBC News Calgary,  Y1 - 2015/09/15/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/temporary-foreign-worker-stuck-picking-bottles-in-fort-macleod-1.3209219 Y2 - 2015-09-15 JA - CBC News Calgary ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - NCIS office helps workers find new paths in wake of changes A1 - Whitfield, Janani Y1 - 2015/08/25/ UR - http://www.spjournal.com/article/20150825/STP0801/308259987 Y2 - 2015-08-30 JA - The St. Paul Journal ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Temporary foreign workers and supporters denounce poor treatment on Quebec farms A1 - CBC News ,  Y1 - 2015/08/23/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/temporary-foreign-workers-and-supporters-denounce-poor-treatment-on-quebec-farms-1.3200897http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/temporary-foreign-workers-and-supporters-denounce-poor-treatment-on-quebec-farms-1.3200897 Y2 - 2015-08-30 JA - CBC News Montreal ER - TY - ADVS T1 - Migrant Workers Labour Traffiking PSA A1 - West Coast Domestic Workers Association,  Y1 - 2015/07/30/ UR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDSWcpxQK5g&feature=youtu.be Y2 - 2015-08-14 ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Missing agricultural workers in Vernon treated like criminals, group claims A1 - CBC News - BC,  Y1 - 2015/07/29/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/missing-agricultural-workers-in-vernon-treated-like-criminals-group-claims-1.3172084 Y2 - 2015-08-30 JA - CBC News - BC ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Deaf daughter of caregiver allowed into Canada A1 - Carman, Tara Y1 - 2015/06/24/ UR - http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Deaf+daughter+caregiver+allowed+into+Canada/11163537/story.html Y2 - 2015-07-14 JA - The Vancouver Sun ER - TY - NEWS T1 - From all corners of the city, lessons on precarious work N2 - How to fix Ontario’s precarious work problem: Activists share their thoughts. Workers from across the city came together at the first public consultation in Ontario’s Changing Workplaces review of outdated labour laws. A1 - Mojtehedzadeh, Sara Y1 - 2015/06/16/ UR - http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/06/16/from-all-corners-of-the-city-lessons-on-precarious-work.html Y2 - 2015-06-30 JA - The Star ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Red Deer pair charged with human trafficking face labour law offences N2 - Seven temporary foreign workers were owed $83,000 in wages Two people accused in a central Alberta human trafficking case involving temporary foreign workers have also been charged with not following provincial labour laws. In April, the RCMP Serious Organized Crime unit charged Varinder Sidhu and Ravinder Sidhu of Red Deer with offences under the federal Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. The Mounties said they began investigating last year after the workers complained to the province. The Alberta government said Thursday that it has charged the Sidhus with four employment standards offences involving people who worked at a motel, a liquor store and a convenience store. The province says seven temporary foreign workers were owed $83,000 in wages, which have since been paid out. Jay Fisher, a spokesman for the province, said the charges involve more than just not paying someone properly. A1 - CBC News ,  Y1 - 2015/06/04/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/red-deer-pair-charged-with-human-trafficking-face-labour-law-offences-1.3101416 Y2 - 2015-07-14 JA - CBC News ER - TY - RPRT T1 - 10% Approval Rate from Citizenship and Immigration for New Caregiver Program Applications A1 - Unionresearch.org,  Y1 - 2015/06/02/ UR - https://unionresearch.org/2015/06/02 Y2 - 2017-10-01 ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Foreign worker in sex harassment case tells others to 'speak up' A1 - CBC News,  Y1 - 2015/05/28/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/foreign-worker-in-sex-harassment-case-tells-others-to-speak-up-1.3092129 Y2 - 2015-08-05 JA - CBC News - Windsor ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Temporary foreign workers' vulnerability noted in sexual harassment case A1 - CBC News ,  Y1 - 2015/05/27/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/temporary-foreign-workers-vulnerability-noted-in-sexual-harassment-case-1.3089970 Y2 - 2015-06-30 JA - CBC News - Business ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Immigration fraud preliminary set for July A1 - Jeffrey, Davine Y1 - 2015/05/13/ UR - http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/1286546-immigration-fraud-preliminary-set-for-july Y2 - 2015-05-15 JA - The Chronicle Herald ER - TY - NEWS T1 - West Van woman acquitted of human trafficking claims police impropriety A1 - Spitale-Leisk, Maria Y1 - 2015/04/17/ UR - http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Allegations+denied+civil+forfeiture+suit+tied+West+Vancouver+human+trafficking+case/10982181/story.html#ixzz3XsDwLoDC Y2 - 2015-07-14 JA - The Vancouver Sun ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - La mort d'un travailleur mexicain aurait pu être évitée, selon la CSST A1 - Dubreuil, Émilie Y1 - 2015/04/07/ UR - http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/societe/2015/04/07/005-conclusion-csst-mort-travailleur-mexicain.shtml Y2 - 2015-04-15 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Nanny who was 'virtual slave' wins $55K in B.C. human rights case N2 - B.C.'s Human Rights Tribunal has awarded more than $55,000 to a Filipino woman who was held as a "virtual slave" in a Richmond hotel by a Hong Kong family who planned to move to Canada. Y1 - 2015/04/02/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nanny-who-was-virtual-slave-wins-55k-in-b-c-human-rights-case-1.3018672 Y2 - 2015-05-29 JA - CBC ER - TY - RPRT T1 - A Raw Deal Abuse of Thai Workers in Israel’s Agricultural Sector A1 - Human Rights Watch,  Y1 - 2015/// UR - https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/israel0115_ForUpload.pdf Y2 - 2016-03-30 ER - TY - ADVS T1 - Emploi de travailleurs migrants et risques de travail forcé: Le Cas du Canada N2 - Catégories d’admission de travailleurs migrants au Canada (2013) Restriction des libertés au Canada des travailleurs admis sous permis lié à l’employeur (PTET) Restriction de libertés et obstacles à l’exercice des droits humains et du travail/risque de travail forcé: Exemples canadiens Des pratiques d’emploi de migrants respectant les droits humains: 5 éléments essentiels A1 - Eugénie Depatie-Pelletier,  Y1 - 2015/03/12/ ER - TY - ADVS T1 - Savoura vs Travailleurs immigrants - YouTube N2 - Pour voir la décision : http://canlii.ca/t/gfqbm. A1 - Arteaga Santos , Noé Ricardo Y1 - 2015/03/10/ UR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSh0u1SQZVU&index=1&list=PLcyTnIMz_Ogl7Zq3OA9Ory45ohVtCXbDu Y2 - 2015-03-14 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Injured temporary foreign worker determined to work again if allowed to stay CY - Edmonton N2 - Temporary foreign worker Maria Venancio, photographed Feb. 20, 2015, was injured in collision with a vehicle while riding her bike and is now in a wheelchair. She’s hoping to stay in Canada under compassionate grounds. A1 - Pratt, Sheila Y1 - 2015/02/23/ UR - http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Injured+temporary+foreign+worker+determined+work+again+allowed+stay/10834677/story.html Y2 - 2015-03-05 JA - Edmonton Journal ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Quadriplegic temporary foreign worker may have to leave Canada CY - Edmonton N2 - 29-year-old worker suing former employer for medical benefits A1 - CBC News ,  Y1 - 2015/02/16/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/quadriplegic-temporary-foreign-worker-may-have-to-leave-canada-1.2958591 Y2 - 2015-02-26 JA - CBC News Edmonton ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Domestic Labour and Exploitation: The Case of Live-In Caregiver Program in Canada CY - Montreal PB - Pinay, Service aux collectivités of UQAM, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada N2 - Conducted in partnership with the Pinay militants who have been actively working for the defense of the rights of Filipino domestic workers in Quebec since 1991, this research aims to outline the effects of a lack of citizenship as different forms of privation and coercion organizing the specific exploitation of resident workers and the domesticity relationship. We also argue that the live-in requirement is part of a legal system which not only expresses, but also (re)organizes a "transitional form of exploitation" by way of a control on bodies located between slavery, "sexage" and employment (Colette Guillaumin: 1978), and which contributes to the production of an unfree form of labour. Also, we argue that this disposition, which was condemned by the ILO in the name of decent work, can be contested on national law grounds, through the right to liberty, guaranteed under article 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Throughout this report, it is the practical implications of this requirement to be living on the work premises - in terms of living conditions, work relationships, exploitation, and combatting rights violations - as experienced by the workers which are sought to be documented, in order to generate tools for analysis, information and mobilization A1 - Gallié, Martin A1 - Galerand, Elsa A1 - Ollivier Gobeil, Jeanne Y1 - 2015/// UR - https://www.mcgill.ca/lldrl/files/lldrl/15.01.09_rapport_en_vu1.1.13.pdf Y2 - 2015-02-10 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Mujer y migración: Los costos emocionales CY - San Nicolàs de los Garza, Nuevo León PB - Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Unversidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolàs de Hidalgo N2 - Poco se ha investigado en relación con los costos emocionales que se ponen en juego cuando los mexicanos hablan de irse al “otro lado” de manera ilegal en la mayoría de los casos; poco se ha profundizado en el costo emocional que pagan al cruzar esa frontera que es en última instancia, la frontera de una muerte posible. Tampoco hemos analizado a fondo el costo emocional de nuestra gente al vivir casi permanentemente con la sensación de escape y huida, para no ser deportados por “la migra” estadounidense. Deportaciones y maltratos que dependen de los dictados de las necesidades e interese económicos de Estados Unidos. ¿Qué se pone en luego emocionalmente cuando se cruza “al otro lado”?, ¿qué implica vivirse como un ciudadano perteneciente a otra cultura?, ¿cómo afecta al psiquismo de los emigrantes el hecho de vivir efectivamente entre la querencia a la tierra de origen, a sus olores, sabores y su gente, y la tierra del presente tan ajena, tan distinta y tan seca? Creemos que estas y muchas otras cuestiones del mundo emocional de los emigrantes deben ser analizadas para entender el profundo costo emocional de las remesas. La determinantes económicas deben estar en función del bienestar de los seres humanos. La economía debe ser en primera y en última instancia un factor de humanización. Se busca tener una mejor calidad de vida para poder, desde el bienestar económico, buscar, crear y consolidar el bienestar emocional. No queremos dar una definición positivista de lo que entendemos por bienestar emocional, cuando hablamos de ello estamos hablando de la posibilidad de vivir en la querencia y la aceptación de lo que somos u de lo que nos tocó compartir en esta aventura del vivir. A1 - Lore, Aresti de la Torre Y1 - 2015/// ER - TY - BOOK T1 - About Canada: Immigration CY - Nova Scotia, Canada PB - Frenwood Pulishing N2 - Many Canadians believe that immigrants steal jobs away from qualified Canadians, abuse the healthcare system and refuse to participate in Canadian culture. In About Canada: Immigration, Gogia and Slade challenge these myths with a thorough investigation of the realities of immigrating to Canada. Examining historical immigration policies, the authors note that these policies were always fundamentally racist, favouring whites, unless hard labourers were needed. Although current policies are no longer explicitly racist, they do continue to favour certain kinds of applicants. Many recent immigrants to Canada are highly trained and educated professionals, and yet few of them, contrary to the myth, find work in their area of expertise. Despite the fact that these experts could contribute significantly to Canadian society, deeply ingrained racism, suspicion and fear keep immigrants out of these jobs. On the other hand, Canada also requires construction workers, nannies and agricultural workers — but few immigrants who do this work qualify for citizenship. About Canada: Immigration argues that we need to move beyond the myths and build an immigration policy that meets the needs of Canadian society. A1 - Gogia, Nupur A1 - Slade, Bonnie Y1 - 2015/// KW - immigration ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Travail Domestique et Exploitation : Le Cas des Travailleuses Domestiques Philippines au Canada (PAFR) N1 - Rapport publié en partenariat avec le Service aux Collectivités de l'Université du Québec à Montréal CY - Laboratoire de recherche sur le droit du travail et le développement PB - Université McGill A1 - Gallerand, Elsa A1 - Gallié, Martin A1 - Ollivier Gobeil, Jeanne Y1 - 2015/01/09/ UR - http://www.mcgill.ca/lldrl/files/lldrl/15.01.09_rapport_fr_vu2.5.11_0.pdf UR - http://www.mcgill.ca/lldrl/files/lldrl/15.01.09_rapport_en_vu1.1.13_0.pdf Y2 - 2015-01-29 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Position Statement – Discrimination on the basis of sex in recruitment for the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program CY - Ontario PB - Ontario Human Rights Commission A1 - Ontario Human Rights Commission,  Y1 - 2014/12/14/ UR - http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/news_centre/position-statement-%E2%80%93-discrimination-basis-sex-recruitment-seasonal-agricultural-workers-program Y2 - 2015-01-07 T3 - Position Statement ER - TY - RPRT T1 - UFCW Canada prompts Human Rights Commission warning to Ottawa over gender discrimination in its SAWP recruitment A1 - UFCW/TUAC Canada,  Y1 - 2014/12/12/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30379:ufcw-canada-prompts-human-rights-commission-warning-to-ottawa-over-gender-discrimination-in-its-sawp-recruitment&catid=9577:directions-14-98&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2014-12-14 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Ministry of Labour looking into death of live-in nanny killed in work accident CY - Toronto PB - CBC N2 - Marites Angana died after hitting her head while at work in November A1 - CBC News Toronto,  Y1 - 2014/12/12/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ministry-of-labour-looking-into-death-of-live-in-nanny-killed-in-work-accident-1.2871118 Y2 - 2015-01-07 JA - CBC News Toronto ER - TY - CASE T1 - Travailleurs et travailleuses unis de l’alimentation et du commerce, section locale 501 (TUAC-FTQ) c. Savoura (Congédiement et discrimination- Noe Ricardo Arteaga et Santos Isaïa Garcia Castillo) A2 - CanLII 76230 (QC SAT) PB - Tribunal d'arbitrage A1 - Tribunal arbitrage,  Y1 - 2014/12/11/ UR - http://www.canlii.org/fr/qc/qcdag/doc/2014/2014canlii76230/2014canlii76230.html Y2 - 2015-03-11 J2 - 2014 QCTA 1035, D.T.E. 2015T-161, AZ-51136099 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Pathways to Healthcare for Migrant Workers : How Can Health Entitlement Influence Occupational Health Trajectories ? IS - 2 A1 - Gravel, Sylvie A1 - Hanley, Jill A1 - Koo, Jah-Hon Y1 - 2014/// JA - Perspectives interdisciplinaires sur le travail et la santé (Pistes) VL - 16 SP - 1 M2 - 1 SP - 1-18 ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - L’obligation de résidence : un dispositif juridique au service d’une forme de travail non libre CY - En ligne A1 - Gallié, Martin A1 - Galerand, Elsa Y1 - 2014/// UR - http://interventionseconomiques.revues.org/2203 Y2 - 2014-12-04 JA - Revue Interventions Économiques VL - 51 ER - TY - ADVS T1 - Migrant Workers Speaking Tour - Toronto, Nov 16 2014 Y1 - 2014/// UR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxPPTU18CAs&list=PLoP_DrxCyRznZ5fQ-AoTFljQIrFde6abY&index=2 Y2 - 2014-11-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Des logements provisoires pour des résidents provisoires ” : la privation du droit au logement des travailleurs agricoles migrants au Canada N2 - Cette recherche vise à documenter le droit au logement des travailleurs agricoles migrants au Canada soumis au Programme des travailleurs agricoles saisonniers (PTAS) et au Volet agricole du Programme des travailleurs étrangers temporaires (PTET). Elle s‘appuie sur la législation en vigueur, la jurisprudence et les données disponibles au Canada. Elle vise notamment à montrer que l‘obligation de résidence chez l‘employeur, légale ou de facto selon les programmes, participe d‘un arsenal juridique qui vise à « brider » la liberté des travailleurs migrants A1 - Gallié, Martin A1 - Bourbeau, Andrée Y1 - 2014/// UR - http://www.gireps.org/publications/des-logements-provisoires-pour-des-residents-provisoires-la-privation-du-droit-au-logement-des-travailleurs-agricoles-migrants-au-canada/ Y2 - 2014-11-22 JA - Cahiers du GIREPS SP - 47 M2 - 47 SP - 47 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Bitter Harvest: Exploitation and Forced Labour of Migrant Agricultural Workers in South Korea IS - ASA 25/004/2014 CY - London, UK PB - Amnesty International, International Secretariat N2 - As of 2013, around 250,000 migrant workers were employed in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) under the Employment Permit System (EPS). Since the establishment of the EPS ten years ago, Amnesty International has repeatedly raised concerns on how this work scheme directly contributes to human and labour rights violations by severely restricting migrant workers’ ability to change jobs and challenge abusive practices by employers. Similar concerns have also been raised by a number of UN bodies,2 but the South Korean government has consistently failed to implement their recommendations. As a consequence, a significant number of migrant workers continue to be regularly exposed to serious exploitation, which includes excessive working hours, unpaid overtime, denial of rest days and breaks, threats, violence, trafficking and forced labour Following Amnesty International’s previous research on the EPS in 2006 and 2009,3 this report focuses on migrant agricultural workers, who account for some 8% of all EPS workers.4 Agriculture is one of the sectors with the least legal safeguards and, consequently, migrant workers in this sector are at greater risk of exploitation and abuse. A1 - Amnesty International, International Secretariat,  Y1 - 2014/// KW - Underpayment KW - Late payment KW - Denial of Leave KW - Excessive hours UR - http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA25/004/2014/en/5e1c9341-d0ec-43c3-b858-68ad69bc6d52/asa250042014en.pdf Y2 - 2014-11-10 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Still enslaved: The migrant domestic workers who are trapped by the immigration rules CY - London, UK PB - Kalayaan, Justice for migrant domestic workers A1 - Kalayaan,  Y1 - 2014/// T3 - Kalayaan, Justice for migrant domestic workers ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Día de la Independencia de Guatemala: Nada que celebrar para los Trabajadores Agrícolas N2 - Continuamos marginalizados, explotados y excluidos a través del Programa de Trabajadores Agrícolas Temporales. A1 - Centro de trabajadoras y trabajadores imigrantes (CTI),  Y1 - 2014/09/15/ KW - Exploitation KW - Projet de loi 8 UR - http://iwc-cti.org/es/dia-de-la-independencia-de-guatemala-nada-que-celebrar-para-los-trabajadores-agricolas/ Y2 - 2014-09-16 JA - Centro de trabajadoras y trabajadores imigrantes ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Guatemalan Independence Day: Nothing to Celebrate for Agricultural Workers N2 - We continue marginalized, exploited, and excluded through Quebec’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) A1 - Centre des travailleurs et travailleuses immigrants (CTI) ,  A1 - Centro de trabajadoras y trabajadores imigrantes (CTI),  Y1 - 2014/09/15/ KW - Projet de loi 8 KW - travailleurs agricoles UR - http://filsdepressemtl.info/en/guatemalan-independence-day-nothing-to-celebrate-for-agricultural-workers/ Y2 - 2014-09-16 JA - Montreal Newswire ER - TY - ADVS T1 - La dure réalité des travailleurs agricoles étrangers N2 - Dossier La barrière de la langue, la méfiance, l'isolement : voilà une partie de la réalité à laquelle les travailleurs agricoles étrangers sont confrontés. Mais la réalité est encore plus brutale pour quelques-uns de ces 8000 travailleurs, souvent venus d'Amérique latine, qui récoltent vos fruits et légumes. Émilie Dubreuil nous raconte l'histoire d'Ivan Guerrero, dont la mort dans une ferme, en mai dernier, a mis en lumière des conditions de travail quasi inhumaines. Suivi d'une entrevue avec André Plante, directeur général de l'Association des producteurs maraîchers du Québec. A1 - Radio Canada,  Y1 - 2014/09/10/ UR - http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/societe/2014/09/08/006-dure-realite-travailleurs-agricoles-etrangers.shtml Y2 - 2014-09-10 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Trabajador hispano temporal muere en extraño accidente A1 - El Popular,  Y1 - 2014/09/10/ UR - http://diarioelpopular.com/2014/09/10/trabajador-hispano-temporal-muere-en-extrano-accidente/ Y2 - 2014-09-16 JA - El Popular ER - TY - ADVS T1 - Death of a farm worker N2 - At 3 min 05 Ivan Guerrero footage; Death of Ivan Guerrero in May 2014 by dorwning. It took 3 days before his death was declared; Living and working conditions A1 - CBC News - Montreal,  Y1 - 2014/09/09/ KW - Ivan Guerrero UR - http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/Montreal/ID/2513175438/ Y2 - 2014-09-10 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Migrant workers further disenfranchised by Bill 8, critics say A1 - CBC News - Montreal,  Y1 - 2014/09/09/ KW - Ivan Guerrero UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/migrant-workers-further-disenfranchised-by-bill-8-critics-say-1.2760756 Y2 - 2014-09-10 JA - CBC News ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Temporary foreign worker dies in freak accident, leaves chilling testimony A1 - CBC News - Montreal,  Y1 - 2014/09/09/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/temporary-foreign-worker-dies-in-freak-accident-leaves-chilling-testimony-1.2760160 Y2 - 2014-09-10 JA - CBC News ER - TY - CASE T1 - Gorenshtein v. British Columbia (Employment Standards Tribunal), 2013 BCSC 1499 (CanLII) A2 - 2013 BCSC 1499 (CanLII) PB - Supreme Court of BC A1 - Supreme Court of BC,  Y1 - 2014/08/19/ UR - http://unik.caij.qc.ca/default.aspx?&unikid=en/bc/bcsc/doc/2013/2013bcsc1499/2013bcsc1499 Y2 - 2014-05-29 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Guatemalan chicken catcher in Quebec alleges abusive work practices N2 - Temporary foreign worker Mario Rodolfo Garcia complains about work conditions at Service Avicole JGL. A1 - Lindeman, Tracey A1 - Noël, Brigitte Y1 - 2014/07/29/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/guatemalan-chicken-catcher-in-quebec-alleges-abusive-work-practices-1.2716985 Y2 - 2014-07-29 JA - CBCNews ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Steelworkers Welcome Decision Accepting Temporary Foreign Workers' Human Rights Case A1 - CNW,  Y1 - 2014/07/10/ UR - http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1385387/steelworkers-welcome-decision-accepting-temporary-foreign-workers-human-rights-case Y2 - 2014-07-11 JA - CNW ER - TY - NEWS T1 - 5 Arrested For Immigration Scam Using Temporary Foreign Worker Program A1 - CBC,  Y1 - 2014/07/09/ UR - http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/07/09/foreign-worker-program-scam-arrests_n_5572042.html Y2 - 2014-07-13 JA - The Huffington Post ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Au Liban, des employées domestiques étrangères vivent un enfer CY - Beyrouth,Liban PB - Monde,Académie N2 - Julienne, Togolaise, 36 ans, travailleuse à domicile pour une famille libanaise se remet petit à petit de son horrible calvaire. Dès son premier jour, on l'a rebaptise "animal". Battue, humiliée et enfermée dans le noir par son employeuse elle perd 30 kg. Sa patronne refuse de la nourrir et Julienne n'a pas d'autres choix que de manger dans les restes de la poubelle. Elle vécu l'enfer pendant 9 long mois et ne fut payée que deux mois. A1 - Girard, Marine Y1 - 2014/// UR - http://mondeacinter.blog.lemonde.fr/2014/06/05/lenfer-des-employees-domestiques-au-liban/ Y2 - 2016-07-05 JA - LeMonde.fr ER - TY - NEWS T1 - 'My Hope Is Justice': Ex-Tim Hortons Worker Speaks from Mexico N2 - "My hope is that I'll see justice, truly," Edxon González Chein tells The Tyee over the phone from Mexico City. "Justice both within the program, and also regarding the companies that employ temporary foreign workers." A1 - Ball, David Y1 - 2014/06/24/ UR - http://thetyee.ca/News/2014/06/24/Mexican-Temporary-Foreign-Workers/ Y2 - 2014-07-03 JA - The Tyee ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Parvaz Film Corp. blacklisted following CBC Go Public investigation N2 - Company is 2nd one blacklisted from Temporary Foreign Worker Program following Go Public story A1 - CBC News ,  Y1 - 2014/06/06/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/parvaz-film-corp-blacklisted-following-cbc-go-public-investigation-1.2667888 Y2 - 2014-06-24 JA - CBC News ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Nanny behind diplomatic human-trafficking allegations tells story Y1 - 2014/05/30/ KW - caregiver KW - nanny KW - human traficking UR - http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/stranded-nanny-says-she-came-to-canada-for-the-sake-of-the-children Y2 - 2014-07-03 JA - Ottawa Citizen ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Film Company Accused Of Foreign Worker Fraud, Extortion A1 - CBC News ,  Y1 - 2014/05/19/ UR - http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/05/19/film-company-foreign-workers_n_5350287.html Y2 - 2014-05-21 JA - Huffington Post British Columbia ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Des travailleurs étrangers victimes de trafic d'êtres humains, selon l'un d'eux N2 - Un travailleur étranger temporaire affirme que des collègues et lui ont dû travailler en Colombie-Britannique durant des centaines d'heures sans être payés, sous la menace constante d'être expulsés du pays. A1 - Bouchard, Cendrix Y1 - 2014/05/13/ KW - Exploitation KW - Menace KW - déportation UR - http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/colombie-britannique/2014/05/05/001-travailleur-etranger-temporaire-trafic-etres-humains.shtml Y2 - 2014-05-13 JA - Radio-Canada ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Juan Ariza, Hampstead Survivor, A True Fighter for Migrant Workers PB - UFCW/TUAC A1 - UFCW/TUAC Canada,  Y1 - 2014/05/12/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4013:juan-ariza-hampstead-survivor-a-true-fighter-for-migrant-workers&catid=531&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2015-03-11 T3 - A UFCW Canada Human Rights Department Release ER - TY - GEN T1 - Blacklisting Migrant Workers CY - The Dominion PB - The Dominion N2 - Guatemalans speaking out against abuse expelled from temporary foreign worker program A1 - Croft, Valérie Y1 - 2014/05/09/ UR - http://dominion.mediacoop.ca/story/blacklisting-migrant-workers/22378 Y2 - 2014-05-09 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Ex diplomat from Philippines accused of trafficking nanny PB - CBC News A1 - CBC News ,  Y1 - 2014/05/09/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ex-diplomat-from-philippines-accused-of-trafficking-nanny-1.2637556 Y2 - 2014-05-13 JA - CBC News ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Philippine diplomats in Ottawa face human-trafficking charges A1 - The Globe and Mail,  Y1 - 2014/05/09/ KW - caregiver KW - nanny KW - human traficking UR - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/philippine-diplomats-in-ottawa-face-human-trafficking-charges-over-nanny/article18583611/ Y2 - 2014-07-03 JA - The Globe and Mail ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - The Next Chapter for Ontario Agriculture Workers A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2014/// KW - Systemic Problem ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Foreign worker reports death threats, coercion N2 - A temporary foreign worker who sold massage devices and other products in mall kiosks has reported he and his colleagues worked hundreds of hours for no pay, while forced to live under constant threat of deportation. A1 - Tomlinson, Kathy Y1 - 2014/05/05/ KW - Exploitation KW - human trafficking KW - threats UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/foreign-worker-reports-death-threats-coercion-1.2630278 Y2 - 2014-05-05 JA - CBC News ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Lawyer suspended, charged - Live-in nannies complain about treatment N2 - A Winnipeg immigration lawyer has been suspended for six months and fined $25,000 after a live-in nanny complained he hired her out to third parties and put her application for immigration at risk. A1 - Sanders, Carol Y1 - 2014/05/04/ KW - Lawyer KW - Live-in caregiver KW - immigration status UR - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/lawyer-suspended-charged-46567022.html# Y2 - 2014-05-04 JA - Winnipeg Free Press ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Tim Hortons breaks with franchisee, expands foreign worker oversight after wage theft claims CY - British Columbia PB - CBC N2 - Move comes months after Filipino workers told CBC their overtime pay was regularly taken from them. A1 - Sheppard, Jennie Y1 - 2014/04/24/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tim-hortons-breaks-with-franchisee-expands-foreign-worker-oversight-after-wage-theft-claims-1.2620672 Y2 - 2015-01-07 JA - CBC News British Columbia ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Des travailleurs étrangers logés par McDo se sentaient « comme des esclaves » PB - Radio-Canada N2 - Des travailleurs étrangers temporaires béliziens à Edmonton clament que McDonald's les a forcés à partager un appartement dispendieux, tout en déduisant le loyer de leurs paies. A1 - Radio Canada,  Y1 - 2014/04/17/ UR - http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/alberta/2014/04/17/001-travailleurs-etrangers-belize-mcdonalds-logement.shtml Y2 - 2014-05-09 JA - Ici Radio-Canada ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Recruiters charging foreign workers in Ontario illegal fees as high as $12,000 for jobs that might not exist, report finds N2 - The number of temporary foreign workers in Canada has more than tripled since 2000 to 338,213 in 2012 providing a boon for job recruiters, some of whom are exploiting foreign workers, a new report finds. Recruiters are charging fees as high as $12,000 for jobs that might not exist and seizing workers’ passports, the report, published Tuesday by the Metcalf Foundation, says. Such practices persist among live-in caregivers, who are theoretically protected against these practices by Ontario law, as well as migrant workers, who aren’t protected, in other “lower skill” industries such as agriculture, food processing, and cleaning. A1 - Browne, Rachel Y1 - 2014/04/10/ UR - http://business.financialpost.com/2014/04/10/recruiters-charging-foreign-workers-in-ontario-illegal-fees-as-high-as-12000-for-jobs-that-might-not-exist-report-finds/ Y2 - 2014-04-14 JA - Financial Post ER - TY - ADVS T1 - Nanny Recruitment Fees PB - CBC.ca N2 - Why are nannies still paying recruitment fees to work for families in this province. Matt Galloway spoke with Fay Faraday. She is a human rights and constitutional lawyer in Toronto. A1 - Faraday, Fay A1 - CBC News ,  Y1 - 2014/04/09/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/metromorning/episodes/2014/04/09/nanny-recruitment-fees/ Y2 - 2014-04-14 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - New Ontario bill to protect migrants is doomed: Study N2 - Just as Ontario is considering expanding its protection of migrant workers, a new study warns it's doomed to fail if existing loopholes are not fixed. A1 - Keung, Nicholas Y1 - 2014/04/08/ UR - http://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2014/04/08/new_ontario_bill_to_protect_migrants_is_doomed_study.html Y2 - 2014-04-14 JA - Toronto Star ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Ontario laws failing to prevent migrant workers from exploitation, abuse N2 - Jordan Chittley, Kevin Newman Live Published Tuesday, April 8, 2014 7:27PM EDT Last Updated Wednesday, April 9, 2014 2:09PM EDT When Liza Draman came to Canada in 2007 she paid $3,500 to a recruiter to get a job as a live-in caregiver. According to human rights lawyer Fay Faraday, $3,500 is on the low end. It can be as high as $15,000 -- and that’s to get a minimum wage job. For some, that’s as much as three years of wages. “That’s money they don’t have on hand,” says Faraday to Kevin Newman Live. “In order to get that money they have to go to an informal lender.” A1 - CTV,  A1 - Jordan Chittley, Kevin Newman Live,  Y1 - 2014/04/08/ UR - http://knlive.ctvnews.ca/ontario-laws-failing-to-prevent-migrant-workers-from-exploitation-abuse-1.1767227 Y2 - 2014-04-14 JA - CTV News ER - TY - ADVS T1 - Téléjournal BC - Scandale des Philippins au McDo A1 - Eugénie Depatie-Pelletier,  Y1 - 2014/// UR - http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/colombie-britannique/2014/04/07/001-enquete-embauche-travailleurs-etrangers-temporaires-mcdonalds.shtml Y2 - 2014-04-08 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Blacklist verdict rocks B.C. legislature PB - UFCW A1 - UFCWCanada,  A1 - UFCW/TUAC Canada,  Y1 - 2014/03/31/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3948:blacklist-verdict-rocks-bc-legislature&catid=519&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2014-04-14 T3 - UFCW Press releases ER - TY - NEWS T1 - México declarado culpable de interferencia antisindical en Canadá N2 - El tribunal laboral de Columbia Británica dictamina que México creó listas negras de trabajadores migrantes mexicanos en Canadá. (Ciudad Capital, see document attached) A1 - UFCWCanada,  A1 - Newswire,  A1 - Ciudad Capital,  Y1 - 2014/03/21/ UR - http://www.ciudadcapital.com.mx/archives/67565 UR - http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mexico-declarado-culpable-de-interferencia-antisindical-en-canada-251590021.html Y2 - 2014-03-25 JA - Ciudad Capital, Newswire ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Mexico found guilty of blacklisting Mexican migrant workers in Canada suspected of being pro-union PB - UFCW A1 - UFCWCanada,  Y1 - 2014/03/21/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3938:mexico-found-guilty-of-blacklisting-mexican-migrant-workers-in-canada-suspected-of-being-pro-union&catid=517:directions-14-23&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2014-04-01 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Give the workers rights! (Just not to migrant workers though) A1 - Paz , Adriana A1 - Ramsaroop, Chris Y1 - 2014/03/13/ UR - http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/views-expressed/2014/03/give-workers-rights-just-not-to-migrant-workers-though Y2 - 2014-03-20 JA - Rabble.ca ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Migration and International Human Rights Law Chapter 6:The Rights of Migrants and Refugees at Work A1 - International Commission of Jurists ,  Y1 - 2014/// UR - http://www.icj.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Universal-MigrationHRlaw-PG-no-6-Publications-PractitionersGuide-2014-eng.pdf Y2 - 2016-03-10 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Muchos venimos aqui porque no tenemos casa o porque no tenemos nada IS - 51 CY - Cuernavaca PB - Regiones, suplemento de antropologia A1 - Solis Coello , David A. Y1 - 2014/// UR - http://www.suplementoregiones.com/pdf/Regiones51.pdf Y2 - 2016-03-01 JA - Regiones, suplemento de antropologia VL - 10 SP - 32 M2 - 32 SP - 32-33 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - 'I want to make my life in Canada': Union considering legal action after job cuts strand Irish steelworkers in B.C. A1 - Luba, Frank Y1 - 2014/02/18/ UR - http://www.theprovince.com/news/Steelworkers+from+Ireland+stranded+after+jobs+chopped/9517663/story.html Y2 - 2014-03-05 JA - The Province ER - TY - NEWS T1 - As Temp Workers Flow from Jamaica, Scammers Swoop N2 - Illegal fees, empty promises. Caribbean victims speak as Tyee reader-funded series continues. A1 - Nuttall, Jeremy J. Y1 - 2014/01/22/ UR - http://thetyee.ca/News/2014/01/22/Scammers-Swoop/ Y2 - 2014-02-07 JA - The Tyee ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Evidence pointing to Mexico blacklisting migrant workers in Canada stands, says BC Supreme Court/ Les éléments de preuve indiquant que le Mexique a dressé une liste noire de travailleurs migrants au Canada sont recevables, selon la Cour suprême de la C.-B. PB - UFCW A1 - UFCWCanada,  Y1 - 2014/01/17/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3828%3Aevidence-pointing-to-mexico-blacklisting-migrant-workers-in-canada-stands-says-bc-supreme-court&catid=6%3Adirections-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2014-01-21 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - CBSA investigates claim 26 foreign workers were forced to share home PB - CBC News N2 - Labrador City restaurant owners deny allegations involving Jungle Jim’s and Greco Pizza workers. A1 - Ensing, Chris A1 - Antle, Rob Y1 - 2014/01/14/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/cbsa-investigates-claim-26-foreign-workers-were-forced-to-share-home-1.2495103 Y2 - 2014-01-14 JA - CBC.ca ER - TY - CASE T1 - 639299 Alberta Ltd v Meganathan, 2013 CanLII 87001 (AB ESU) A2 - 2013 CanLII 87001 (AB ESU) PB - Judge G.W. Sharek - Umpire A1 - Judge G.W. Sharek - Umpire,  Y1 - 2013/12/19/ UR - http://unik.caij.qc.ca/default.aspx?&unikid=en/ab/abesu/doc/2013/2013canlii87001/2013canlii87001 Y2 - 2014-05-13 J2 - File No. ES-000273 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Journée internationale des migrants, Des travailleurs étrangers temporaires en mal de droits N2 - Les travailleurs migrants temporaires se plaignent qu'ils ont des difficultés à faire valoir leurs droits au Canada, notamment en raison de permis de travail fermé qui les rendent vulnérables face à l'employeur. C'est le cas de Mario Ramirez venu au Canada pour travailler sur une ferme. Après deux semaines, il s'est rendu compte que les conditions étaient loin de ce qu'on lui avait promis. Lui et ses collègues devaient entre autres payer pour les frais médicaux. Par ailleurs, lorsqu'il a perdu son emploi, l'employeur lui a fait payé le billet d'avion de retour, mais ne lui a jamais donné ce billet. Or, les employeurs doivent payer les billets d'avion aller-retour des travailleurs. A1 - Montpetit, Caroline Y1 - 2013/12/18/ KW - travailleurs temporaires étrangers KW - frais médicaux KW - billets d'avion UR - http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/actualites-en-societe/395467/des-travailleurs-etrangers-temporaires-en-mal-de-droits Y2 - 2014-05-05 JA - Le Devoir ER - TY - NEWS T1 - More Tim Hortons workers accuse 'threatening' Fernie boss A1 - CBC News ,  Y1 - 2013/12/13/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/more-tim-hortons-workers-accuse-threatening-fernie-boss-1.2457085 Y2 - 2013-12-17 JA - CBC News ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Who's looking out for Tim Hortons' temporary foreign workers? PB - CBC A1 - Carletti, Fabiola A1 - Davidson, Janet Y1 - 2013/12/12/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/who-s-looking-out-for-tim-hortons-temporary-foreign-workers-1.1282019 Y2 - 2013-12-17 JA - CBC ER - TY - NEWS T1 - OPP faces racial profiling complaint from migrant workers asked for DNA samples PB - thestar.com N2 - Advocacy group says foreign farm workers approached in a sex assault investigation had only dark skin colour in common. A1 - Keung, Nicholas Y1 - 2013/12/12/ UR - http://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2013/12/12/opp_faces_racial_profiling_complaint_from_migrant_workers_asked_for_dna_samples.html Y2 - 2013-12-17 JA - The Toronto Star ER - TY - NEWS T1 - B.C. Federation of Labour calls on RCMP to investigate allegations of fraud and theft against Tim Hortons. A1 - Hynd, Tamara Y1 - 2013/12/11/ UR - http://www.thefreepress.ca/news/235444541.html Y2 - 2013-12-17 JA - The Free Press ER - TY - RPRT T1 - MIGRANTE calls for permanent residency for TFWs in Tim Hortons case/Dec 15 community rally in Fernie PB - Migrante BC A1 - Migrante Canada,  Y1 - 2013/12/07/ UR - http://www.migrantebc.com/2013/12/14/migrante-calls-permanent-residency-tfws-tim-hortons-case/ Y2 - 2013-12-17 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Tim Hortons 'wage theft' claim prompts call for police probe CY - British Columbia PB - CBC N2 - B.C.'s Employment Standards Branch already investigating claims of seized overtime pay A1 - CBC News - BC,  Y1 - 2013/12/06/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tim-hortons-wage-theft-claim-prompts-call-for-police-probe-1.2454706 Y2 - 2015-01-07 JA - CBC News ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Tim Hortons boss accused of cheating Filipino workers for OT PB - CBC.ca N2 - B.C.'s Employment Standards Branch is investigating claims of seized overtime pay A1 - CBC News - BC,  Y1 - 2013/12/05/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tim-hortons-boss-accused-of-cheating-filipino-workers-for-ot-1.2451512 Y2 - 2013-12-16 JA - CBC News - British-Columbia ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Opinion: Creating an underclass of disposable workers A1 - Byl, Yessy A1 - Foster , Jason Y1 - 2013/12/01/ JA - Edmonton Journal ER - TY - NEWS T1 - British police stunned by intensity of 'emotional control' over women held as slaves A1 - Waldie, Paul Y1 - 2013/11/22/ UR - http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/couple-in-centre-of-uk-enslavement-case-released-on-bail/article15559178/?service=mobile Y2 - 2013-12-19 JA - The Globe and Mail ER - TY - CASE T1 - Decision No. 1559/13, [2013] O.W.S.I.A.T.D. No. 2371. A2 - [2013] O.W.S.I.A.T.D. No. 2371. Y1 - 2013/11/13/ J2 - 2013 ONWSIAT 2408. ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Exploited for profit, failed by governments : Indonesian migrant domestic workers trafficked to Hong Kong N1 - **: The inability to find new employment in the two-week time limit leaves migrant domestic workers with little choice but to remain in abusive and/or exploitative conditions or accept jobs with unfavourable work conditions in order to maintain their immigration status. In 2006, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women,370 raised concerns that the Two-Week Rule pushes “foreign domestic workers to accept employment which may have unfair or abusive terms and conditions in order to stay in Hong Kong” ...In addition to increasing migrant domestic worker’s vulnerability to exploitative and abusive working conditions, the Two-Week Rule also significantly impedes their ability to access redress mechanisms in Hong Kong -p.76 CY - London PB - Amnesty International N2 - The workers are not tied to a single employer. However, if they leave their employer, they only have 2 weeks to find another, or else they fall under irregular status, a policy which acts similar to employer bondage. A1 - Amnesty International, International Secretariat,  Y1 - 2013/// KW - Trafficking UR - https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/ASA17/029/2013/en/ Y2 - 2015-11-04 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - "The Paper that You Have in Your Hand is My Freedom": Migrant Domestic Work and the Sponsorship (Kafala) System in Lebanon IS - 2 PB - University of Cape Town N2 - In this paper, I argue that the portrayal of violations of MDW rights as abuse of one set of women by another is inherently problematic on several fronts. It privatizes the structural problem of workers' and immigrant rights violations, delegates it to the household, and absolves the state of its responsibility. Moreover, the focus on abusive employers takes attention away from teh root of the problem - the inherently exploitative system of migration and recruitment in the region, the sponsorship system. The sponsorship system not only creates conditions for much of these violations, but also systematically produces a new population of readily exploitative worker - the category of "illegal workers". Oral histories and interviews with individual workers are employed to analyze the process by which illegal workers are "produced" in Lebanon. Finally, focus group discussions highlight critical policy recommendations made by the workers themselves, which address the systemic bases of their exploitation in Lebanon. A1 - Pande, Amrita Y1 - 2013/// JA - International Migration Review VL - 47 SP - 414 M2 - 414 SP - 414 - 441 ER - TY - CASE T1 - Tobar-Pinto et Verger Caron enr. 2013 QCCLP 6184 A2 - 2013 QCCLP 6184 PB - Commission des Lésions Professionnelles A1 - Commission des lésions professionnelles,  Y1 - 2013/10/22/ UR - http://canlii.ca/t/g1nch Y2 - 2015-09-12 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - B.C. man sentenced to 18 months in nanny-trafficking case PB - Candian Press A1 - The Canadian Press,  Y1 - 2013/10/13/ UR - http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/b-c-man-sentenced-to-18-months-in-nanny-trafficking-case-1.1498089 Y2 - 2013-12-19 JA - CTV News ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Agences de placement : prudence! N2 - « Les producteurs devraient redoubler de prudence lorsqu’ils font affaire avec une agence de placement pour faire effectuer des travaux à forfait en sous-traitance. » A1 - Laprade, Yvon Y1 - 2013/// UR - http://www.laterre.ca/cultures/agences-de-placement-prudence/ Y2 - 2013-10-09 JA - La Terre de chez Nous ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Tout accepter pour la résidence permanente PB - Publibook N2 - Le Canada accueille chaque année plus de 7 000 aides familiales, qui ont l’obligation de résider chez leur employeur pour une période de 24 mois (ou 3 900 heures durant les 48 mois suivant leur arrivée au pays). Ces aides familiales « sont qualifiées pour fournir sans supervision des soins à domicile à des enfants, à des personnes âgées ou à des personnes handicapées [et] doivent habiter dans la résidence privée où ils travaillent au Canada », comme le rapporte le site de Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada. A1 - Bilala, Diane-Valérie Y1 - 2013/// UR - http://www.gazettedesfemmes.ca/7132/travailleuses-domestiques-etrangeres-assignees-a-residence/ Y2 - 2013-10-09 ER - TY - THES T1 - Embodying and resisting labour apartheid: Racism and Mexican farm workers in Canada's seasonal agricultural workers program CY - Vancouver PB - University of British columbia N2 - The Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) is presented as a migrant labour regime that functions as labour apartheid system discipline and control, which is in place to satisfy the needs of capitalist development in the Canadian agricultural industry... parallels are made with the treatment of Black migrant workers under South African apartheid with the differential treatment to which migrant farm workers are subjected under the SAWP. A1 - Paz Ramirez, Adriana Y1 - 2013/// UR - https://circle.ubc.ca/bitstream/handle/2429/45530/ubc_2014_spring_pazramirez_adriana.pdf Y2 - 2015-10-07 VL - Master's of Arts T2 - sociology SP - 102 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Denying health coverage to injured migrant workers is shameful N2 - Health professionals demand that Ontario provide access to full health coverage to workers and families for injuries sustained and lives lost. Demonstrators protest at a human rights tribunal looking into a discrimination case against the province's coroner's office for declining to hold an inquest into the death of a migrant farm worker Ned Livingston Peart in 2002. (June 28, 2013) A1 - Rai , Nanky A1 - Deutsch, Jim A1 - Majeed, Abeer A1 - Bailey, Brendan A1 - Garfinkle, Miriam Y1 - 2013/09/18/ UR - http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2013/09/18/denying_health_coverage_to_injured_migrant_workers_is_shameful.html Y2 - 2013-09-19 JA - The Toronto Star ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Temporarily Unchained: The Drive to Unionize Foreign Seasonal Agricultural Workers in Canada – A Comment on Greenway Farms and ufcw IS - Spring 2011 A1 - Russo, Robert Y1 - 2013/// JA - BC Studies, VL - no. 169 SP - 131 M2 - 131 SP - 131-141 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Province challenges OHIP coverage to injured migrant workers N2 - An independent tribunal decided two Jamaican farm workers seriously injured in a car crash should continue to be covered after their contracts ended. A1 - Keung, Nicholas Y1 - 2013/09/06/ UR - http://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2013/09/06/province_challenges_ohip_coverage_to_injured_migrant_workers.html# Y2 - 2013-09-09 JA - Toronto Star ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Subcontractor Servitude PB - New York Times N2 - THE words “guest workers” and “strike” are not often seen together. Yet twice this summer, members of a group of more than 150 Jamaican guest workers who clean luxury Florida hotels and condos walked off the job. The workers came to the United States in April anticipating a summer of hard work and decent earnings to send home. Instead, they encountered the black hole of labor subcontracting. A1 - Gordon, Jennifer Y1 - 2013/// KW - États-Unis JA - New York Times SP - 2 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Alberta companies allowed to pay less to foreign workers Y1 - 2013/09/03/ UR - http://fr.scribd.com/doc/163984934/List-of-Alberta-companies-given-approval-to-hire-minimum-wage-foreign-workers Y2 - 2013-09-04 JA - The Calgary Herald ER - TY - CASE T1 - D.C. and K.W. v The General Manager The Ontario health Insurance Plan A2 - 2013 CanLII 51688 PB - Health Services Appeal and Review Board A1 - Health Services Appeal and Review Board,  Y1 - 2013/08/29/ ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Victory for Migrant Farm Worker in Landmark Decision A1 - Rachid, Asaf Y1 - 2013/08/06/ UR - http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/audio/victory-migrant-farm-worker-landmark-decision/18527 Y2 - 2013-08-15 JA - Halifax Medi Co-op ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario Slams Double Diamond Acres for Racial Harassment of a Migrant Farm Worker PB - Market Wired A1 - Marketwire,  Y1 - 2013/07/30/ UR - http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/human-rights-tribunal-ontario-slams-double-diamond-acres-racial-harassment-migrant-farm-1815447.htm Y2 - 2013-07-30 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - St. Lucian wins racial harassment case against Canadian farm operator Y1 - 2013/07/29/ UR - http://www.stlucianewsonline.com/st-lucian-wins-racial-harassment-case-against-canadian-farm-operator/ Y2 - 2013-07-30 JA - St Lucia News Online ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Human Rights Tribunal fines farm $23,500 for calling migrant workers ‘monkeys’ PB - The Toronto Star A1 - Keung, Nicholas Y1 - 2013/07/29/ UR - http://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2013/07/29/human_rights_tribunal_fines_farm_23500_for_calling_migrant_workers_monkeys.bb.html Y2 - 2013-07-31 JA - The Star.com ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Denny’s restaurants settles foreign workers’suit for $1.4 million N2 - Temporary workers from the Philippines who worked at Denny’s restaurants in B.C. have won a settlement worth $1.4million that is the first of its kind in Canada. A1 - Smolkin, Sheryl Y1 - 2013/// UR - http://www.thestar.com/business/personal_finance/2013/07/16/dennys_restaurants_settles_foreign_workerssuit_for_14_million.html Y2 - 2013-07-23 JA - The Toronto Star ER - TY - ADVS T1 - Rape in the Fields PB - PBS N2 - FRONTLINE and Univision partner to tell the story of the hidden price many migrant women working in America’s fields and packing plants pay to stay employed and provide for their families. This investigation is the result of a yearlong reporting effort by veteran FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman, the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley, and the Center for Investigative Reporting. Lowell Bergman investigates the hidden reality of rape on the job for immigrant women. Duration: (53:41) Premiere Date: 06/25/2013 Episode Expires: Never TV Rating: NR Closed Caption A1 - Bergman, Lowell A1 - PBS,  Y1 - 2013/// UR - http://video.pbs.org/video/2365031455 Y2 - 2013-07-23 ER - TY - CASE T1 - Monrose v. Double Diamond Acres Limited A2 - David Muir Y1 - 2013/07/23/ NV - 2013 HRTO 1273 J2 - 2010-05922-I ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Migrant worker abuse case drags on CY - Essex County A1 - Chen, Dalson Y1 - 2013/07/15/ UR - http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2013/07/15/migrant-worker-abuse-case-drags-on/ Y2 - 2013-07-17 JA - The Windsor Star ER - TY - CASE T1 - Pascua v Khul-Schachter PB - Ontario Superior Court of Justice N2 - The plaintiff, Sunshine Pascua, was employed as a full-time nanny and live-in caregiver for the two children of the defendant, Michelle Khul-Schachter.The plaintiff commenced work with the defendant on August 20, 2009. She was terminated by the defendant without notice on September 30, 2011. During her employment the plaintiff was under a work visa or permit (“Work Permit”) which was renewed on April 1, 2011 and extended to March 31, 2014.The plaintiff submitted that she was wrongfully dismissed because of her pregnancy. Outcome: In the result, therefore, there will be judgment for the plaintiff against the defendant for the amount of $6,888. Y1 - 2013/// UR - http://unik.caij.qc.ca/default.aspx?&unikid=en/on/onscsm/doc/2013/2013canlii47860/2013canl ii47860 Y2 - 2015-07-15 J2 - [2013] OJ No 3496 (QL) ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Husband guilty in Filipina nanny human trafficking case N2 - Wife Nicole Huen found not guilty of all charges. A1 - CBC News - BC,  Y1 - 2013/// UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/06/26/bc-filipina-nanny-trafficking-verdict.html?cmp=rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Y2 - 2013-07-15 JA - CBCNews ER - TY - ADVS T1 - Migrant workers protest for inquest into worker’s death PB - CHCH N2 - Supporters of migrant farm workers in Ontario, and across Canada, are hoping to make history. They’re hoping to force a coroner to call an inquest into the death of a farm worker, and other migrants killed after coming to Canada to produce food. Al Sweeney has the story. A1 - Bagnoli, Melissa Y1 - 2013/06/28/ UR - http://www.chch.com/migrant-workers-protest-for-inquest-into-workers-death/ Y2 - 2013-07-16 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Wife of B.C. man found guilty of enslaving nanny speaks out N2 - 'The only thing we are guilty [of] is being too soft-hearted,' wife says. A1 - CBC News - BC,  Y1 - 2013/06/28/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/06/28/bc-nanny-trial-franco-orr-speaks.html?autoplay=true Y2 - 2013-07-16 JA - CBC News ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Vancouver man convicted of human trafficking in Filipino nanny case A1 - Canadian Press,  Y1 - 2013/06/26/ UR - http://www.vancouversun.com/news/metro/Vancouver+convicted+human+trafficking+Filipino+nanny+case/8584298/story.html Y2 - 2013-07-11 JA - The Vancouver Sun ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Live-In-Caregiver program questioned as jury prepares to decide on accusations of enslavement A1 - Pablo, Carlito Y1 - 2013/06/24/ UR - http://www.straight.com/news/394531/live-caregiver-program-questioned-jury-prepares-decide-accusations-enslavement Y2 - 2013-07-11 JA - Straight.com ER - TY - NEWS T1 - OFWs warned vs recruiter A1 - Santos, Tina G. Y1 - 2013/06/22/ UR - http://globalnation.inquirer.net/78423/ofws-warned-vs-recruiter#ixzz2YljghsDk Y2 - 2013-07-11 JA - Inquirer Global Nation ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Businessman accused of exploiting foreign employees N2 - Hector Mantolino faces 56 immigration fraud charges A1 - CBC,  Y1 - 2013/06/18/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2013/06/17/ns-foreign-workers-exploiting-cbsa.html Y2 - 2013-06-18 JA - CBC News ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Québec et Ottawa bientôt visés par une poursuite N2 - « Le programme actuel pousse les aides domestiques – en majorité des femmes des Philippines – à demeurer au service d’employeurs qui ne respectent pas leurs droits », affirme leur porte-parole, Marc-Antoine Cloutier, patron de la clinique juridique Juripop, qui représente l’Association des aides familiales du Québec (AAFQ). A1 - TEISCEIRA-LESSARD, PHILIPPE Y1 - 2013/06/10/ UR - http://lapresse.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx Y2 - 2013-06-14 JA - La Presse ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Nanny denies defence's suggestions A1 - Fraser, Keith Y1 - 2013/06/09/ UR - http://www.theprovince.com/news/Nanny+denies+defence+suggestions/8500091/story.html Y2 - 2013-06-18 JA - The Province ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Temporary foreign worker bust made in Kingsville N2 - Canadian Border Services Agency arrested 6 six undocumented foreign workers. A1 - CBC,  Y1 - 2013/05/16/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2013/05/16/wdr-temporary-foreign-worker-bust-kingsville-cbsa.html Y2 - 2013-05-30 JA - CBC News ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Foreign workers allegedly paid $3 an hour in Halifax granted reprieve from deportation A1 - Trafford, Erin Y1 - 2013/04/24/ UR - http://globalnews.ca/news/507946/29-foreign-workers-granted-reprieve-from-deportation/ Y2 - 2013-04-29 JA - Global News ER - TY - NEWS T1 - 32 Bangladeshi workers wounded PB - The Daily Star Y1 - 2013/04/18/ KW - Greece KW - Bangladeshi migrant workers KW - Shooting indident UR - http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/bangladeshis-injured-in-greece-shooting/ Y2 - 2013-04-25 JA - The Daily Star ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Greek Foremen Sought in Attack on Migrant Workers CY - New York A1 - KITSANTONIS, NIKI Y1 - 2013/04/18/ KW - Greece KW - gun firing on migrant workers UR - http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/world/europe/greek-foremen-sought-in-attack-on-bangladeshi-migrant-workers.html?ref=bangladesh&_r=0 Y2 - 2013-04-26 JA - The New York Times SP - 8 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Indian migrant workers return home with horror tales from UAE PB - The Times of India Y1 - 2013/04/13/ KW - India KW - Migrant workers returnees UR - http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-13/middle-east-news/37078330_1_migrant-rights-council-mrc-uae-government Y2 - 2013-04-26 JA - The Times of India ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Middle East’s exploitative labour market PB - The Daily Star Y1 - 2013/04/11/ KW - migrant workers KW - Migrant Workers KW - Migrant workers KW - Middle-East UR - http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/middle-easts-exploitative-labour-market/ Y2 - 2013-04-25 JA - The Daily Star ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Canada Line workers finally get their due PB - Journal of commerce N2 - Costa Rican temporary foreign workers (TFW) involved in Canada Line construction have received cheques for back pay, expenses and injury to dignity from their employer, nearly five years after winning a multi-million dollar award from the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal. Y1 - 2013/04/03/ JA - Journal of commerce ER - TY - ICOMM T1 - Migrant Abuse: March Roundup PB - migrantrights Y1 - 2013/04/02/ UR - http://www.migrant-rights.org/2013/04/02/migrant-abuse-march-roundup/ Y2 - 2013-04-05 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Opportunity or oppression? A1 - May, Katie Y1 - 2013/03/30/ JA - LETHBRIDGE HERALD ER - TY - ICOMM T1 - Kuwait’s Ineffective and Inequitable Crackdown on Undocumented Workers PB - Migrantrights Y1 - 2013/03/20/ KW - Kuwait KW - Trangression KW - Undocument Migrant Workers UR - http://www.migrant-rights.org/2013/03/20/kuwaits-ineffective-and-inequitable-crackdown-on-undocumented-workers/ Y2 - 2013-03-28 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - La commission des relations de travail de la C.-B. rejette une tentative de supprimer certaines preuves d’exclusion / B.C. Labour Board denies attempt to suppress Blacklisting evidence PB - TUAC A1 - UFCW/TUAC Canada,  Y1 - 2013/03/16/ UR - http://www.tuac.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3323:bc-labour-board-denies-attempt-to-suppress-blacklisting-evidence-&catid=6:directions-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=fr Y2 - 2013-03-28 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Caregiver sues employer over lost wages Claims no wages paid despite four years of work A1 - Canadian Press,  A1 - Funk, Rebekah Y1 - 2013/03/16/ JA - The Vancouver Sun ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Denny's Settles with Filipino Migrants N2 - Foreign temp workers' class action suit claimed restaurant giant stiffed them on money, hours. A1 - Alarcon, Krystle Y1 - 2013/03/01/ UR - http://thetyee.ca/News/2013/03/01/Dennys-Migrant-Workers/ Y2 - 2013-03-28 JA - The Tyee ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Du Guatemala ou du Mexique à l’Abitibi N2 - Bien qu’attrayante, l’embauche de travailleurs étrangers est un processus complexe pour celui qui veut s’y aventurer. A1 - Murthy, Naveen Y1 - 2013/02/22/ UR - http://www.lechoabitibien.ca/2013/02/22/du-guatemala-ou-du-mexique-a-labitibi Y2 - 2013-04-17 JA - L'Écho Abitibien ER - TY - CASE T1 - 2643-12-ES Rojana Jamjai, Applicant v. Tri-Gro Enterprises Ltd. o/a Greenwood Mushroom Farm Inc. and Director of Employment Standards A2 - 2013 CanLII 9010 (ON LRB) PB - ONTARIO LABOUR RELATIONS BOARD N2 - Settlement Y1 - 2013/02/21/ UR - https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onlrb/doc/2013/2013canlii9010/2013canlii9010.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAGamFtamFpAAAAAAE Y2 - 2014-05-13 ER - TY - ICOMM T1 - Debts, dreams and middle men haunt Bangladeshi migrants jailed abroad CY - UK PB - Theguardian N2 - Remittances to Bangladesh dwarf foreign aid, but as Biltu Mia and 19 others who ended up in a Tanzanian prison discovered, working abroad is beset with problems. The guard had a shiny bald head and bloodshot eyes. Every time he walked by, he spat and muttered in Swahili, "Beggars! Stinking beggars!" Biltu Mia, 31, from the Manikganj district of central Bangladesh, cannot get the memory out of his head. He spent nearly a year in Tanzania's notorious Ukonga prison, on the outskirts of Dar-es-Salaam, after being picked up by immigration police in October 2011. Mia says he slept in a space 3ft across and had to trade prison food for a tunic after his only shirt started to rot. The toilets overflowed and the guards carried out rectal searches when hunting for cigarettes and contraband. "I was sure I would die there," Mia says. "One of our companions, a Bangladeshi, died of starvation and disease." When he left home in search of a better life, in July 2011, Mia had no idea he would end up in an east African prison. The youngest son of a rice farmer, he had been recruited by a local "manpower agent", who promised him a lucrative job as a professional driver in Durban, South Africa. Instead, Mia and another man from his area were flown to Kampala, Uganda, and then on to Dar-es-Salam via Kenya. They were told by local agents that they would need to stay in Tanzania for a few days while their papers were processed. The days stretched into months before Mia, and eight other Bangladeshis living in the same house, were picked up in a police raid. "Our passports had been taken by the recruiters. We had no papers and no money to pay fines or bribes. The guards openly told us that we would spend the rest of our lives in prison," Mia says. Mia's case is not an isolated one. In Bangladesh, where half the population lives on less than $1.20 a day, migrant labour is regarded as an important livelihood option. But experts fear that thousands of Bangladeshis could be in limbo in the Middle East and Africa after being duped by recruiters. Many would-be migrants end up behind bars for immigration offences, and others face the daunting prospect of returning home with nothing but their debts. "The high cost of migration and the involvement of shady agents encourages what we call irregular migration," says Selim Reza, a researcher with the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit, an affiliate of the University of Dhaka. "Many Bangladeshi migrants find themselves in situations close to slavery. They can't get legal status and often they don't have the means to come back home." In August 2012, the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (Bmet) of the Bangladesh government, learned about the plight of Mia and 19 other Bangladeshis. As the Bangladeshis were "illegals" the agency couldn't use government funds to help them, according to Mohsin Chowdhury, welfare director of Bmet. To get around the legal hurdle, the bureau worked with the MGH Group, one of Bangladesh's largest corporations, with interests in banking, logistics, shipping, and food and beverages, to bring the stranded Bangladeshis home. On 21 September 2012, Mia returned to Dhaka. "The migrant worker is the unsung hero of our economy," Anis Ahmed, managing director of MGH Group, says. "We wanted to give back to society by doing something. I think by bringing these men home, we've brightened the lives of 20 families." Headquartered in Singapore and with operations spanning Asia and the Middle East, MGH Group has partnered Bmet before. In April 2009, the company brought back seven Bangladeshi migrant workers who had served nearly a decade in a Pakistani jail without a conviction. Ahmed says his company is working to rescue Bangladeshis stranded in countries from Lebanon to Kazakhstan. "We're working with Bmet to track down and rescue Bangladeshis who are trapped abroad," Ahmed says. "But I hope the government will tackle the conditions that get them into trouble in the first place." More than 600,000 Bangladeshis left to fill overseas jobs in 2012, according to Bmet. Remittances from wage earners stood at $12.8bn (£7.8bn) in the fiscal year ending 30 June 2012 – roughly six times higher than the official development assistance and 11 times the foreign direct investment in Bangladesh. But despite being a crucial lifeline, experts say the sector is beset with problems, with many analysts blaming costly and corrupt recruiting practices and the lack of co-ordinated government initiatives for the vulnerability of migrants. Dr Ahsan Mansur, executive director of the Policy Research Institute, a Dhaka-based thinktank, said: "Most Bangladeshi migrants are paying the equivalent of a year's earnings on a three-year contract, in recruitment and travel costs. With multiple layers of middlemen involved, the agent dealing with the worker in Bangladesh may not know much about the job, while the recruiter in the country of destination may not know anything about the worker." Mia's father, Mofiz Uddin, sold a piece of land and took out a high-interest loan from a local loan shark to send his son abroad. "I paid the recruiter a total of 1m taka (£7,600)," Uddin says. "It was every taka I had. But when my son went missing, they refused to accept any responsibility." Ali Haider Chowdhury, general secretary of the Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies, representing the country's nearly 800 agencies – denies that his association had failed to purge itself of agents who operate outside the law. "We warn people to deal only with government-approved recruiters," he says. "But many people in the rural areas prefer to deal with local subagents they know rather than Dhaka-based recruiting agencies." Back in Manikganj, Mia says he is being pursued by the creditors who lent his family money to send him abroad. The government has no comprehensive reintegration scheme for returning migrants and Mia hasn't found work since his return. "I'm glad to see my family," he said. "But this is like being in prison all over again." The guard had a shiny bald head and bloodshot eyes. Every time he walked by, he spat and muttered in Swahili, "Beggars! Stinking beggars!" Biltu Mia, 31, from the Manikganj district of central Bangladesh, cannot get the memory out of his head. He spent nearly a year in Tanzania's notorious Ukonga prison, on the outskirts of Dar-es-Salaam, after being picked up by immigration police in October 2011. Mia says he slept in a space 3ft across and had to trade prison food for a tunic after his only shirt started to rot. The toilets overflowed and the guards carried out rectal searches when hunting for cigarettes and contraband. "I was sure I would die there," Mia says. "One of our companions, a Bangladeshi, died of starvation and disease." When he left home in search of a better life, in July 2011, Mia had no idea he would end up in an east African prison. The youngest son of a rice farmer, he had been recruited by a local "manpower agent", who promised him a lucrative job as a professional driver in Durban, South Africa. Instead, Mia and another man from his area were flown to Kampala, Uganda, and then on to Dar-es-Salam via Kenya. They were told by local agents that they would need to stay in Tanzania for a few days while their papers were processed. The days stretched into months before Mia, and eight other Bangladeshis living in the same house, were picked up in a police raid. "Our passports had been taken by the recruiters. We had no papers and no money to pay fines or bribes. The guards openly told us that we would spend the rest of our lives in prison," Mia says. Mia's case is not an isolated one. In Bangladesh, where half the population lives on less than $1.20 a day, migrant labour is regarded as an important livelihood option. But experts fear that thousands of Bangladeshis could be in limbo in the Middle East and Africa after being duped by recruiters. Many would-be migrants end up behind bars for immigration offences, and others face the daunting prospect of returning home with nothing but their debts. "The high cost of migration and the involvement of shady agents encourages what we call irregular migration," says Selim Reza, a researcher with the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit, an affiliate of the University of Dhaka. "Many Bangladeshi migrants find themselves in situations close to slavery. They can't get legal status and often they don't have the means to come back home." In August 2012, the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (Bmet) of the Bangladesh government, learned about the plight of Mia and 19 other Bangladeshis. As the Bangladeshis were "illegals" the agency couldn't use government funds to help them, according to Mohsin Chowdhury, welfare director of Bmet. To get around the legal hurdle, the bureau worked with the MGH Group, one of Bangladesh's largest corporations, with interests in banking, logistics, shipping, and food and beverages, to bring the stranded Bangladeshis home. On 21 September 2012, Mia returned to Dhaka. "The migrant worker is the unsung hero of our economy," Anis Ahmed, managing director of MGH Group, says. "We wanted to give back to society by doing something. I think by bringing these men home, we've brightened the lives of 20 families." Headquartered in Singapore and with operations spanning Asia and the Middle East, MGH Group has partnered Bmet before. In April 2009, the company brought back seven Bangladeshi migrant workers who had served nearly a decade in a Pakistani jail without a conviction. Ahmed says his company is working to rescue Bangladeshis stranded in countries from Lebanon to Kazakhstan. "We're working with Bmet to track down and rescue Bangladeshis who are trapped abroad," Ahmed says. "But I hope the government will tackle the conditions that get them into trouble in the first place." More than 600,000 Bangladeshis left to fill overseas jobs in 2012, according to Bmet. Remittances from wage earners stood at $12.8bn (£7.8bn) in the fiscal year ending 30 June 2012 – roughly six times higher than the official development assistance and 11 times the foreign direct investment in Bangladesh. But despite being a crucial lifeline, experts say the sector is beset with problems, with many analysts blaming costly and corrupt recruiting practices and the lack of co-ordinated government initiatives for the vulnerability of migrants. Dr Ahsan Mansur, executive director of the Policy Research Institute, a Dhaka-based thinktank, said: "Most Bangladeshi migrants are paying the equivalent of a year's earnings on a three-year contract, in recruitment and travel costs. With multiple layers of middlemen involved, the agent dealing with the worker in Bangladesh may not know much about the job, while the recruiter in the country of destination may not know anything about the worker." Mia's father, Mofiz Uddin, sold a piece of land and took out a high-interest loan from a local loan shark to send his son abroad. "I paid the recruiter a total of 1m taka (£7,600)," Uddin says. "It was every taka I had. But when my son went missing, they refused to accept any responsibility." Ali Haider Chowdhury, general secretary of the Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies, representing the country's nearly 800 agencies – denies that his association had failed to purge itself of agents who operate outside the law. "We warn people to deal only with government-approved recruiters," he says. "But many people in the rural areas prefer to deal with local subagents they know rather than Dhaka-based recruiting agencies." Back in Manikganj, Mia says he is being pursued by the creditors who lent his family money to send him abroad. The government has no comprehensive reintegration scheme for returning migrants and Mia hasn't found work since his return. "I'm glad to see my family," he said. "But this is like being in prison all over again." Y1 - 2013/// KW - Bangladeshi migrant workers lost in Africa UR - http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/jan/07/debts-bangladeshi-migrants-jailed-abroad Y2 - 2013-02-17 ER - TY - MGZN T1 - Global Forum & Bangladesh: The Situation and Obligations of Bangladesh Migrants N2 - With an area of 147,570 square km, Bangladesh is overpopulated with 140 million people. Less than half of its population is said to live below poverty level. A high rate of unemployment and the demand for foreign exchange has led to government policies to promote migration of workers to labor deficit countries. But we think with importance that Migrant worker issues are most important for our social, economical, education & development. A1 - Ahmed, Sheikh Nasir Y1 - 2013/01/30/ KW - migration KW - Bangladesh KW - poverty KW - Government Policies KW - Social Development KW - Economic Development KW - Education. UR - http://www.globaleducationmagazine.com/global-forum-bangladesh-situation-obligations-bangladesh-migrants/ Y2 - 2013-03-18 JA - Global Education ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Three Edmonton employers face charges under Immigration and Refugee Act A1 - Sinnema, Jodie Y1 - 2013/01/24/ JA - Edmonton Journal ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Human rights commission rejects temporary B.C. coal mine worker's complaint N2 - The Canadian Human Rights Commission has rejected a complaint filed by a temporary foreign worker hired at a B.C. coal mine against the union seeking to block foreign workers. A1 - Moore, Dene Y1 - 2013/01/21/ JA - The Vancouver Sun ER - TY - CASE T1 - Jamjai v. Greenwood Mushroom Farm Inc., 2013 HRTO 96 (CanLII) A2 - 2013 HRTO 96 (CanLII) PB - Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario N2 - [1] This is an Application filed on October 22, 2012 under section 34 of Part IV of the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, as amended (the “Code”) alleging discrimination with respect to employment on the basis of race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, citizenship, ethnic origin, sex and marital status. [2] The applicant worked for the respondent farm as a mushroom harvester under a temporary foreign worker program. The applicant resided in an apartment with other workers as arranged by the respondent employer. The respondent imposed a house rule against having overnight guests of the opposite sex. The applicant alleges that she was unfairly disciplined and dismissed for allegedly disobeying the house rule. The applicant alleges that as a temporary foreign female worker she was subjected to discriminatory rules with respect to housing guests that are not applied to Canadian-born employees. A1 - Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario,  Y1 - 2013/01/21/ UR - http://unik.caij.qc.ca/default.aspx?&unikid=en/on/onhrt/doc/2013/2013hrto96/2013hrto96 Y2 - 2014-05-13 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - World’s domestic workers toil in penury and danger A1 - Goar, Carol Y1 - 2013/01/13/ UR - http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1314096--goar-world-s-domestic-workers-toil-in-penury-and-danger Y2 - 2013-01-16 JA - The Star ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Saudi Arabia's treatment of foreign workers under fire after beheading of Sri Lankan maid CY - UK PB - The Guardian Y1 - 2013/01/13/ KW - Saudi Arabia KW - Maids KW - Death Sentence UR - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/13/saudi-arabia-treatment-foreign-workers Y2 - 2013-04-28 JA - The Guardian ER - TY - ICOMM T1 - Bahrain Labor Camp Fire Kills 13 Migrant Workers PB - Migrantrights Y1 - 2013/01/12/ KW - Fire Labor Camp UR - http://www.migrant-rights.org/2013/01/12/bahrain-labor-camp-fire-kills-13-migrant-workers/ Y2 - 2013-03-28 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Will Tories Fix Temp Foreign Worker Program? N2 - Look to Manitoba for 'gold standard' of migrant worker protection, say advocates. Last in a series. A1 - Alarcon, Krystle Y1 - 2013/01/10/ UR - http://thetyee.ca/News/2013/01/10/Fix-Temp-Foreign-Worker-Program/ Y2 - 2013-01-15 JA - The Tyee ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Law Leaves Migrant Workers Dangling Precariously N2 - Alfredo Sales knew blowing whistle on his boss was a huge risk. Fear is built into Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program. Third in a series. A1 - Alarcon, Krystle Y1 - 2013/01/09/ UR - http://thetyee.ca/News/2013/01/09/Migrant-Worker-Laws/ Y2 - 2013-01-15 JA - The Tyee ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Imported Workers Fight Back N2 - How Latin Americans hired to build Canada Line bravely exposed Temporary Foreign Worker Program injustices. Second in a series. A1 - Alarcon, Krystle Y1 - 2013/01/08/ UR - http://thetyee.ca/News/2013/01/08/Imported-Workers-Fight-Back/ Y2 - 2013-01-10 JA - The Tyee ER - TY - NEWS T1 - The Invisibles: Migrant Workers in Canada N2 - Reports of exploited foreign temps have grown as fast as the federal program. First in a series. A1 - Alarcon, Krystle Y1 - 2013/01/07/ UR - http://thetyee.ca/News/2013/01/07/Canada-Migrant-Workers/ Y2 - 2013-01-15 JA - The Tyee ER - TY - CASE T1 - Fermes Sunchef inc. et Morena Quintanilla A2 - Fermes Sunchef inc. et Morena Quintanilla, 2012 QCCLP 1195 PB - Commission des Lésions Professionnelles A1 - Commission des lésions professionnelles,  A1 - Commission des lésions professionnelles,  Y1 - 2013/01/07/ UR - http://canlii.ca/t/fvl5j UR - http://canlii.ca/t/fq725 Y2 - 2015-01-22 J2 - Fermes Sunchef inc. et Morena Quintanilla, 2013 QCCLP 26. ER - TY - NEWS T1 - 1.8 million migrant workers contribute 8% to Sri Lanka’s economy Despite exploitation and abuse CY - Sri Lanka PB - Sunday Island A1 - Morrell, Steve A Y1 - 2013/01/05/ KW - remittance KW - Exploitation UR - http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=69732 Y2 - 2013-04-28 JA - Sunday Island ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Aides résidantes familiales: la galère continue N2 - Chaque année, des centaines d'immigrantes arrivent au Québec comme aides familiales résidantes. Géré par Québec et par Ottawa, ce programme d'immigration leur permet de demander la résidence permanente, si elles effectuent, en 4 ans, 24 mois de travail déclaré. Pour obtenir la résidence, elles laissent leurs familles derrière elles, déboursent parfois des milliers de dollars, et acceptent des conditions de travail difficiles. Vulnérables par leur statut, elles peuvent devenir les proies d'agences de placement pas toujours scrupuleuses. Et en dépit des améliorations apportées au programme par le gouvernement fédéral, la donne n'a guère changé, racontent-elles. A1 - Nicoud, Anabelle Y1 - 2012/12/14/ UR - http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/national/201212/08/01-4602086-aides-residantes-familiales-la-galere-continue.php Y2 - 2012-12-14 JA - La Presse SP - 2 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Juripop, l'AAFQ et UES-FTQ annoncent la création d'une clinique juridique pour les femmes admises au Québec à titre d'aide familiale A1 - Juripop,  A1 - AAFQ,  A1 - UES-FTQ,  Y1 - 2012/11/29/ T3 - Communiqués de l'AAFQ ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Solidarity or Exclusion? British Columbia Unions and Chinese Mineworkers N2 - fficials from the International Union of Operating Engineers and the Construction and Specialized Workers' Union (CSWU) have gone to court to try to cancel the company's authorization to employ Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs). Their rationale is clear. When interviewed on the CBC Radio One program As It Happens on November 21, Mark Olsen, the President of the Bargaining Council of BC Building Trade Unions, argued that Canadian workers should get preference for these mining jobs and that the Chinese workers already in BC should be sent home. A1 - Camfield, David Y1 - 2012/11/23/ UR - http://www.newsocialist.org/index.php/663-solidarity-or-exclusion-british-columbia-unions-and-chinese-mineworkers Y2 - 2012-12-01 JA - New Socialist ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Labor Migration from Bangladesh 2011: Achievements and Challenges CY - Dhaka, Bangladesh PB - RMMRU N2 - The report by RMMRU onLabor Migration from Bangladesh 2011: Achievements and Challenges gives the statistics on the total number of migrant workers from Bangladesh in the year 2011, the percentage of labor migration based on skill composition, the destination country. and remittances sent by the Bangladeshi migrant workers. The report also discusses legal cases of Bangladeshi migrant workers in the Arab countries. A1 - Siddiqui, Tasneem A1 - Billah, Md. Motasim Y1 - 2012/// UR - http://www.rmmru.org/events/2011/Migration_Trend_Analysis_2011_Achievements_and_Challenges_EN.pdf Y2 - 2012-11-21 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Migration of Women Workers from South Asia to the Gulf PB - UN Women, V.V Giri Labour Insititute N2 - UN women - 2012. "Released by UN Women and the V.V Giri Labour Insititute, the report Migration of Women Workers from South Asia to the Gulf analyses the processes, outcomes and problems associated with the migration of women workers from South Asian countries to the Gulf region, focusing on five major sending countries in South Asia – Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka – and six major receiving countries of the Gulf region – Bahrain, Kuweit, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. Highlighting the positive economic aspects of migration in South Asia, this report also addresses the areas where women continue to experience injustice, violence and inequality at various stages of the migration cycle." A1 - Thimothy, Rakkee A1 - Sasikumar, S.K. Y1 - 2012/// KW - Women KW - Rights and protection of migrants UR - http://apmagnet.ilo.org/resources/migration-of-women-workers-from-south-asia-to-the-gulf Y2 - 2012-11-21 ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Ottawa to announce review of controversial Temporary Foreign Worker program A1 - Oneil, Peter Y1 - 2012/// UR - http://www.canada.com/Ottawa+announce+review+controversial+Temporary+Foreign+Worker+program/7520191/story.html Y2 - 2012-11-14 JA - canada.com ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Tim Hortons workers file double-double rights complaint A1 - CBC News - BC,  Y1 - 2012/11/09/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/11/09/bc-tim-hortons-human-rights.html Y2 - 2012-11-14 JA - CBC News - BC ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Temporary workers in Canada 'without rights' A1 - Taylor, Louisa Y1 - 2012/11/06/ UR - http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Temporary+workers+Canada+without+rights/7501410/story.html Y2 - 2014-03-05 JA - Ottawa Citizen SP - 1 ER - TY - CHAP T1 - (Res)sentiment and Practices of Hope: The Labours of Filipina Live-in Caregivers in Filipino Canadian Families
 CY - Toronto PB - University of Toronto Press A1 - Davidson, Lisa M. Y1 - 2012/// UR - http://www.utppublishing.com/Filipinos-in-Canada-Disturbing-Invisibility.html Y2 - 2012-11-01 T2 - Filipinos in Canada: Disturbing Invisibility ER - TY - NEWS T1 - B.C. to probe report foreign workers made to pay fees for jobs A1 - Stueck, Wendy Y1 - 2012/10/22/ UR - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bc-to-probe-report-foreign-workers-made-to-pay-fees-for-jobs/article4630236/ Y2 - 2012-11-01 JA - The Globe and Mail ER - TY - RPRT T1 - First Victory for Filipina Live-in Caregivers : Superior Court Gave Green Light to Hearing Case against Quebec Human Rights Commission A1 - PINAY,  Y1 - 2012/10/22/ ER - TY - CASE T1 - Decision No. 116/12, [2012] O.W.S.I.A.T.D. No. 2177. A2 - Decision No. 116/12, [2012] O.W.S.I.A.T.D. No. 2177. PB - Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal Y1 - 2012/10/10/ J2 - 2012 ONWSIAT 2220 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - B.C. farm workers treated like 'hostages' CY - British Columbia A1 - CBC News - BC,  Y1 - 2012/10/04/ KW - Abuse KW - temporary migrant workers KW - farm workers KW - employer KW - visa KW - mobility UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-farm-workers-treated-like-hostages-1.1147277?cmp=rss Y2 - 2014-04-16 JA - CBC News ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Mounting evidence about exploitation of foreign workers in Newfoundland and Labrador A1 - Rollmann, Hans Y1 - 2012/// UR - http://theindependent.ca/2012/09/25/something-awful-this-way-comes/ Y2 - 2012-09-30 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Canada Court Hears Case of Filipina Caregivers CY - Chicago et Las Vegas A1 - Lariosa, Joseph G. Y1 - 2012/09/25/ KW - Filipino KW - Exploitation KW - Abuse KW - Superior Court of Quebec KW - Human Rights Commission KW - fees KW - discrimination UR - http://www.usnewslasvegas.com/photo/canada-court-hears-case-of-filipina-caregivers/ UR - http://www.mabuhayradio.com/health-and-medicine/canada-court-hears-case-of-filipina-caregivers Y2 - 2014-04-16 JA - Mabuhay Radio ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Filipina Live-in Caregivers Seek $90,000 in damages against Human Rights Commission for Negligent Inquiry and Failure to Protect A1 - PINAY,  Y1 - 2012/09/18/ ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Abuse of migrant workers ‘endemic’ in Canada, new study says A1 - Keung, Nicholas Y1 - 2012/09/17/ KW - migrant workers KW - Migrant Workers KW - Migrant workers KW - Exploitation KW - vulnerability UR - http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2012/09/17/abuse_of_migrant_workers_endemic_in_canada_new_study_says.html Y2 - 2014-04-16 JA - Toronto Star ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Malaysian Activist Speaks Out for Migrant Workers CY - KUALA LUMPUR PB - The New York Times A1 - GOOCH, LIZ Y1 - 2012/08/30/ KW - migrant workers KW - Migrant Workers KW - Migrant workers KW - abusive case KW - harassment of activists UR - http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/07/world/asia/malaysian-activist-irene-fernandez-speaks-out-for-migrant-workers.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Y2 - 2013-04-30 JA - The New York Times SP - 6 ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Un travailleur étranger porté disparu A1 - Monette, Timothy Y1 - 2012/07/31/ UR - http://www.hebdosregionaux.ca/monteregie/2012/07/31/un-travailleur-etranger-porte-disparu Y2 - 2012-08-15 JA - Le Reflet ER - TY - CASE T1 - Kiewit Energy Fabricators Ltd v Christian Labour Association of Canada, 2012 CanLII 46404 A2 - 2012 CanLII 46404 (AB GAA) PB - Tribunal arbitrage A1 - Tribunal arbitrage,  Y1 - 2012/07/31/ UR - http://unik.caij.qc.ca/default.aspx?&unikid=en/ab/abgaa/doc/2012/2012canlii46404/2012canlii46404 Y2 - 2014-05-09 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - UFCW Canada/ AWA Victory for Guatemalan Migrant Workers in Quebec! A1 - UFCW/TUAC Canada,  A1 - AWA/ATA,  Y1 - 2012/07/26/ T3 - AWA/ATA E-News ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Lightning strike slays lettuce harvester, 64, in St. Rémi A1 - Ravensbergen, Jan Y1 - 2012/07/18/ JA - The Gazette ER - TY - GEN T1 - Travailleur migrant violemment interpellé durant la messe pour les travailleurs agricoles A1 - Centre des travailleurs immigrants,  Y1 - 2012/07/17/ UR - http://iwc-cti.ca/archives/migrant-worker-violently-accosted-at-agricultural-workers-mass-at-st-josephs-oratory/?lang=fr Y2 - 2012-07-20 ER - TY - ICOMM T1 - Thai migrants take recruiters to court CY - Thailand PB - International Labor Organization N2 - Tak Province, Thailand (ILO News) – Auto mechanic Pirom Boonyorat, 35, frowns as he recalls how his last stint as a migrant ended up in financial disaster. He had paid Thai recruiters 580,000 Baht (17,000 Euros at the time) to make employment and travel arrangements for a job in Spain. The recruitment agency told him he’d be paid 1,500 Euros a month and work for five years. His salary turned out to be half that much, and after one year there was no more work. Broke and with no prospects in Spain, Mr. Boonyorat returned to Thailand, furious with the recruiter. “I felt the company only wanted our money. They took no responsibility for their promises. They should have tried their best to find new jobs for us,” he said. Stories like this are not uncommon in Thailand, where recruiters, working on commission, often embellish the conditions of the jobs they arrange. But Mr. Boonyorat and others have now obtained compensation from the recruitment agency, thanks to an ILO project backed by the European Commission, which helped them take their cases to a Thai Labour Court. The project, “Going back – Moving on” aims at helping returning migrants in their economic and social reintegration. It also works with Thai lawyers to help migrants seek fair compensation if they feel they have been wronged. A breakthrough in migrant workers’ rights The financial redress marked a breakthrough in the way Thai courts view the rights of Thai migrant workers and the obligations of the recruitment companies that send them abroad. “More migrants are returning home and those who feel they were cheated are going to court,” said Siriwan Vongkietpaisan, a Thai lawyer who represented Mr. Boonyorat. The lawyer also acted on behalf of Oonjai Thiwong, who paid a recruiter 250,000 Baht (7,000 Euros at the time) for a job in Poland. In early 2012 the Thai Labour Court ruled in favour of Ms. Thiwong and 17 other women after their employer in Poland abruptly cancelled their contracts. Ms. Vongkietpaisan said she initially helped her clients negotiate directly with the recruiters but without success. “So we took the cases to court and we won better settlements.” Ms. Kusumal Rachawong, a coordinator for the ILO’s Economic and Social Empowerment of Migrants Project, said that “the ILO, with the support from the European Commission has proved that the labour rights of migrant workers can be protected by national laws even when they are working abroad.” “This is now recognized by the Thai courts,” he added. Ms. Thiwong met Mr. Boonyorat while she was pursuing her court case. The two former migrants are now married and expecting their first child. They have no immediate plans to work abroad, but say it’s still an option for the future now that they know their rights. Y1 - 2012/07/17/ KW - court for Thai migrant workers UR - http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/features/WCMS_185365/lang--en/index.htm Y2 - 2013-02-23 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Update on Eloid Drummond's (migrant farmworker) fight for justice in Canada A1 - J4MW,  Y1 - 2012/07/16/ UR - http://j4mw.tumblr.com/post/27360679244 UR - http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2012/08/09/for_migrant_workers_injury_often_means_a_oneway_ticket_home.html Y2 - 2012-07-17 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Statement of solidarity with Filipino migrant workers and their class action suit against Denny's A1 - Coalition for Migrant Workers Justice (C4MWJ),  Y1 - 2012/// UR - http://j4mw.tumblr.com/post/26680998546/statement-of-solidarity-with-filipino-migrant-workers Y2 - 2012-07-14 T3 - CMWJ press releases ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Enquête sur de présumés échanges irréguliers de travailleurs étrangers PB - Radio Canada N2 - Service Canada enquête actuellement sur deux entreprises qui se seraient échangé des travailleurs étrangers sans permis, a appris Radio-Canada. A1 - Radio-Canada.ca,  Y1 - 2012/07/12/ UR - http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Economie/2012/07/10/011-entreprises-gagne-lemay-immigrants.shtml UR - http://www.radio-canada.ca/widgets/mediaconsole/medianet/5968730 Y2 - 2012-07-13 JA - Radio Canada ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Update: Major victory in the case of Hermelindo Gutierrez N1 - Hermelindo Gutierrez is a migrant farm worker from Mexico who fell ill with kidney failure while working in Canada as part of the SAWP and faced deportation due to his condition. He seekeed refugee status in Canada because deportation would have meant that he would not be able to afford treatment and medication to keep him alive. After years of waiting and living in limbo, Hermelindo and his family were successful in the first stage of their application for humanitarian and compassionate stay in Canada. Furthermore, his daughter Sayuri will start her studies in psychology at Brock University, which is a major victory. PB - J4MW A1 - J4MW,  Y1 - 2012/07/05/ UR - http://j4mw.tumblr.com/post/26605172874 Y2 - 2012-07-06 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Hermelindo and his family were successful in the first stage of their application for humanitarian and compassionate stay in Canada A1 - J4MW,  Y1 - 2012/07/05/ UR - http://j4mw.tumblr.com/post/26605172874/update-major-victory-in-the-case-of-hermelindo Y2 - 2012-07-14 T3 - J4MW Press releases ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Migrant Worker Community celebrates announcement that injured migrant will receive medical surgery A1 - J4MW,  Y1 - 2012/07/04/ UR - http://j4mw.tumblr.com/post/26510750046/migrant-worker-community-celebrates-announcement-that Y2 - 2012-07-14 T3 - J4MW Press releases ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Denny’s pressing foreign workers to drop class-action suit: waitress CY - Vancouver A1 - Stueck, Wendy Y1 - 2012/06/21/ KW - permanent residency KW - Lawsuit UR - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/dennys-pressing-foreign-workers-to-drop-class-action-suit-waitress/article4362190/ Y2 - 2014-04-17 JA - The Globe and Mail ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Urgent – Community Appeal Injured Migrant Worker in Need of... PB - J4MW A1 - J4MW,  Y1 - 2012/06/18/ UR - http://j4mw.tumblr.com/post/25417349393 Y2 - 2012-06-19 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - A Case Study of Thai migrant workers exploited in Sweden CY - Phillipines PB - International Labour Institution N2 - A Case Study of Thai Migrant Workers Exploited in Sweden is one of the two case studies produced under the International Labour Organization–European Union project Going Back–Moving On: Economic and Social Empowerment of Migrants, Including Victims of Trafficking, Returned from European Union and Neighbouring Countries (2009 –12). The project extended technical support to government and nongovernment service providers offering return and reintegration assistance to victims of labour exploitation and human trafficking. One component of the project has involved producing publications that document the services provided and the processes used in that delivery for future benefit. The documentation includes case studies of Thai migrant workers exploited in Poland and Sweden (reflected in this publication). The objective of the case studies is to review workers’ entire migration experience to draw lessons from the returnees that would be useful to improve the protection and service provision offered to other workers going to work overseas. The case studies look at: · socio-economic context of migration from Thailand · pre-employment and pre-departure · working life and on-site support in Poland and Sweden · pre-return services: workers’ needs and responses · upon return – what happened next and who provided assistance · good practices, lessons learned and recommendations. A1 - International Labour Organisation,  Y1 - 2012/// UR - http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/---ilo-manila/documents/publication/wcms_182264.pdf Y2 - 2016-06-13 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Des aides familiales dans les limbes administratifs CY - Montréal N2 - Chaque année, des centaines d'immigrantes arrivent au Québec comme aides familiales résidantes. Géré par Québec et par Ottawa, ce programme d'immigration leur permet de demander la résidence permanente, si elles effectuent, en 4 ans, 24 mois de travail déclaré. Pour obtenir la résidence, elles laissent leurs familles derrière elles, déboursent parfois des milliers de dollars, et acceptent des conditions de travail difficiles. Vulnérables par leur statut, elles peuvent devenir les proies d'agences de placement pas toujours scrupuleuses. Et en dépit des améliorations apportées au programme par le gouvernement fédéral, la donne n'a guère changé, racontent-elles. A1 - Nicoud, Anabelle Y1 - 2012/// UR - http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/national/201212/08/01-4602086-aides-residantes-familiales-la-galere-continue.php Y2 - 2016-06-13 JA - La Presse montréal SP - 19 M2 - 19 SP - A19 ER - TY - ADVS T1 - Message from the worker getting repatriated for the rest of the... PB - J4MW A1 - J4MW,  Y1 - 2012/05/31/ UR - http://j4mw.tumblr.com/post/24164084812 Y2 - 2012-06-01 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Clashes Over Migrant Worker's Death PB - Radio Free Asia Y1 - 2012/05/30/ KW - Riot KW - rural-urban migrant workers KW - China UR - http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/death-05292012103808.html Y2 - 2013-04-25 JA - Radio Free Asia ER - TY - CASE T1 - Leys v Likhanga, 2012 CanLII 29267 (ON LRB) A2 - 2012 CanLII 29267 (ON LRB) PB - ONTARIO LABOUR RELATIONS BOARD A1 - ONTARIO LABOUR RELATIONS BOARD,  Y1 - 2012/05/29/ UR - http://unik.caij.qc.ca/default.aspx?&unikid=en/on/onlrb/doc/2012/2012canlii29267/2012canlii29267 Y2 - 2014-05-29 ER - TY - ADVS T1 - [Migrant Voices project] Testimony of Noé Arteaga Santos on the treatment of migrant workers in the Québec agro-food industry CY - Montréal PB - IWC/CTI A1 - Immigrant worker center/Centre des travailleurs immigrants - MTL,  Y1 - 2012/05/15/ UR - http://iwc-cti.ca/migrant-voices-iwc-radio/ Y2 - 2012-07-14 ER - TY - ADVS T1 - The Bigger Picture - Disposable labour PB - GlobalNews N2 - Thousands of foreign workers come here each year for low paid, low skill jobs that most Canadians don’t want – and they’re happy to get them. But as 16x9 discovered – many of those workers say they’ve been ripped off and exploited. Read it on Global News: Disposable labour - 16x9 - Videos | Global News A1 - GlobalNews,  Y1 - 2012/05/01/ UR - http://www.globalnews.ca/video/disposable+labour/video.html?v=2228323126#video UR - http://www.globalnews.ca/video/index.html?v=w9utwyzJOBfy4KM4sZY1CnxrgQqbychN#video Y2 - 2012-05-15 ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Why Do They Keep Coming? Labor Migrants in the Gulf States CY - London PB - C. Hurst & Co Ltd N2 - This article is about identifying factors that encourage migrant workers to the Gulf States. Andre Gardner narrates different stories to migrant to support his arguments. Y1 - 2012/// KW - migrant workers KW - Migrant Workers KW - Migrant workers KW - Gulf States KW - motivation behind migration UR - http://www.academia.edu/1766243/Why_Do_They_Keep_Coming_Labour_Migrants_in_the_Persian_Gulf_States Y2 - 2013-04-27 ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Report on the MIGRATION SITUATION of CAMBODIAN MALE and FEMALE LABORERS CY - Phnom Penh, Cambodia PB - Cambodia Development Resource Institute N2 - During the first four months of 2012, the number of complaints for interventions from migrants’ families was increased up to 5 times, compared to the same period of last year (the number of complaints ADHOC received during the first four months of 2012 is 141 cases, while it was only 23 cases for the same period last year). Migration occurred in two forms: legal and illegal migrations. General challenges faced by the two forms of migration include forced overwork, little or no rest time, untreated illnesses, torture, severe physical assault, underpayment, threats, being jailed, being forced to continue work illegally and the cut-off of relationship with family members. Among the 141 cases, some were from Malaysia, Thailand, South Africa, China, Singapore, Japan, Fiji and so on. While hardship and violations have happened on female migrant workers, the Royal Government of Cambodia decided to impose a freeze on sending of female migrant workers to Malaysia. This suspension has been regarded a punishment on some companies and agencies which failed to be responsible for migrant workers who were sent through them and who were faced with right violations. However, the mere announcement without establishing strict mechanisms in resolving the problems of migrant workers still working in Malaysia has caused grave concerns to their families in Cambodia, because they have not received any information about their children, spouse, or relatives working in those countries. This concern is the first reason for the increased number of complaints. Among the 141 cases, 94 (70%) filed complaints on the ground of the loss of contact with migrant workers to Malaysia. This was because after the government’s suspension, some private companies licenses to send workers to Malaysia have been revoked; some companies ended their business; while some became bankrupt. This has led to the loss of contact between migrant workers and their relatives. Moreover, the state’s mechanisms responsible for building links in the absence of the companies have not functioned effectively. Another reason of the mounting number of complaints was because right violation on male and females migrant workers in Malaysia has gotten even more deteriorating. As monitoring mechanisms and solutions by companies about migrant workers’ welfare before the suspension had been already weak; once the suspense was officially announced, nothing has been of help in regard with right violations which were constantly getting worse. According to ADHOC’s observation, Cambodian male/female migrant workers currently working in Malaysia are facing three major challenges: 1) loss of contact with the family because of company’s closure; 2) sever right violations; 3) being forced to continue to work. In order to resolve these challenges, the government shall immediately establish monitoring and protection measures to fill the gaps left by the companies after the freeze and their licenses revoked, to protect migrant workers’ rights. For illegal migrant workers (through brokers ), though few complaints were received and little information was known, they are even more vulnerable to violations, as no institution is in charge of monitoring their safety; they sometimes had to run away from police, they were under threats, they received low wages, they were forced to overwork. This has happened because they crossed border illegally, thus, sometimes were arrested and jailed, were enslaved, were unable to get back home. To resolve the aforementioned challenges, ADHOC would make the following recommendations: 1. The government, especially Ministry of Labor, shall push for the creation of MOU between the Royal Government of Cambodia and receiving countries to set forth working conditions between sending and receiving countries on the ground of human right principles on labor and social rights, more particular, the respect and application of international convention on the protection of migrant workers’ rights; and shall review MOU between Cambodia and Thailand by adding more human right-based responsibilities in receiving and crossing their countries for the sake of migrant workers’ benefit for the two countries to avoid human right violations. In that, Thai government should establish ‘during transit’ policy and urge the employers to be responsible for providing legal aids for illegal cross-border migrant workers. 2. A monitoring mechanism should be established to monitor migrant workers’ welfare in the country of origin and in receiving countries, especially Malaysia, in order to build communication between the workers and their family members during which companies/agents in charge close down their office; and the government should strengthen conflict resolution mechanisms and effectively prevent violations on migrant workers’ rights. 3. The government especially the Ministry of Social Affairs and Ministry of Labor should increase vocational trainings as well as create more job opportunities, working conditions (decent wages in accordance with market price of goods) for our citizens in general and for people in rural areas in particular. Ministry of Interior should facilitate service fees and application process for passport, so that Cambodian citizens will find it easier to obtain legal and proper employment documents. 4. The government with Ministry of Labor in charge, in cooperation with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Interior should set up hotline system nationwide and in receiving countries, in order to rescue victims in a timely manner in the case of violations on both legal and illegal migrant workers. 5. Increase cooperation with ASEAN community and Great Mekong Sub-region in combating human trafficking, labor violation and modern slavery. 6. The government should push for the effective enforcement of Law on Social Security Scheme and enhance responsibilities of related institutions and stakeholders. Also, the government should push for effective enforcement on companies, agencies or individuals who violate laws. Y1 - 2012/// KW - Cambodian migrant workers KW - Human Rights Violation UR - http://www.dtp.unsw.edu.au/.../ADHOCImmigrationLaborReportApril2012ArtWorkEN03.pdf Y2 - 2013-04-20 ER - TY - PAMP T1 - Travailleurs migrants au Canada: Main-d'oeuvre bon marché facilement abusée PB - Conseil Canadien pour les réfugiés N2 - Frais de recrutement exorbitants, heures supplémentaires imposées et non rémunérées, conditions de travail dangereuses, piètres conditions de vie... Ce ne sont là que quelques exemples des nombreux abus subis par des travailleurs migrants au Canada. Ce document de quatre pages peut être utilisé aux fins de sensibilisation et éducation publique A1 - Conseil canadien pour les réfugiés,  Y1 - 2012/04/01/ UR - http://ccrweb.ca/files/travailleursmigrants4pages.pdf Y2 - 2012-04-14 ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Human trafficking affects foreign workers A1 - Thompson, Suzy Y1 - 2012/03/29/ UR - http://www.ffwdweekly.com/article/news-views/news/human-trafficking-affects-foreign-workers-8937/ Y2 - 2012-04-30 JA - Fast Forward Weekly In a report released on March 23, ER - TY - ICOMM T1 - The life and times of a Sri Lankan migrant worker PB - International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) Y1 - 2012/03/27/ UR - http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/mar2012/sril-m27.shtml Y2 - 2012-11-23 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - B.C. Supreme Court Asked To Muzzle BC Labour Board Regarding Mexico Blacklisting Evidence A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2012/03/26/ T3 - UFCW Canada Human Rights Department Release ER - TY - NEWS T1 - The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Labour and Social Planning ordered a Mexican Consulate in Canada to conduct an anti-union campaign PB - La Jornada A1 - La Jornada,  Y1 - 2012/03/19/ JA - La Jornada ER - TY - NEWS T1 - L'exploitation tranquille des travailleurs étrangers CY - Montréal A1 - Nicoud, Anabelle Y1 - 2012/03/17/ KW - Exploitation KW - travailleurs étrangers KW - conditions de travail KW - conditions de vie KW - abus KW - papiers KW - crainte UR - http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/201203/18/01-4506682-lexploitation-tranquille-des-travailleurs-etrangers.php Y2 - 2014-04-03 JA - La Presse SP - 6 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - B.C. Court Rules Migrant Workers Can Sue Denny's A1 - UFCWCanada,  Y1 - 2012/03/14/ UR - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHRWoigADSo&feature=youtu.be Y2 - 2012-03-29 T3 - UFCW Canada Human Rights Department Release ER - TY - CASE T1 - Dominguez v. Northland Properties Corporation, 2012 BCSC 328 A2 - 2012 BCSC 328 (CanLII) PB - Supreme Court of BC A1 - Supreme Court of BC,  Y1 - 2012/03/05/ UR - http://unik.caij.qc.ca/default.aspx?&unikid=en/bc/bcsc/doc/2012/2012bcsc328/2012bcsc328 Y2 - 2014-05-09 ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - BC Hearings Start into Blacklisting of Mexican Migrant Workers A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2012/02/29/ UR - http://ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2667%3Abc-hearings-start-into-blacklisting-of-mexican-migrant-workers&catid=6%3Adirections-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2012-03-01 JA - A UFCW Canada Human Rights Department Release ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Migrant workers face systemic discrimination, Que. rights commission says A1 - White, Marianna Y1 - 2012/02/21/ UR - http://migrantscanada.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/migrant-workers-face-systemic-discrimination-que-rights-commission-says/ UR - http://migrantscanada.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/migrant-workers-face-systemic-discrimination-que-rights-commission-says/ Y2 - 2012-02-22 JA - Postmedia News ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Québec doit modifier sa loi et ses programmes en matière d’immigration pour mettre fin à la discrimination systémique des travailleuses et travailleurs migrants N2 - La Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse demande au gouvernement du Québec de réviser sa législation et ses programmes en matière d’immigration pour mettre fin à la discrimination systémique dont sont victimes les travailleurs migrants. Dans un avis rendu public aujourd’hui, la Commission conclut que les aides familiales résidantes, les travailleurs agricoles saisonniers et les autres travailleurs étrangers temporaires peu spécialisés sont victimes de discrimination systémique en raison de leur origine ethnique ou nationale, de leur race, de leur condition sociale, de leur langue et, dans le cas des aides familiales résidantes, de leur sexe. « Notre avis expose clairement la situation de grande vulnérabilité dans laquelle se trouvent ces travailleurs migrants », a précisé le président de la Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse, monsieur Gaétan Cousineau. « Ce sont pourtant des personnes qui bénéficient de la protection de la Charte des droits et libertés de la personne au même titre que les résidents permanents ou les citoyens. Elles font partie du tissu social et contribuent à la vie économique du Québec. » En 2010, le Québec a accueilli près de 7 000 travailleurs migrants peu spécialisés, dont la plupart étaient originaires du Guatemala, du Mexique et des Antilles qui ont été employés principalement dans le secteur agricole. De ce nombre, environ 400 aides familiales résidantes, en majorité originaires des Philippines, travaillaient dans des familles québécoises comme gardiennes d’enfant ou aides domestiques. La Commission est d’avis que la vulnérabilité dans laquelle se retrouvent ces travailleurs migrants exerce une pression à la baisse sur les conditions de travail de l’ensemble des travailleurs qui œuvrent dans ces secteurs. D’ailleurs, en l’absence de travailleurs migrants, bien des employeurs québécois seraient obligés d’améliorer les conditions de travail insatisfaisantes dans ces domaines d’emploi. Le gouvernement du Québec devrait viser la création d’un programme d’immigration permanente plutôt que temporaire et ainsi limiter le recours aux travailleurs migrants, selon la Commission. De même, cette dernière demande au ministère de l’Immigration et des Communautés culturelles de n’accepter que des travailleurs disposant d’un permis de travail sectoriel et d’interdire l’obligation de résider chez l’employeur. Cette obligation peut compromettre plusieurs droits protégés par la Charte, dont le droit à la vie privée et l’inviolabilité de la demeure. La constante disponibilité physique des aides familiales résidantes rend également difficile la distinction entre leur vie privée et leur vie professionnelle, ce qui peut compliquer, entre autres, le calcul du temps supplémentaire. .../2 Présentement, en raison de leur statut d’immigration, les travailleurs migrants doivent détenir un permis de travail limité à un seul emploi et à un seul employeur qui les contraint aussi à demeurer chez leur employeur. Cela restreint, non seulement leur liberté d’établissement et leur accès au programme de regroupement familial, mais porte également atteinte à leur droit à la liberté et leur droit à des conditions de travail justes et raisonnables qui respectent leur santé, leur sécurité et leur intégrité physique. En outre, comme les travailleurs migrants ont de la difficulté à établir leur résidence, ils sont exclus des programmes de protection sociale et n’ont pas droit, notamment, à l’aide juridique, à l’aide sociale, à l’instruction publique (à la discrétion des commissions scolaires) et aux programmes de soutien à l’intégration des immigrants, y compris les cours de francisation, alors que la majorité de ces travailleurs sont hispanophones ou anglophones. « Une meilleure connaissance du français pourrait pourtant les aider à obtenir des résultats supérieurs dans la grille de sélection des travailleurs indépendants », précise l’avis de la Commission. Par ailleurs, dans certaines circonstances, les travailleurs migrants sont exclus de certaines dispositions du Code de travail, de la Loi sur les normes du travail, de la Loi sur la santé et la sécurité du travail et de la Loi sur les accidents du travail et les maladies professionnelles. Par conséquent, ils n’ont pas droit aux mêmes conditions de travail et salariales que les travailleurs québécois qui font le même travail, particulièrement en ce qui a trait aux heures supplémentaires et aux congés payés. Afin de prévenir les abus, la Commission recommande que le gouvernement du Québec encadre mieux les activités des agences de recrutement des travailleurs migrants et offre une meilleure protection à ces travailleurs qui risquent d’être renvoyés dans leur pays s’ils sont impliqués dans un litige ou s’ils déposent une plainte. Elle recommande donc la mise en place d’un mécanisme de recours en cas de rapatriement par l’employeur, le consulat du pays d’origine ou encore de l’Agence des services frontaliers du Canada, dans le cadre du Programme des travailleurs agricoles saisonniers. Depuis 2005, la Commission est intervenue à de nombreuses reprises en faveur des aides familiales résidantes et des travailleurs agricoles migrants se trouvant au Québec et participe, depuis 2008, aux travaux du Comité interministériel permanent sur la protection des travailleurs étrangers temporaires peu spécialisés. L’avis « La discrimination systémique à l’égard des travailleuses et de travailleurs migrants » est disponible à l’adresse www.cdpdj.qc.ca. Des résumés, en français et en anglais, sont aussi disponibles à la même adresse. -30- Source : Julie Lajoye 514 873-5146 ou 1 800 361-6477 poste 230 Julie.lajoye@cdpdj.qc.ca A1 - CDPDJ,  Y1 - 2012/02/20/ UR - http://www2.cdpdj.qc.ca/publications/Documents/Avis_travailleurs_immigrants.pdf UR - http://www2.cdpdj.qc.ca/publications/Documents/Avis_travailleurs_immigrants_resume.pdf Y2 - 2012-02-22 T3 - Avis juridiques de la CDPDJ ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Quebec must revise its immigration law and programs to put an end to the systemic discrimination of migrant workers A1 - Quebec Human Right Commission,  Y1 - 2012/02/20/ UR - http://www2.cdpdj.qc.ca/Documents/COMM_travailleurs_migrants_En_fev2012.pdf UR - http://www2.cdpdj.qc.ca/publications/Documents/Avis_travailleurs_immigrants_resume.pdf Y2 - 2012-02-23 T3 - CDPDJ Press Releases ER - TY - ADVS T1 - Migrants Death - Feb 17 Community Action in Toronto - Video A1 - J4MW,  Y1 - 2012/02/17/ UR - http://j4mw.tumblr.com/post/17773280801 Y2 - 2012-02-18 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Media advisory: Community Rally/Action Around Migrant Worker Deaths A1 - J4MW,  Y1 - 2012/02/16/ UR - http://j4mw.tumblr.com/post/17733429086 Y2 - 2012-02-17 T3 - j4MW Press releases ER - TY - RPRT T1 - No More Deaths: Justice and Status for Migrant Workers from No One is Illegal-Toronto A1 - No One is Illegal - Toronto,  Y1 - 2012/02/13/ UR - http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/node/661 Y2 - 2012-02-14 T3 - NOII-Toronto Press release ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Ontario chief coroner mulls possible inquest A1 - Taylor, Scott Y1 - 2012/02/11/ UR - http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2012/02/10/19367026.html Y2 - 2012-02-12 JA - The London Free Press ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Peruvian lives on Canada's conscience A1 - Shipley, Tyler Y1 - 2012/02/11/ UR - http://rabble.ca/news/2012/02/peruvian-lives-canadas-conscience Y2 - 2012-02-12 JA - Rabble.ca ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Death of 10 Migrant Workers: Family Day Action to Demand Justice for Migrant Farmworker Deaths A1 - J4MW,  Y1 - 2012/02/09/ UR - http://j4mw.tumblr.com/post/17312843708 Y2 - 2012-02-09 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - In far-off Lima, families mourn Ontario crash victims A1 - Dube, Ryan A1 - Morrow, Adrian Y1 - 2012/02/08/ UR - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/in-far-off-lima-families-mourn-ontario-crash-victims/article2331847/ Y2 - 2012-02-28 JA - The Globe and Mail ER - TY - NEWS T1 - HAMPSTEAD Police probe fatigue and distraction in ‘driver error’ crash A1 - Mackrael, Kim A1 - Freeze, Colin Y1 - 2012/02/08/ UR - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/police-probe-fatigue-and-distraction-in-driver-error-crash/article2331822/ Y2 - 2012-02-28 JA - The Globe and Mail ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Farmworker tragedy in Hampstead, ON - J4MW Statement A1 - J4MW,  Y1 - 2012/02/08/ UR - http://j4mw.tumblr.com/post/17310874485/our-official-statement-about-the-farmworker-tragedy-in Y2 - 2012-02-09 T3 - J4MW Press releases ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Ontario crash sheds light on plight of migrant workers A1 - Mehler Paperny, Anna A1 - Bascaramurty, Dakshana Y1 - 2012/02/07/ UR - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario-crash-sheds-light-on-plight-of-migrant-workers/article2330406/ Y2 - 2012-02-28 JA - The Globe and Mail ER - TY - PAMP T1 - Migrant Workers: Used and Abused CY - Montreal PB - Canadian Council for Refugees N2 - Charged exorbitant recruitment fees, forces to work unpaid overtime, subjected to dangerous working conditions, housed in sub-standard living conditions... these are just some of the abuses endured by migrant workers in Canada. This four-page document can be used for awareness-raising and public education. A1 - Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR),  Y1 - 2012/02/01/ UR - http://ccrweb.ca/en/migrant-workers-used-and-abused Y2 - 2012-04-14 ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - BC Golden Eagle farms abuses: Aquilini fine appeal rejected N1 - In 2006, J4MW BC visited Golden Eagle farms and reported on abuses committed by managers against Mexican farm workers. It would seem that 6 years later Golden Eagle is still not treating their workers right. It is particularly shamefull given that the Aquilini’s are some of the wealthiest people in BC, and with a high public profile that comes from owning the Canucks. Below are the links to the Vancouver Sun article and to the letter of protest written by Mexican migrant farm workers at Golden Eagle Farms in 2006 - http://www.justicia4migrantworkers.org/bc/index.htm#letter A1 - Woo, Andrea Y1 - 2012/01/29/ JA - Vancouver Sun ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Canada Migrant Workers Prone To Abuse, Exploitation Due To Lax Government Oversight: Advocates A1 - Kauri, Vidya Y1 - 2012/01/24/ UR - http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/01/21/canada-migrant-workers-abuse_n_1210725.html Y2 - 2012-01-25 JA - huffingtonpost.ca ER - TY - CASE T1 - Decision No. 2055/11, [2012] O.W.S.I.A.T.D. No. 2154. A2 - [2012] O.W.S.I.A.T.D. No. 2154. PB - Decision No. 2055/11 Y1 - 2012/// J2 - 2012 ONWSIAT 2143. ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Mexican migrant workers file Charter lawsuit against Canada's federal government PB - UFCW Canada N2 - Three Mexican migrant agriculture workers have filed a lawsuit against the Canadian government and an Ontario agriculture operator for breach of contract and damages, after the workers were repatriated without a hearing or any explanation of why they were terminated. It is the first suit of its kind ever brought by migrant workers invoking their rights under Canada's Charter. A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2011/// UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2576:mexican-migrant-workers-file-charter-lawsuit-against-canadas-federal-government&catid=6:directions-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2011-12-23 T3 - Media & News ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Please sign the petition to protect injured workers in Ontario PB - Justice for Migrant Workers N2 - In 2010, the WSIB hired private consultants from KPMG to conduct an audit of its claims processes. Instead of staying within its proper scope and assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of the Board’s work, KPMG told the WSIB to do a widespread review of its policies and legal framework in order to cut benefits to supposedly overcompensated workers. The WSIB has said it will accept KPMG’s recommendations. A1 - J4MW,  Y1 - 2011/12/07/ UR - http://j4mw.tumblr.com/post/13908884666 Y2 - 2011-12-08 T3 - Justice for Migrant Workers ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Mistreatment of Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada: Overcoming Regulatory Barriers and Realities on the Ground CY - Montréal PB - Quebec Metropolis Center A1 - Depatie-Pelletier, Eugénie A1 - Rahi, Khan Y1 - 2011/// ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Des travailleurs migrants mexicains intentent une poursuite fondée sur la Charte contre le gouvernement fédéral canadien PB - UFCW Canada N2 - Trois travailleurs agricoles migrants venant du Mexique ont engagé une poursuite contre le gouvernement canadien et un exploitant agricole de l’Ontario pour rupture de contrat et préjudices, après que les travailleurs eurent été rapatriés sans audience ni explication motivant la cessation d’emploi dont ils ont fait l’objet. C’est la première fois que des travailleurs migrants intentent une poursuite de cette nature en invoquant les droits que leur confère la Charte canadienne. A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2011/11/27/ UR - http://www.tuac.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2576:mexican-migrant-workers-file-charter-lawsuit-against-canadas-federal-government&catid=6:directions-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=fr Y2 - 2011-12-23 T3 - Media & Nouvelles ER - TY - GEN T1 - Migrant workers sue Ottawa and farm for breaching contract, charter rights N2 - Three Mexican farm workers who claim they were arbitrarily booted from Canada are suing the federal government and an Ontario company in a case that raises questions about the vulnerability of migrant labour. A1 - Solidarity Across Borders Montreal,  Y1 - 2011/11/25/ UR - http://migrantscanada.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/migrant-workers-sue-ottawa-and-farm-for-breaching-contract-charter-rights/ Y2 - 2011-11-26 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Human rights and health disparities for migrant workers in the UAE IS - 2 CY - USA PB - Health and Human Rights International Journal N2 - Systematic violations of migrant workers’ human rights and striking health disparities among these populations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are the norm in member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Migrant laborers comprise about 90 percent of the UAE workforce and include approximately 500,000 construction workers and 450,000 domestic workers. Like many other GCC members countries, the UAE witnessed an unprecedented construction boom during the early 2000s, attracting large numbers of Western expatriates and increasing demand for cheap migrant labor. Elite Emiratis’ and Western expatriates’ dependence on household staff further promoted labor migration. This paper offers a summary of existing literature on migrant workers and human rights in the UAE, focusing on their impact on related health ramifications and disparities, with specific attention to construction workers, domestic workers, and trafficked women and children. Construction workers and domestic laborers are victims of debt bondage and face severe wage exploitation, and experience serious health and safety problems resulting from inhumane work and living conditions. High rates of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse impact the health of domestic workers. Through a review of available literature, including official reports, scientific papers, and media reports, the paper discusses the responsibility of employers, governments, and the global community in mitigating these problems and reveals the paucity of systematic data on the health of migrant workers in the Gulf. A1 - Sönmez, Sevil A1 - Apostopoulos, Yorghos A1 - Tran, Diane A1 - Rentrope, Shantyana Y1 - 2011/// UR - http://www.hhrjournal.org/index.php/hhr/article/view/435/665 Y2 - 2012-11-25 JA - Health and Human Rights International Journal (hhijournal)) VL - 13 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Mexican farm workers file suit against Canada N2 - Three Mexican migrant farm workers have filed a lawsuit against the Canadian government and their Ontario-based former employer for terminating their contract and sending them home without reason or explanation. A1 - Ligaya, Armina Y1 - 2011/11/24/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/11/24/mexico-farm-lawsuit-government.html Y2 - 2011-12-23 JA - CBC News ER - TY - RPRT T1 - UFCW: migrant workers' rights funeral N2 - As you may have heard, thousands of Mexican and Guatemalan migrant agriculture workers come to work in Canadian fields under the Seasonal Agriculture Workers Program (SAWP). Their contributions to Canada’s economy are tremendous: they work for up to 15 hours a day, 7 days a week. They pay taxes, Employment Insurance, and contribute to the Canadian Pension Plan. Unfortunately, they are not treated with the dignity or respect that we think every worker in Canada receives. When workers face sickness, injuries in the workplace, or abuse from employers, the Mexican or the Guatemalan Consulates rarely defend them. In Vancouver, the Mexican Consulate has given harsh “workshops” to agriculture workers telling them that if they complain about their work conditions, cause trouble to their employers, or speak to anybody other than their employers they will easily lose their jobs. In fact, many workers have lost their jobs or have been blacklisted just because they sought help, got sick, or asked questions about their rights. Migrant workers’ labour rights have died in Canadian fields. This is why for over 20 years the United Food and Commerce Workers (UFCW) and the Agriculture Workers Alliance, (AWA) have been struggling alongside migrant workers to defend their labour rights across Canada. This is why UFCW & the AWA sued the Mexican Consulate of Vancouver at the Labour Board on May 9 of 2011, as its tactics of threatening workers are against Canadian Law. This is why we demonstrated against the blacklisting of workers in front of the Mexican Consulate on October 17, 2011. This is why we are again preparing a new demonstration and hope that you, Canadians of good hearts, lovers of equity and social justice, will join us. We are inviting you to participate in this demonstration, a Migrant Workers’ Rights Funeral, next Monday, November 14, from 12 (noon) to 1 PM. We will join at the entrance of the Mexican Consulate (710-1177 W Hastings Street) where we will demand the Mexican Consulate stops blacklisting workers and respects Canadian laws! For more information call us: 778-578-9411 or send us an e-mail to surrey@awa-ata.ca Please let us know if you can attend and bring your friends. What: demo in support of migrant agriculture workers and against blacklisting by the Mexican Consulate When: Monday, November 14, at 12:00 PM(noon) Where: We will gather at the Mexican Consulate (710-1177 W Hastings Street) from 12 pm (at noon) to 1 PM, carrying a coffin and some crosses “to bury the workers’ rights”. A1 - Solidarity Across Borders Montreal,  Y1 - 2011/11/10/ UR - http://migrantscanada.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/ufcw-migrant-workers-rights-funeral/ Y2 - 2011-11-11 T3 - Solidarity Across Borders Montreal ER - TY - RPRT T1 - False Promises: Exploitation and Forced Labour of Nepalese Migrant Workers IS - ASA31/007/2011 CY - London PB - Amnesty International N2 - This paper is about government obligation to prevent trafficking for forced labor. What are the incentives encourage workers to migrate abroad. The role of recruitment agencies that its engagement in providing the services the migrant workers do not help the workers to be a better situation, but makes the workers to be in debt. It also talks about the discrimination against female migration and it introduces abusive cases of domestic workers and other workers in the construction side. It also discusses about the challenges that government faces in imposing the regulations on migrations. The paper is concluded with recommendations. A1 - Amnesty International, International Secretariat,  Y1 - 2011/// UR - https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/ASA31/007/2011/en/ Y2 - 2015-11-06 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - UFCW Canada addresses migrants' rights at Mexico workshop N2 - Recently, in the Mexico municipality of Tulcingo de Valle, in the State of Puebla, UFCW Canada shared its advocacy experience of working with migrants in Canada at a "Workshop on Basic Knowledge and Tools on Migration". It was one of series of workshops organized by the Citizens' Observatory on Public Policies Migrant - Puebla. A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2011/10/31/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2546%3Aufcw-canada-addresses-migrants-rights-at-mexico-workshop-&catid=6%3Adirections-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2011-11-11 T3 - UFCW Media and News ER - TY - ICOMM T1 - Slave Conditions of Nepali Workers in the Gulf A1 - Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians,  Y1 - 2011/// UR - https://www.ucatt.org.uk/visagemagazines/2011_spring_BW/files/res/downloads/download_0020.pdf Y2 - 2012-10-26 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - La situation des travailleurs agricoles migrants au Canada 2010-2011 N2 - Le rapport révèle une connivence de la part du gouvernement fédéral face à l’abus des travailleurs agricoles migrants au Canada Le rapport annuel le plus complet au Canada sur les difficultés touchant les travailleurs agricoles migrants vient de sortir. Celui-ci confirme que l’abus et l’exploitation des travailleurs agricoles migrants sévit dans l’industrie agricole canadienne. Le rapport intituléLa situation des travailleurs agricoles migrants au Canada 2010-2011 est publié par les TUAC Canada et l’Alliance des travailleurs agricoles (ATA). Depuis plus de deux décennies, les TUAC Canada se font l’un des plus ardents défenseurs des droits des travailleurs agricoles et exploitent 10 centres de soutien pour travailleurs agricoles au Canada en association avec l’ATA. Ce dernier rapport constitue le septième publié depuis 2003. Le rapport de 25 pages révèle que les programmes de main-d’oeuvre agricole migrante gérés par le gouvernement fédéral abondent en violations de droits de la personne et du travail — de plus, ces programmes connaissent une expansion grâce à l’aide du gouvernement conservateur de Stephen Harper. En 2010, plus de 40 000 travailleurs migrants ont travaillé sans répit dans l’industrie agricole canadienne. S’ils soulèvent une préoccupation quelconque concernant leur lieu de travail, leur sécurité ou leur hébergement, les travailleurs migrants se voient typiquement retourner à leur pays d’origine et figurer sur la liste noire les empêchant à tout jamais de revenir au Canada. « La fondation du système d’approvisionnement alimentaire du Canada ne devrait pas reposer sur le déni des droits de la personne », estime le président des TUAC Canada et de l’ATA Wayne Hanley. « Cependant, comme l’explique en détail le rapport, c’est exactement ce qui arrive aux travailleurs agricoles migrants. Pire encore, cela se produit avec la bénédiction du gouvernement fédéral qui ferme les yeux sur les dangers et l’abus que les migrants doivent accepter s’ils veulent garder leur emploi. » Le rapport de 2010-2011 s’appuie sur des témoignages, des sondages et d’autres intervention de personnel de première ligne recueillis aux dix centres de soutien pour travailleurs agricoles exploités par l’ATA dans l’ensemble du Canada. L’an dernier seulement, les centres ont traité plus de 35 000 demandes d’aide et d’intervention de l’ATA. Les TUAC Canada constituent le plus grand syndicat du secteur privé au pays et représentent quelque 250 000membres d’un bout à l’autre du Canada oeuvrant principalement dans les secteurs de la fabrication et transformation alimentaire, et de la vente au détail — y compris des travailleurs agricoles migrants et locaux à divers établissements au Québec et en Colombie-Britannique. A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2011/// UR - http://www.tuac.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2244:2010-2011-migrant-farm-workers-report-published&catid=6:directions-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=fr Y2 - 2011-10-14 T3 - UCW La situation des travailleurs agricoles migrants au Canada ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Condiciones de los Trabajatores Agricolas Migrantes en Canada 2010-2011 N2 - En el día de Acción de Gracias del 2010, más de doscientos trabajadores agrícolas migrantes se reunieron para cenar en el sótano de una iglesia en Leamington, Ontario, a miles de millas lejos de sus propias familias. Se reunieron por la compañía, para compartir una comida y sus historias acerca de una vida que los separa de sus esposas e hijos por más de medio año. Este es un breve y poco frecuente descanso del arduo y peligroso trabajo que ellos realizan bajo un sistema que los hace a ellos y a miles de otros trabajadores migrantes en todo el país, completamente subyugados a sus empleadores de las granjas canadienses. A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2011/// UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/templates/ufcwcanada/images/awa/publications/UFCW-Status_of_MF_Workers_2010-2011_SP.pdf Y2 - 2011-10-14 T3 - UCW Condiciones de los Trabajatores Agricolas Migrantes en Canada ER - TY - RPRT T1 - The Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada 2006-2007 N2 - UFCW Canada (The United Food and Commercial Workers Union) has played a focal and active role in assisting and advocating for agricultural workers in Canada since the early 1990s. This sixth national report provides current information on the status of the migrant agricultural workers in this country A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2011/// UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/templates/ufcwcanada/images/awa/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/2006-7-report-english.pdf Y2 - 2011-10-14 T3 - UFCW The Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada ER - TY - RPRT T1 - The Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada 2010-2011 N2 - Report finds federal government complicit in Canada’s abuse of migrant farm workers Canada’s most comprehensive annual report on the challenges facing migrant farm workers has been released. It confirms that abuse and exploitation of migrant farm workers are rampant in Canada’s agriculture industry. The 2010-2011 Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada report is published by UFCW Canada and the Agriculture Workers Alliance (AWA). For more than two decades UFCW Canada has been a leading advocate for farm workers' rights, and in association with the AWA operates 10 agriculture worker support centres across Canada. The latest report is the seventh released since 2003. The 25-page report exposes federally operated migrant farm worker programs as rife with human and labour rights violations — and those programs are expanding with the assistance of the Harper Conservative government. In 2010, more than 40,000 migrant workers toiled in the Canadian agriculture industry. If they raise any workplace, safety or housing concerns, migrant workers are typically repatriated and blacklisted from ever working in Canada again. “The denial of human rights should not be the foundation for Canada’s food supply system,” says UFCW Canada and AWA president Wayne Hanley. “But as the report details, that’s exactly what’s happening to migrant farm workers. Even worse, it’s happening with the blessing of the federal government which turns a blind eye to the dangers and abuse migrants are forced to accept if they want to keep their jobs.” The 2010-2011 report is based on interviews, surveys and other frontline information from migrant workers, gathered through the ten agriculture worker support centres operated across Canada by the AWA. Last year alone, the centres handled over 35,000 requests for AWA assistance and advocacy. UFCW Canada is the country’s largest private-sector union with over 250,000 members across Canada working primarily in the food production, processing and retail sectors — including migrant and domestic agriculture workers at various locations in Quebec and British Columbia. A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2011/// UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2244:2010-2011-migrant-farm-workers-report-published&catid=6:directions-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2011-10-14 T3 - UFCW The Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada ER - TY - RPRT T1 - AWA seeks answers about migrant worker’s death N2 - English: Staff of the AWA are scheduled to meet with officials from the Norfolk General Hospital to discuss the death of a Mexican migrant worker who died a day after he was discharged from the southwestern Ontario hospital. Miguel Juarez Pasión, 25, had spent four days at the Norfolk hospital where a CT scan revealed his pain and tremors were caused by a brain parasite. He was discharged on September 15 and directed to see a specialist the next day in Hamilton, Ontario. Français: Une réunion a été fixée entre le personnel de l’ATA et des responsables de l’Hôpital général de Norfolk pour discuter de la mort d’un travailleur migrant mexicain décédé un jour après qu’il eût reçu son congé de l’hôpital du Sud-Ouest de l’Ontario. Miguel Juarez Pasión, un homme âgé de 25 ans, a passé quatre jours à l’hôpital de Norfolk où un tomodensitogramme a révélé qu’un parasite cérébral était à l’origine des douleurs et des tremblements qu’il ressentait. Il avait reçu son congé le 15 septembre et, sur ordre du médecin, devait voir un spécialiste le jour suivant à Hamilton (Ontario). A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2011/10/11/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2514:awa-seeks-answers-about-migrant-workers-death&catid=6:directions-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en UR - http://www.tuac.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2514:awa-seeks-answers-about-migrant-workers-death&catid=6:directions-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=fr Y2 - 2011-10-14 T3 - UFCW Canada Human Rights Department Release ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Report on the Status of Migrant Workers in Canada 2011 PB - UFCW N2 - Preface Thank you for taking the time to read the UFCW Canada Report on the Status of Migrant Workers 2011. This annual Report was compiled to educate about the draconian federal Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP) and the genuine human cost that continues to scar Canada’s reputation internationally. More importantly, the TFWP continues to be a dark, painful and dreary road wrought with abuse, exploitation and utter lack of oversite for tens of thousands of people annually entering Canada. As shocking as it may be for those who deny this reality, primarily governments and employers, parallels have been drawn to the slave trade and indentured servitude of a colonial era many thought had past. Moreover, the number of people in Canada who are unaware of the sometimes sub-human conditions that many migrants are subjected to once in Canada is shocking. As such, this Report is intended to act as an easily accessible vehicle to raise awareness and concern amongst our membership of 250,000, the Canadian public, NGOs, international bodies and organizations, and a variety of governmental jurisdictions across the country. UFCW Canada is in a unique position to provide a reliable and genuine account of the current national situation regarding migrant workers. As the largest private sector union in the country, UFCW Canada annually comes into face-to-face contact with more than 50,000 migrant workers – this is greater than any other organization, NGO, or government (including the federal government) in the country. Moreover, it is estimated that the UFCW Canada has the greatest percentage of its membership of any union in Canada being migrant workers. We know that the need for support for some of the most vulnerable workers in the country is tremendous. For instance, in response to our recent 2010 UFCW Canada funded Scholarship for the Children of Migrant Workers, we received over 4,000 applications within a few short months. In reading this Report you are likely to be appalled by the testimony and information provided. The Canadian ethos has been contentedly dismantled by the Conservative federal government in the name of higher profits for a few. The horrific treatment of migrant workers is a conspicuous symbol of that rupture in our shared humanity. If conditions are to change, they will only do so by continuing to build our movement with community allies and individuals such as you. We ask only one thing. Please speak to your family members, neighbours, friends, co-workers and elected officials about this ongoing catastrophe of extraordinary proportions. Only by raising awareness together will change occur. While our resources are finite, if you are holding an event in support of migrant and immigrant communities, require speakers or other support, please feel free to contact us. Finally, if you require ongoing information on migrant workers and our ongoing regional, national and international campaigns please feel free to visit our webpage at www.ufcw.ca/socialjustice and sign up for the Human Rights, Equity and Diversity (HRED) E-Mail List Serve. In solidarity, Wayne Hanley, President, UFCW Canada January, 2011 A1 - UFCWCanada,  A1 - UFCW/TUAC Canada,  Y1 - 2011/// UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/templates/ufcwcanada/images/Report-on-The-Status-of-Migrant-Workers-in-Canada-2011.pdf Y2 - 2013-09-11 T3 - UFCW Reports ER - TY - CASE T1 - CAW-Canada v. Presteve Foods Ltd. -Interim decision on expert evidence N1 - Granted. A2 - 2011 HRTO 1581 PB - Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario A1 - Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario,  Y1 - 2011/// J2 - 2009-02443-I and 2010-06274-I to 2010-06299-I ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Denny’s found guilty PB - UFCW Canada N2 - English: The British Columbia Director of Employment Standards has found Denny’s Restaurant guilty of contravening section 83 of the province’s Employment Standards Act (ESA). Française: La direction des normes du travail (Director of Employment Standards) de la Colombie-Britannique vient de déclarer le restaurant chez Denny (Denny’s) coupable d’infraction à l’article 83 de la loi provinciale sur les normes du travail (Employment Standards Act ou ESA). A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2011/08/24/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2457%3Adennys-found-guilty&catid=6%3Adirections-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2011-09-02 T3 - UFCW Canada Human Rights Department Release ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Migrant Worker Solidarity Caravan-First Stop: Niagara! A1 - J4MW,  Y1 - 2011/08/23/ UR - http://j4mw.tumblr.com/post/9324338478 Y2 - 2011-08-24 T3 - J4MW Press releases ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Falling through the Cracks: Seasonal Foreign Farm Workers' Health and Compensation across Borders IS - 1 CY - Toronto PB - Industrial Accident Victims' Group of Ontario A1 - McLaughlin, Janet Y1 - 2011/// UR - http://www.injuredworkersonline.org/Documents/ONIWGconfMcLaughlin.pdf Y2 - 2011-08-22 JA - The IAVGO Reporting Service VL - 21 ER - TY - CASE T1 - CAW-Canada v. Presteve Foods Ltd. Interim decision A2 - File Number: 2009-02443-I and 2010-06274-I to 2010-06299-I PB - Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario N2 - [1] Justicia for Migrant Workers (“J4MW”) seeks leave to intervene and present evidence in these Applications that allege sexual harassment and differential pay of migrant workers at the respondent fish processing facility. It asks to provide the Tribunal with context for the Application through expert evidence about the Temporary Foreign Workers' Programs and the experience of migrant workers in Ontario and to make argument on appropriate systemic remedies. The respondents argue that leave should be denied. A1 - Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario,  Y1 - 2011/08/21/ UR - http://unik.caij.qc.ca/default.aspx?&unikid=en/on/onhrt/doc/2011/2011hrto1581/2011hrto1581 Y2 - 2014-05-13 J2 - 2011 HRTO 1581 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Another migrant farm worker fatality in Ontario PB - UFCW Canada N2 - English: On August 17, Omar Graham tragically became the sixth Jamaican migrant worker over the past decade to die from an Ontario farm-related accident. Française: Le 17 août, Omar Graham est tragiquement devenu le sixième travailleur migrant jamaïcain à décéder des suites d’un accident agricole en Ontario au cours de la dernière décennie. A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2011/08/17/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2470%3Aanother-migrant-farm-worker-fatality-in-ontario&catid=6%3Adirections-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2011-09-02 T3 - UFCW Canada Human Rights Department Release ER - TY - CASE T1 - CUB 77367 A2 - G.T. (15 juillet 2011), CUB 77367, en ligne : Assurance-Emploi <http://www.ae.gc.ca/fra/politique/appels/cubs/70000-80000/77000-77999/77367.shtml>. PB - Canadian Umpire Benefit A1 - Canadian Umpire Benefit,  Y1 - 2011/07/15/ UR - http://www.ei.gc.ca/eng/policy/appeals/cubs/70000-80000/77000-77999/77367.shtml Y2 - 2015-01-22 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Migrant Farm Worker in Need of Support in Jamaica N1 - Lionel Campbell is a migrant farmworker and activist who was exposed to pesticides last summer while working on a Canadian farm. As a result of his injuries suffered in Canada, he has developed serious health problems including persistent pneumonia and liver damage. He was deported to Jamaica at the end of last year and he and his family are now struggling with his deteriorating health and extreme poverty. A1 - Justicia for Migrant Workers,  Y1 - 2011/07/14/ UR - http://j4mw.tumblr.com/post/7634976321 Y2 - 2011-07-15 T3 - J4MW Press releases ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Temporary Filipino workers on front line of growing debate A1 - Todd, Douglas Y1 - 2011/07/05/ UR - http://j4mw.tumblr.com/post/7273109133 UR - http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/columnists/story.html?id=fa3ace6a-a937-4f1a-ba5b-46b7581f00fd Y2 - 2011-07-06 JA - The Vancouver Sun ER - TY - GEN T1 - Former college employee linked to foreign worker scam - Lloydminster Meridian Booster - Alberta, CA A1 - Crawford, Murray Y1 - 2011/07/05/ UR - http://j4mw.tumblr.com/post/7273094868 UR - http://www.meridianbooster.com/2011/07/03/former-college-employee-linked-to-foreign-worker-scam Y2 - 2011-07-06 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Canada destination for Philippines human trafficking ring: Report N2 - A suspected human smuggling ring that would have brought several dozen Filipinos to Quebec was broken last week, according to a Philippines news site. Jennifer Bacus was arrested after police rescued 25 people in Davao City who had been promised jobs as bellboys, housekeepers and hotel receptionists. A1 - Justicia for Migrant Workers,  Y1 - 2011/06/22/ UR - http://j4mw.tumblr.com/post/6784937654 UR - http://www.allvoices.com/news/9459082-canada-destination-for-philippines-human-trafficking-ring-report Y2 - 2011-06-28 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Migrant workers win reprieve fom immigration officials N2 - Nineteen victims of international human trafficking have been granted a reprieve by Canadian immigration officials in Windsor to remain in the country for two more years and make a case for remaining permanently. A1 - Lajoie, Don Y1 - 2011/06/20/ JA - The Windsor Star ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Exploited farm workers win reprieve in Windsor-there is so much more to this story-J4mw behind the scenes in this case... A1 - Lajoie, Don Y1 - 2011/06/20/ UR - http://www.windsorstar.com/life/Exploited%20farm%20workers%20reprieve%20Windsor/4975537/story.html Y2 - 2011-06-28 JA - The Windsor Star ER - TY - CASE T1 - Commission des normes du travail c D'Amour PB - Cour du Quebec N2 - La Commission des Normes du Travail ("la Commission") réclame aux défendeurs, pour le compte d'une salariée, Adeltrudes De Belen[1] ("De Belen"), la somme de 2 969,57$, à titre de salaire, temps supplémentaire, congé férié et indemnité de congé annuel impayés, ainsi que la somme de 593,91$, soit 20% de la somme réclamée, conformément à l'article 114 al.2 de la Loi sur les normes du travail ("la Loi"). Les défendeurs reconnaissent devoir certaines sommes dues à De Belen, mais allèguent que celle-ci leur doit du salaire payé en trop : ils demandent que compensation soit faite entre cette réclamation et celle de la Commission. Le Tribunal est d'avis que l'ensemble de la preuve démontre, par prépondérance, le bien-fondé de la réclamation de la Commission. Y1 - 2011/// UR - http://unik.caij.qc.ca/default.aspx?&unikid=fr/qc/qccq/doc/2011/2011qccq12060/2011qccq120%2060#s=~_d0!2!1!!1!6!1!7!0!1!!2!!!3!1!0!_d2!French!English!Spanish!cc85e324-b238-4b08-b29f-6f4fc98525f4!Doctrine!Jurisprudence!783!Commission+des+normes+du+travail+c+D'Amour!h%24TOUT%24ctl00%24ctl03%24ModalBox%24test%24EmailQuery!-1%240%249216.6183%24file%3A//sv-concerto/indexingdata/canlii/fr/qc/qccq/doc/2011/2011qccq12060/2011qccq12060.html!%40syslanguage!advcbls%7C%40syslanguage!CrMrNrxrwrtrBqaqvpuspLpqRqvpuspSpzpxpQpOpPpqEqvpuspwpqFqvpuspDpzpxpGpJpKpqIqvpuspwpwpHpApypApypqqrBqqqrsr!_d8!2!OR!MM/JJ!TOUT!4!_d0!advcbls%7C%40sourcedudroit!caij_mode!dadf!L%C3%A9gislation!_d1!AAAA!%40sourcedudroit!_d6!!yqQquSpRpNpwppxpwpxpvppvpppMpwpvpPpOpYpXp0pZpUpTpWpxpVpEpDpGpFpCpApBpzpKpJppLpqyprpIpqHqypspqtq! Y2 - 2015-06-09 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Progressive Filipino Canadian women once again denounce the Live-in Caregiver Program PB - Magkaisa Centre N2 - The Philippine Women Centre of Ontario (PWC-ON) offers its support to Vivian de Jesus and Lilliane Namukasa’s struggles as overworked and underpaid workers under the modern-day slavery Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP). A1 - Magkaisa Centre,  Y1 - 2011/06/01/ UR - http://www.magkaisacentre.org/2011/06/01/wage-theft/ Y2 - 2011-06-02 T3 - Magkaisa Centre ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Nanny sues boss for $195K over 'wage theft' N2 - Ugandan immigrant was paid $100 a month for 16-hour days, lawsuit says A1 - CBC,  Y1 - 2011/05/29/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/05/29/toronto-nanny-suing.html Y2 - 2011-06-27 JA - CBC News ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Foreign workers uniting to seek better treatment N2 - Foreign farm workers, nannies and other temporary labourers in Canada are forming a united front to fight for better treatment by employers. A1 - Keung, Nicholas Y1 - 2011/05/29/ UR - http://www.thestar.com/news/article/999205--foreign-workers-uniting-to-seek-better-treatment Y2 - 2011-06-27 JA - The Toronto Star ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Documentary tells stories of foreign workers N1 - Junko Ota-Paul learned her rights the hard way when she came to Canada four years ago as a live-in caregiver. Ota-Paul said her employer, who hired her from the Philippines under Canada's temporary foreign worker program, paid her less than $8 per hour. "I don't think that the money you get every month would be enough for you to save up for yourself and send money back home to your family," she said. But when she tried to find other work, her employer threatened her with deportation. Her boyfriend at the time (now husband), who was familiar with various immigrant and women's rights organizations, helped her fight for her right to leave her job, but stay in the country. Ota-Paul's loss of rights is a familiar story for many temporary foreign workers in this country. This includes the $10-million class action lawsuit launched earlier this year against the company that owns Denny's restaurants in B.C. for not fulfilling contract terms of over 50 migrant workers. That's why Ota-Paul shared her story as part of a multimedia project, Foreign Worker, Local Neighbours, launched by Mayor Gregor Robertson's working group on immigration. A documentary made for the project shares the stories of Ota-Paul, Ronald Arcos, a worker in the food and service industry, and Luis Almazan, a visual effects editor. Both came to Canada under the temporary foreign worker program. Producer and project consultant Devon Wong said the film is an entry point for the public to understand problems with the temporary foreign worker program and difficulties these workers face. "There are more and more worker abuse stories covered in the media in the last few years," she said. "But yet there hasn't been any exploration of the program's social impact." Vancouver councillor Geoff Meggs, co-chair of the working group, said there are more temporary foreign workers coming to Vancouver than immigrants, but service funding only targets immigrants. "These aren't just arms and legs," Meggs said. "These are human beings and people with rights and aspirations." There are more than 38,000 temporary foreign workers in Metro Vancouver, and more are expected each year, according to the multimedia project's website, www.tfwvancouver.ca. Meggs said he hopes the project will inform the working group's future recommendations on how these workers impact the city and how best to help them. The documentary will screen at 3: 30 p.m. on Saturday in the Alice Mackay Room, Vancouver Public Library. It will be followed by a public forum. N2 - Junko Ota-Paul learned her rights the hard way when she came to Canada four years ago as a live-in caregiver. Ota-Paul said her employer, who hired her from the Philippines under Canada's temporary foreign worker program, paid her less than $8 per hour. A1 - Law, Stephanie Y1 - 2011/05/27/ JA - The Vancouver Sun ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Documentary tells stories of foreign workers N2 - Project features those who have lost their rights. A1 - Law, Stephanie Y1 - 2011/05/27/ UR - http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Documentary+tells+stories+foreign+workers/4847930/story.html Y2 - 2011-06-27 JA - Vancouver Sun ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Denny's Restaurants Held Accountable by UFCW Canada and Migrante BC N1 - To see the issue on the 13th Metropolis Conference in Vancouver B.C. <http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2323%3A13th-metropolis-conference-2011-activism-in-motion&catid=6%3Adirections-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en> To watch Migrant Workers@Denny’s: Equal in Rights? Forum <http://youtu.be/LcGP-eOzRJY> click here <http://youtu.be/LcGP-eOzRJY> To watch the Demo@Dennys, click here <http://youtu.be/DHRWoigADSo> N2 - Against the backdrop of the 13th Metropolis Conference in Vancouver B.C., UFCW Canada and Migrante BC hosted a standing room only press conference on March 23, 2011 — Migrant Workers@ Denny’s: Equal in Rights? Three days later it was followed by a Demo@Dennys in front of a Denny’s restaurant in downtown Vancouver. Both events were held to show national and international solidarity with the Denny’s workers, and to raise public awareness of the $10 Million lawsuit filed by representative plaintiff Herminia Dominguez on behalf of migrant workers at Denny’s Restaurant in British Columbia. Northland Properties Corporation’s is the parent company of Dencan Restaurants which holds the franchise rights to operate Denny’s Restaurants in Western Canada. Present at the press conference were members and supporters of Migrante BC, leadership and activists from across the country from UFCW Canada, as well as the media, community activists, academics and the general public. Speaking at the press conference were Naveen P. Mehta, HRED Director, UFCW Canada; Maita Santiago, Migrante BC; Christopher J. Foy, Kestrel Workplace Legal Counsel and co-counsel on the lawsuit, and Herminia Dominguez, the Representative Plaintiff for the Denny’s class action lawsuit. Marisa Berry Mendez, settlement policy director for Canadian Council for Refugees spoke eloquently on the upcoming changes to the federal TFWP and what that will mean for migrant workers in Canada. Brother Mehta facilitated the press conference and provided a backgrounder on the TFWP, highlighting the 2011 UFCW Canada National Report on the Status of Migrant Workers in Canada, and emphasized UFCW Canada’s firm belief that if we are going to effect progressive change, we can only do so it together as community activists, academics, and unions. “The TFWP Program is portrayed by the Canadian Government at Metropolis, and to governments around the World, as a finely manicured garden blossoming with opportunity and prosperity for workers taking part. Upon closer inspection, it is revealed instead to be rife with prickly weeds of rampant abuse of workers and deliberate state myopia when it comes to protecting the most vulnerable,” said Mehta. “At best, it is modern day indentured servitude. At worst, it is akin to modern day slavery.” As representative of Migrante BC, Maita Santiago pointed out that the recourse to the chronic crisis of migrant worker abuse calls for “continually raising public awareness, organizing public events and mobilizing supporters because workers can no longer depend on the Canadian and Philippine governments to assist them - it is up to the workers, the people, the Union, and the advocates to work together to advance the rights and welfare of migrant workers.” As one of co- counsel handling the class action lawsuit, Christopher Foy laid out the legal aspects of a class action lawsuit during his presentation, noting that the Supreme Court of Canada has recognized that there is an imbalance in power between an employer and an employee especially in a non-unionized environment, and that there is a duty of good faith with respect to anyone’s employment contracts. The primary guest at the forum was Herminia Dominguez, the representative plaintiff, who gave her personal insight into the status and rights of foreign workers in Canada and their limited rights as compared to permanent residents or Canadian citizens. She described her involvement in the case as a big decision since many of her colleagues were afraid to stand up for their rights. “I’m going to do this for myself, for my colleagues, and for their families and for my family.” On the closing day of the Metropolis Conference, March 26, the Denny’s campaign took to the streets as UFCW Canada activists joined Migrante BC, and other community allies for a protest in front of Denny’s restaurant in downtown Vancouver. About 100 protesters joined in the loud yet peaceful demonstration in support of the lawsuit. Many passers-by who were informed about the case expressed their outright disdain over Denny’s position, and vowed not to patronize Denny’s. “As the largest private sector union in Canada, UFCW Canada has wholeheartedly endorsed this case. The actions alleged are despicable to say the least. As our legal record indicates, UFCW Canada does not cower when it comes to taking on big government or big business.” says Wayne Hanley, National President of UFCW Canada. “We know that case of the Denny’s Workers is merely the tip of the iceberg as the TFWP, by design, puts migrant workers in the most vulnerable positions in Canada.” Altogether the voices of activists, advocates, and leaders from Migrante BC, UFCW Canada, the AWA, the NDP, academia, and all those enraged by Denny’s treatment of migrant workers, sent the company a clear message — that migrant workers at Denny’s are not alone in their fight. UFCW Canada Local 401’s secretary treasurer, Theresa McLaren, was a member of the UFCW Canada contingent at the protest. “It was incredibly inspiring to see so many rally around the fact that the far-right agenda of exploitation, indentureship and outright corporate greed that form the backbone of the Canadian Temporary Foreign Workers Program, is an unacceptable abuse of human rights and a national embarrassment,” said Sister McLaren. A1 - United Food and Commercial Workers,  Y1 - 2011/// T3 - A UFCW Canada Human Rights Department Release ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Celebrate Black History Month EVERYDAY! PB - UFCW Canada N2 - In December 1995, the House of Commons gave its unanimous consent to, “take note of the important contribution of black Canadians to the settlement, growth and development of Canada, the diversity of the black community in Canada and its importance to the history of this country, and recognize February as Black History Month.” It is month to acknowledge a history that dates back in Canada to 1603, and the four centuries to follow, as Canadians of African descent helped build and defend the country we all call home. It is a month for all Canadians to recognize the diverse contributions that Black Canadians have made, and continue to make to our politics, culture, science, business, and the social justice and the trade union movements. As one of the world’s most diverse nations — and better for it — the history of our Black brothers and sisters is a part of Canadian history we should all know. We should know that in 1793, Lieutenant Governor John Simcoe pressured the government of Upper Canada to pass the Anti-Slavery Act. This action catalyzed an anti-slave movement that eventually led to the abolishment of slavery throughout the British Empire. But, equally as important, we should also be aware that as late as 1965, some schools in Ontario were still segregated, and federal immigration barriers existed to restrict Black newcomers from the Caribbean and Africa. To Download our UFCW Canada 2011 Black History Month Poster Click Here <http://www.ufcw.ca/templates/ufcwcanada/images/news/bhm_poster8x11_en.pdf> While such overt legislative racism is considered legally unacceptable, racism lingers in numerous other ways to note some examples: in wage and promotion discrimination in Canadian workplaces; racial profiling by authorities; and systemically as Black Canadians, as with other racialized Canadians, in failing to be proportionately represented in leadership and decision making roles in almost all Canadian organizations and business. It is not a surprise that a third of Black Canadians report they have experienced blatant racism at work or in the community. An odious barrier to racialized immigrants also appears in the form of the federal government’s Temporary Foreign Worker program (TFWP). The tentacles of the TFWP lures workers to Canada, mostly from the Global South, and often creates an environment of indentureship but prohibits these workers from permanently immigrating to Canada if they so choose. So the fight for justice continues. We must all celebrate and learn from a history that has spanned the deepest of inequities to the highest of achievements. We must stand with together in solidarity to work towards a future where inequality is a thing of the past. Not just in February, but everyday. In solidarity, Wayne Hanley National President A1 - United Food and Commercial Workers,  Y1 - 2011/// UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1022%3Ablack-history-month&catid=6%3Adirections-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2011-05-25 T3 - UFCW Canada Human Rights ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Three Amigos forced to depart N2 - The Three Amigos were to board a flight for the Philippines this morning after they lost their struggle to stay and work in Canada. A1 - Sandres, Carol Y1 - 2011/05/18/ UR - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/three-amigos-forced-to-depart-122138184.html Y2 - 2011-06-27 JA - Winnipeg Free Press ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Three Amigos to leave Canada for good, deportation order being enforced N2 - A group of foreign workers dubbed "The Three Amigos" are scheduled to fly out of Canada on Wednesday after being ordered deported earlier this year. A1 - Canadian Press,  Y1 - 2011/05/17/ UR - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/breakingnews/122110299.html Y2 - 2011-06-27 JA - Winnipeg Free Press ER - TY - CASE T1 - Appeals Commission for Alberta Workers’ Compensation Docket #: 42015 Decision No.: 2011-262 A2 - 2011 CanLII 17882 (AB WCAC) PB - Appeals Commission for Alberta Workers’ Compensation N2 - [8.1] The worker reported he suffered a sudden onset of neck pain while installing equipment on a ski hill on December 28, 2008. The WCB accepted the claim for a neck strain and provided benefits, including medical aid, physical therapy and full wage loss compensation in the form of TTD payments effective December 29, 2008. Following further medical investigation the WCB expanded the injuries accepted under this claim to include a disc protrusion at the C5-6 level of the spine. [8.6] In January 2010, the representative for the accident employer requested a review of the claim stating that the worker’s employment duties on the date in question, which included lifting a light piece of foam, were not consistent with a neck strain and disc protrusion. The representative also requested a review of the decision to pay retroactive TTD benefits and travel costs from July 27, 2009 to November 16, 2009, given there were concerns regarding the worker’s legal status to work in Canada. [8.7] On February 1, 2010, the DRDRB confirmed the decisions of the WCB and held that the worker had an acceptable claim and was entitled to wage loss benefits and payment costs associated with travel in order to attend medical appointments. [36.5] In this case, the worker’s employment with the accident employer was through a temporary foreign worker program. His visa limited him to work in Canada only between November 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009. [36.6] Because he could not have legally worked in Canada in any event after June 30, 2009 and would not have been paid, he is not entitled to TTD benefits for the period requested. [46] The worker is not entitled to temporary total disability benefits for the period July 27, 2009 to November 16, 2009 under this claim. A1 - Appeals Commission for Alberta Workers’ Compensation,  Y1 - 2011/// UR - http://www.canlii.org/en/ab/abwcac/doc/2011/2011canlii17882/2011canlii17882.pdf Y2 - 2014-05-13 ER - TY - CASE T1 - Manuel Ruiz Espinoza, Salvador Reta Ruiz and Jose Ruiz Sosa v. Tigchelaar Berry Farm Inc, FARMS et al A2 - CV-11-439746 PB - Ontario Superior Court of Justice N2 - The respondents in this case, Manuel Ruiz Espinoza, Salvador Reta Ruiz and Jose Ruiz Sosa, (together the “respondents”) are three agricultural workers from Mexico who worked for Tigchelaar Berry Farms (“Tigchelaar”) in 2010. They were dismissed on August 30, 2010 and they returned to Mexico on the following day. Their employment was arranged through the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (“SAWP”), a program of the government of Canada ("Canada") that is administered by Foreign Agricultural Resource Management Services (“F.A.R.M.S.”). The respondents commenced an action for wrongful dismissal in contract but as well allege that their rights under ss. 7 and 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms[1] and ss. 1(a) and 2(e) of the Canadian Bill of Rights[2] have been violated. Specifically, the respondents claim to have been privately deported and argue that before that happened they should have been told the reason for their dismissal and repatriation and given a meaningful opportunity to respond. Y1 - 2011/// UR - https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2013/2013onsc1506/2013onsc1506.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQArTWFudWVsIFJ1aXogRXNwaW5vemEgVGlnY2hlbGFhciBCZXJyeSBGYXJtIAAAAAAB Y2 - 2014-05-01 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - The Struggle Continues N2 - Decision by Supreme Court denies Ontario farm workers right to effective collective bargaining OTTAWA - April 29, 2011 - The Supreme Court of Canada has sided with the Ontario government to deny Ontario farm workers the same rights to join unions to bargain collectively as other workers in Ontario. The decision by the highest court in the land is the latest chapter in a decades-long battle to provide statutory labour rights protection and collective bargaining for Ontario’s 80,000 domestic and migrant agriculture workers. A1 - United Food and Commercial Workers,  Y1 - 2011/04/29/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2340:rights-of-ontario-farm-workers-abandoned-by-supreme-court&catid=6:directions-newsletter&Itemid=316&lang=en Y2 - 2011-05-27 T3 - UFCW Social Justice press releases ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Farm workers have no right to unionize, top court rules A1 - The Globe and Mail,  Y1 - 2011/04/29/ UR - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/subscribe.jsp?art=2003759 Y2 - 2011-05-27 JA - The Globe and Mail ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Foreign workers given deadline to leave Canada N2 - The Canada Border Services Agency told the foreign workers dubbed the 'three amigos' they have until May 19 to get out of Canada. A1 - Sandres, Carol Y1 - 2011/04/29/ UR - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/foreign-workers-given-deadline-to-leave-canada-120946154.html Y2 - 2011-06-27 JA - Winnipeg Free Press ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Travailleur guatémaltèque tué N1 - MONTMAGNY | Un travailleur étranger du Guatemala a péri hier à la suite du violent capotage d'une fourgonnette qui transportait huit employés saisonniers, sur l'autoroute 20, près de Montmagny. Le drame est survenu vers 15 h 30, en direction ouest. Le groupe d’attrapeurs de volaille revenait de Saint-François-de-Madawaska, à la frontière du Nouveau-Brunswick. Le trajet de 260 km devait les ramener à Saint-Charles de Bellechasse, où est située l’entreprise qui les embauche. Pour une raison inexpliquée, le conducteur aurait perdu la maîtrise de son véhicule avant de tenter sans succès une manœuvre d’urgence pour reprendre la maîtrise. De toute évidence, l’embardée a été brutale. Au total, quatre occupants ont subi des blessures mineures. Trois autres sont dans un état très sérieux. L’un d’entre eux a été transporté d’urgence à Québec, puisque sa vie serait menacée. La scène de l’accident laissait voir d’importantes traces de sang à l’extérieur et à l’intérieur de l’habitacle, de même que sur la chaussée. Des effets personnels et du matériel de travail agricole se trouvaient partout au sol avec les débris et les éclats des vitres fracassées. Aucune collision n’est survenue avec une autre automobile. Les conditions routières étaient bonnes au moment de l’accident. De fortes rafales de vent balayaient toutefois le secteur. La Sûreté du Québec aura à analyser diverses hypothèses : fausse manœuvre, sommeil, obstacle à éviter ou malaise. Un détour forcé par la route 132 a été imposé aux voyageurs pendant environ trois heures. Choc important Le propriétaire de l’entreprise Trans Vol, qui recrute les salariés hors du pays, était fortement secoué par les événements. « J’arrivais de Québec quand j’ai appris ce qui s’était passé. J’ai demandé à quelqu’un qui parle espagnol de se rendre tout de suite à l’hôpital », raconte Yvan Cloutier. Les plus expérimentés étaient à son emploi depuis trois ans, pour des séjours de huit ou neuf mois consécutifs. « Ce sont de très bons travailleurs. J’ai parlé au consulat pour avertir les familles là-bas. Celui qui est décédé venait d’avoir un enfant. Pour la suite, c’est le bon Dieu qui va décider. » L’homme d’affaires précise également qu’il s’agissait d’un camion flambant neuf, en très bon état. « Il roulait à 110 km/h. Il serait tombé sur le côté de la route. Pour revenir, il aurait donné un coup de roue un peu trop sec et il s’est mis à faire des tonneaux. » L’épuisement ne serait pas en cause non plus, puisque les travailleurs avaient trois jours de six heures et demie d’ouvrage à effectuer. Ailleurs en province, d’autres entreprises embauchent des travailleurs du Guatemala pour exercer le dur métier d’attrapeurs de poulet. Troisième cas en 2011 En février 2011, un accident impliquant un minibus qui transportait 13 travailleurs a fait un mort, sur l’autoroute 40, à Trois-Rivières, en Mauricie. Quelques jours plus tard, une collision frontale à Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier, dans Lanaudière, a fait cinq victimes et 16 blessés. Les cinq victimes étaient aussi des ramasseurs de poulet travaillant pour l’entreprise Pigeon 2006. En janvier 2008, sept membres de l’équipe de basket-ball de l’école secondaire de Bathurst et la conjointe de l’entraîneur ont été tués lorsque leur fourgonnette était entrée en collision avec une semi-remorque. Un débat sur la sécurité de ce type de véhicule avait suivi. A1 - Racine, Jean-François Y1 - 2011/04/19/ UR - http://lejournaldequebec.canoe.ca/journaldequebec/actualites/faitsdiversetjudiciaires/archives/2011/04/20110418-230852.html Y2 - 2011-05-27 JA - Journal de Québec ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Migrant workers' health suffers due to housing, labour, lack of training: study N2 - Many migrant farm workers who come to Canada every year are not given proper safety training, live in hot and cramped quarters, have no access to clean water and see their health suffer as a result, say two new research papers. Researchers found that many workers from Mexico, Jamaica, the Philippines and other countries develop ailments linked to the gruelling work they do on Canadian farms, largely in British Columbia and Ontario. The authors say in their papers, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, that workers are suffering from persistent back pain, eye and skin disorders and mental health problems due to a combination of factors. Jenna Hennebry, who co-wrote one of the papers, said overcrowded housing, the rigours of 12-hour days, lack of knowledge of their right to health care and the stress of being away from families for much of the year take a heavy toll on workers. Still, many of those who develop health problems don't seek care because they either don't know they are entitled to it, work too much to get to a clinic or fear losing their job. "One of the most disturbing things we found were the barriers to accessing health care and compensation," said Hennebry, a social scientist with the International Migration Research Centre at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont. "Forty-five per cent of those surveyed indicated they were fearful of reporting concerns to employers." Hennebry surveyed about 600 migrant workers in Ontario from 2007 to 2009, finding a number of them experienced some type of health ailment linked to their farm work in Canada. She said most complained of back pains, symptoms linked to gastro-intestinal disorders, heat exhaustion, pesticide exposure or food- or water-borne disease. More than 85 per cent said they did repetitive movements all day, likely causing musculoskeletal injuries, while almost 80 per cent said they worked in extreme heat. The majority of those surveyed said they worked many hours without breaks, had no protection from the rain and no safety training or knowledge of the risks in their work. A similar study in B.C. produced similar results. The surveys, some of the first of their kind in Canada, also asked workers about their living conditions on farms that employ tens of thousands of legal migrants every year through federal government programs. Almost 15 per cent said they didn't have access to clean drinking water, very few had fans or air conditioning in their residences and some said there weren't enough beds for everyone. The stress of living in cramped, uncomfortable spaces also takes a psychological toll on the mostly male workforce, who spend up to eight months in Canada under government programs. "They're all living together in really confined settings. They work together all day, they have one or two stoves they have to rotate through when they get home, they have no social interactions," Hennebry said from Waterloo. "Mental health was something we realized was quite a big issue among this group." But researchers contend that farm and domestic workers often don't seek help for their health concerns because they fear losing wages or being sent home by their employer and then are prevented from returning in the future. Hennebry found the majority had a limited understanding of their rights to health care, while 93 per cent had no idea how to make a workers' compensation claim. In the end, she found a lot of workers return home without receiving care or any compensation for injuries, and may take illnesses back to their own country. Bette Jean Crews, president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, said the reports' findings are questionable because the employment of migrant workers is regulated by the federal government. "I would question the validity of some of those comments," she said in an interview. "I know the program has a housing standard and a very severe inspection and testing of the water and standards around how many men can be in how much space. I know the living standards are very good for workers who are brought in." Crews hires six migrant workers every year on her farm near Trenton. "As far as safety training, workplace safety training is required by the Workers Compensation Act and at our farm, we do it every spring," she said. "Every farmer I know does it every year. These workers are involved in that training as well." Mike Pysklywec, a general practitioner in Hamilton who co-wrote the second report in the medical journal, sees migrant workers at a free weekly clinic in nearby Simcoe for labourers from surrounding farms. He said migrant workers have so little time off that they set up the clinic Friday nights when buses bring labourers in to the community to do laundry, get supplies and go to the doctor. Most of the ailments he treats are directly linked to the long hours workers spend hunched over picking crops or prolonged exposure to dust and fertilizers, which can cause skin and eye irritation. But many don't seek treatment because they haven't been told or didn't understand that they're entitled to it. Pysklywec said others didn't have their government-provided health card. "The employer will often hold their health card, so it stops them from going to the hospital," he said. "It's a huge problem. You know, we take it for granted that our employers are going to support us or that we're going to have work. That's not the case for a lot of people." Crews said she doesn't understand why a farmer would hold a health card because helping migrant workers maintain their health is important so they can work. "I'd see no advantage to an employer to doing that," she said. "Our workers have access to a liaison worker from the country they're from and they can call them 24 hours a day, seven days a week. So if something is happening the worker doesn't like, it would be a matter of hours before the officer is hearing about that and is down to see what is going on." Both authors say there is a need for stringent federal regulations on housing, better safety training, free protective gear and assurances that workers know their rights to health care. Hennebry said it's especially urgent since the numbers of migrant workers coming to Canada appears to be rising, with 193,000 admitted in 2008 on temporary work permits. "As we have these growing numbers, we're going to have more and more vulnerable workers and more and more tragic and disturbing things happen," she said. Ken Forth, president of Foreign Agricultural Resource Management Services, a farmer-run program that brings in workers under federal regulation, said he also has deep doubts about the articles. "It's so regulated people ask me why I'm involved because there are so many regulations aimed at ensuring things go right." A1 - United Food and Commercial Workers,  Y1 - 2011/04/18/ UR - http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/976469--migrant-workers-health-suffers-due-to-housing-labour-study Y2 - 2011-05-25 JA - The Canadian Press ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Migrant workers have inadequate health care in Canada, studies show N2 - Many migrant farm workers who come to Canada every year are not given proper safety training, live in hot and cramped quarters, have no access to clean water and see their health suffer as a result, say two new research papers. A1 - Auld, Alison Y1 - 2011/04/18/ UR - http://www.lco-cdo.org/fr/vulnerable-workers-related-news UR - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/migrant-workers-have-inadequate-health-care-in-canada-studies-show/article1990483/singlepage/#articlecontent Y2 - 2011-05-27 JA - The Globe and Mail ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Doctors within borders: meeting the health care needs of migrant farm workers in Canada N1 - Health issues in migrant farm workers in Canada and the United States5–18 • Musculoskeletal - Injuries - Pain in back, neck, knee, shoulders, hands or feet • Ocular - Conjunctivitis - Corneal foreign bodies and abrasions - Pterygia • Dermatologic - Contact dermatitis - Folliculitis - Tinea • Psychological - Depression - Anxiety - Inconsistent sleep patterns • Sexual and reproductive - Sexually transmitted infections (e.g. urethritis) - HIV infection (p.2) 35% of visits to the clinic by migrant workers were for musculoskeletal problems relating to their work. Ocular issues (13% of visits) and skin issues (6%) were also very common (p.2) First, clinicians should strive to be aware of and sensitive to the unique needs, circumstances and vulnerabilities of migrant workers, and to adapt their practices accordingly. For example, physicians could schedule clinic hours to coincide with times in which workers are likely to be in town, or arrange with employers for access to the workers during regular hours. Given the limited job alternatives for migrant workers and the precarious nature of their employment in Canada, clinicians may need to be flexible or creative with treatment-related work restrictions. Clinics could also develop interpretation services that are independent from workers’ employers . In addition, it is helpful to maintain clinical vigilance for common health issues in this group, in recognition of the heavy physical demands of farm labour and the potential for symptoms of irritation from pesticide exposure and other hazards. Finally, clinicians could engage in discussions with local health agencies to consider additional or alternative models of health care delivery. (p4). PB - CMAJ N2 - José, a migrant farm worker from Mexico, presents with a one-month history of low back pain. Through broken English and Spanish, he tells you that he has been in Canada for three months working on an asparagus farm. For the past six weeks, he has been spending 10 hours per day, six days per week, bent over cutting asparagus spears. José’s boss has his health card. Because José is only in town every Friday night to shop for groceries, he is not available when the radiology clinic and laboratory are open. Recognizing that his condition is related to his work, you wonder about filing a claim with the Workers’ Compensation Board. José has difficulty understanding what this means, but clearly does not want his employer to know that he has a sore back. He simply wants pills to help ease the pain. He is unsure of whether he has insurance coverage for medications and wants the least expensive medicine. You write out instructions for an over-the-counter antiinflammatory medication and direct him to a pharmacy. This patient’s unique circumstances have raised a number of unanswered questions. A1 - Pysklywec , Michael A1 - McLaughlin, Janet A1 - Michelle, Tew A1 - Ted, Haines Y1 - 2011/04/18/ UR - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/183/9/1039.full.pdf+html Y2 - 2013-09-19 JA - Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) VL - 183 SP - 1039 M2 - 1039 SP - 1039-1042 ER - TY - THES T1 - L'encadrement juridique des intermédiaires intervenant dans les migrations transfrontalières de la main-d'oeuvre : le cas des travailleuses domestiques au Canada CY - Montréal PB - Université du Québec à Montréal N2 - Si les intermédiaires entre un travailleur migrant et un futur employeur peuvent faciliter les rapports et l'établissement de contrats officiels, ils peuvent aussi être à la source de plusieurs problèmes. La qualité du service fourni est très variable de l'un à l'autre, il s'agit là d'une très grande partie du problème. Fausses représentations, frais élevés, emplois inexistants ou illégaux, confiscation de documents personnels ne sont que quelques-uns des exemples de pratiques abusives d'intermédiaires. Dans ces circonstances, l'encadrement juridique de leur pratique joue un rôle crucial. Bien que plusieurs catégories de travailleurs puissent être victimes de ces intermédiaires peu scrupuleux, le problème est particulièrement criant dans le cas des travailleuses domestiques. Ces salariées sont dans l'immense majorité des femmes qui travaillent seules au domicile d'un particulier et dont le travail n'a pas pour but de produire une valeur ajoutée, ce qui accroît leur vulnérabilité. Dans le but de mieux comprendre le rôle joué par les intermédiaires, la recherche vise à analyser l'encadrement juridique qui existe, autant en droit international qu'en droit national canadien, fédéral et provincial. En juxtaposant les problèmes créés par l'intervention des intermédiaires que nous avons recensés dans la littérature, aux règles encadrant leur pratique, nous sommes en mesure d'en déceler les lacunes et de proposer quelques pistes de réflexion. Tout porte à croire que l'intervention d'un intermédiaire dans le processus de migration augmente le risque d'exploitation et de marchandisation des travailleuses domestiques. Même si la législation n'est pas la seule solution au problème, d'aucuns seront d'accord sur le fait qu'une meilleure réglementation des intermédiaires aura une influence importante et positive sur les travailleuses domestiques. A1 - Giroux-Gareau, Émilie Y1 - 2011/04/01/ UR - http://www.archipel.uqam.ca/3981/1/M11987.pdf Y2 - 2011-07-20 VL - LL.M. T2 - Sciences juridiques SP - 191 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - The Exploitation of Migrant Chinese Construction Workers in Singapore PB - HUMANITARIAN ORGANISATION FOR MIGRATION ECONOMICS N2 - This article presents some back group of Singapore relating to migrant workers. For example in Singapore, it is estimated that more than 85% of the construction workforce are foreign workers and they are mostly originating from China, India, Bangladesh and Thailand. The vast majority of migrant construction workers that come to Singapore often relay on unlicensed or poorly regulated recruitment agencies. Other rely on informal network of friends to help secure employment. It also highlights exploitation, abuse, and other human rights violations that migrant workers are facing. The results of the research finding shows that workers in the construction field top concerns are low wages, long working hours (more than ten hours per day), compulsory overtime work, poor living conditions and no assurance of employment once their existing work permits expire. Finally, the article provides recommendations for the improvement of the migrant workers’ welfare in Singapore. Y1 - 2011/// KW - Living Condition of Migrant workers in Singapore UR - http://home.org.sg/downloads/PRC_MCW_Report_final_2011.pdf Y2 - 2013-03-30 ER - TY - ICOMM T1 - Artists Boycott Abu Dhabi Guggenheim Over Migrant Workers' Rights PB - WNYC Culture A1 - Furlan , Julia Y1 - 2011/03/19/ KW - Artists KW - Boycott KW - Migrant Workers rights UR - http://culture.wnyc.org/articles/features/2011/mar/19/artists-boycott-abu-dhabi-guggenheim-migrant-workers-rights/ Y2 - 2012-11-25 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Exclusion orders issued to Amigos N2 - Their employer in Thompson was the alleged criminal but the three Filipino foreign workers hired to work at the gas station may soon pay the price. An Immigration and Refugee Board adjudicator Tuesday ruled against the men dubbed the Three Amigos, issuing exclusion orders for them to leave Canada. A1 - Sandres, Carol Y1 - 2011/03/16/ UR - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/amigos-closer-to-extradition-118066234.html Y2 - 2011-06-28 JA - Winnipeg Free Press ER - TY - NEWS T1 - '3 Amigos' ordered excluded from Canada N2 - Three Filipino men arrested and facing deportation for failing to have proper work permits are one step closer to being kicked out of Canada. A1 - CBC,  Y1 - 2011/03/15/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2011/03/15/man-three-amigos-exclusion-orders.html Y2 - 2011-06-28 JA - CBC News ER - TY - CASE T1 - Ferme Yves Sarrazin et Cruz Marroquin, 2011 QCCLP 1926. A2 - Ferme Yves Sarrazin et Cruz Marroquin, 2011 QCCLP 1926. PB - Commission des Lésions Professionnelles A1 - Commission des lésions professionnelles,  Y1 - 2011/03/14/ ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Immigration officials target bad employers N2 - Federal immigration officials are creating a database of "bad employers" who are blacklisted for abusing a foreign worker program and banned from bringing employees to Canada for two years. A1 - Godfrey, Tom Y1 - 2011/02/27/ UR - http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2011/02/27/17426801.html Y2 - 2011-06-28 JA - Toronto Sun ER - TY - NEWS T1 - 'Three amigos' fighting deportation N2 - Nowhere to go, no way to make money. And not much to do except wait and worry. A1 - Romaniuk, Ross Y1 - 2011/02/10/ UR - http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2011/02/10/17221146.html Y2 - 2011-06-28 JA - CNews ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Agents kept tabs on workers N2 - Didn't advise Three Amigos of requirements, lawyer contends A1 - Sandres, Carol Y1 - 2011/02/10/ UR - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/agents-kept-tabs-on-workers-115706154.html Y2 - 2011-06-28 JA - Winnipeg Free Press ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Deportation hearing delayed for foreign workers known as 'Three Amigos' N2 - A deportation hearing for three foreign workers has been delayed until March. A1 - CTV,  Y1 - 2011/02/09/ UR - http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110209/wpg_amigos_110209/20110209/?hub=WinnipegHome Y2 - 2011-06-28 JA - CTV News ER - TY - PCOMM T1 - Sri Lankan Domestic Workers Stranded in Jordan A2 - H.E. Prime Minister Samir al-Rifai PB - Human Rights Watch Y1 - 2011/01/27/ KW - Sri Lankan Domestic Workers KW - Jordan UR - http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/01/27/sri-lankan-domestic-workers-stranded-jordan Y2 - 2012-11-23 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Foreign Workers Seek Legal Grand Slam against Denny's N2 - $10 million class action suit says contract terms weren't respected, a claim management denies. A1 - Sandborn, Tom A1 - Sandborn, Tom Y1 - 2011/01/24/ UR - http://thetyee.ca/News/2011/01/24/DennysForeignWorkers/ Y2 - 2011-06-29 JA - The Tyee ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Immigrant Workers In Canada Sue Denny's N2 - They claim the franchise reneged on several promises A1 - Hood, Jon Y1 - 2011/01/14/ UR - http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2011/01/immigrant-workers-in-canada-sue-denny-s.html Y2 - 2011-06-29 JA - Consumer Affairs ER - TY - RPRT T1 - $10 million class action lawsuit launched in Canada on behalf of current and former Denny’s Restaurant Temporary Foreign Workers N2 - Vancouver – A $10 million class action lawsuit has been filed against Denny’s Restaurants in BC by law firms acting on behalf of more than 50 foreign workers who allege their employment contracts have been breached. Lawyers Charles Gordon and Christopher Foy filed the lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court against Northland Properties Corporation - doing business as Denny’s Restaurants – and Dencan Restaurants Inc., the companies that run Denny’s Restaurants in British Columbia for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, breach of good faith and fair dealing and breach of fiduciary duty with respect to their employees hired through the Canadian Temporary Foreign Worker Program. “More than 50 Filipino foreign workers came to Canada, mainly as cooks and servers, to take jobs at Denny’s Restaurants in BC but were required to pay approximately $6000.00 each to an agency that was recruiting employees for the Defendants and they have not received the hours of work, overtime pay, air travel and other conditions they were promised,” says Gordon. “As a result, the Defendants are in breach of contract and will be held to account in court.” Gordon says a representative plaintiff, Herminia Vergara Dominguez, is bringing this employment related class action on behalf of a class of over 50 Filipino foreign workers who came to Canada under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and were employed in Denny’s restaurants from December 1, 2006 to the present. Foy says that while lost wages, travel, recruitment costs and punitive damages have led to a claim that could cost Denny’s more than $10 million, the case is a simple one. “These workers were encouraged to come to Canada with a set of promises that have never been met – they have done their part but the Defendants have not lived up to their end of the deal.” Foy said. The Notice of Civil Claim alleges, among other things, that the Defendants have breached the class members’ contracts of employment in the following manner: • failing to provide the promised 40 hours of work per week; • failing to correctly calculate and provide overtime pay; • failing to pay the costs for air travel between the Philippines and Canada; and • in addition, the class members paid approximately $6,000.00 each to a recruiter which the Plaintiff claims is: • contrary to the contracts of employment; • contrary to Human Resources and Skills Development Canada policy and guidelines of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program; • contrary to a Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Government of British Columbia; and • contrary to s. 10(1) of the British Columbia Employment Standards Act Foy said a class action case management judge will be assigned in the coming weeks and a case conference will be held to establish a timetable for the conduct of the action. For more information and copies of the Notice of Civil Claim contact: Charles Gordon at 604-734-8001 or Christopher Foy at 604-736-6010 or Bill Tieleman, West Star Communications at 604-844-7827 or cell 778-896-0964 A1 - Fiorillo Glavin Gordon & Kestrel Workplace Legal Counsel,  Y1 - 2011/01/10/ T3 - Fiorillo Glavin Gordon & Kestrel Workplace Legal Counsel ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Union Busting Charges Filed at B.C. Labour Board Point to Blacklisting by Vancouver Mexican Consulate N2 - Charges have been filed with the British Columbia Labour Relations Board alleging the Mexico consulate in Vancouver covertly attempted to blacklist union members at two B.C. agriculture operations where Mexican migrant workers had voted to unionize. The charges have been filed by UFCW Canada Local 1518. A1 - UFCWCanada,  Y1 - 2011/// UR - http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/union-busting-charges-filed-bc-labour-board-point-blacklisting-vancouver-mexican-consulate-1511952.htm Y2 - 2011-06-11 JA - Marketwire ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Men facing deportation must wait for hearing N2 - An Immigration and Refugee Board hearing for the "three amigos" -- Ermie Zotomayor, Antonio Laroya and Arnisito Gaviola -- was postponed Thursday while their lawyer said he was reviewing information about the case. A1 - Giroday, Gabrielle Y1 - 2010/12/24/ UR - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/men-facing-deportation-must-wait-for-hearing-112420944.html Y2 - 2011-06-29 JA - Winnipeg Free Press ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Hope for 'three amigos' N2 - Top lawyer, Legal Aid get behind Filipinos A1 - Sandres, Carol Y1 - 2010/12/22/ UR - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/hope-for-three-amigos-112301644.html Y2 - 2011-06-29 JA - Winnipeg Free Press ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - PINAY supports for the Manitoba 3 PB - PINAY N2 - More than 70 members and supporters of PINAY - Filipino Women's Organization of Quebec show their support for the Manitoba 3 by posing for a photo while holding up posters with the picture of the three migrant workers and with the words , "LET THE THREE FATHERS STAY IN CANADA". The three were arrested on June 24, 2010 after being duped into working at a gas station in Thompson, Manitoba without work permits which their employer had promised. The three migrant workers have been gaining popular support for their cause throughout many parts of the country largely due to the work to raise awareness around their situation by the newly formed Migrante Canada chapter, an alliance of 16 organizations from coast to coast advocating for the rights and welfare of Filipino migrants. The three fathers, known to the media and the community as the ‘Three Amigos’, came to Canada in 2007 under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. Sid De Guzman, Deputy Secretary-General of Migrante Canada first explained to the crowd the plight of the Filipino migrant workers before asking them to pose for the photo to show their support. The three are currently in limbo in Winnipeg awaiting their court hearing regarding their appeal to stay in Canada on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. "Their only crime was to want to work in Canada to provide for their families back home," says Sid De Guzman. The symbolic gesture in support of the Manitoba 3 was done during the year-end gathering of PINAY, a member organization of the Migrante alliance. The PINAY event also happens to coincides with International Migrant's Day this year, which was perfect timing, according to PINAY president, Evelyn Calugay. "Every year, around the Holiday season, we gather to celebrate our victories and renew our commitment to go forward with our struggles for justice for migrants," explains Evelyn. "Our members are absolutely committed to supporting the call to let the three fathers stay and have access to jobs to support their families back home; something that the Philippine government is incapable of providing them and thousands of our compatriots who are forced to leave our country each day." A1 - PINAY,  Y1 - 2010/12/19/ KW - three amigos UR - http://pinayquebec.blogspot.com/2010_12_01_archive.html Y2 - 2011-05-25 JA - Pinay's blog ER - TY - ICOMM T1 - SRI LANKA: Government seeks to boost migrant labour skills CY - Colombo, Sri Lanka PB - Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) Y1 - 2010/12/10/ KW - Saudi Arabia KW - Sri Lankan Domestic Workers KW - Abuse case UR - http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91319/SRI-LANKA-Government-seeks-to-boost-migrant-labour-skills Y2 - 2012-11-23 ER - TY - CASE T1 - CUB 75951 A2 - F.L. (10 décembre 2010), CUB 75951. PB - Canadian Umpire Benefit Y1 - 2010/12/10/ UR - http://www.ae.gc.ca/fra/politique/appels/cubs/70000-80000/75000-75999/75951.shtml Y2 - 2015-01-22 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Foreign dads fear deportation N2 - Three dads trying to support their families in the Philippines hope they won't be home for Christmas. The temporary workers face an Immigration and Refugee Board hearing Dec. 23 after working in a gas bar in Thompson with invalid work permits. A1 - Sandres, Carol Y1 - 2010/11/26/ UR - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/foreign-dads-fear-deportation-110781524.html Y2 - 2011-06-29 JA - Winnipeg Free Press ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Temporary workers' plight to be discussed N2 - FIRST there were the "three amigos," now there are five. Two more temporary workers in Manitoba are facing deportation back to the Philippines, said the organizer of a forum tonight to address their plight. A1 - Sandres, Carol Y1 - 2010/11/12/ UR - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/temporary-workers-plight-to-be-discussed-111654909.html Y2 - 2011-06-29 JA - Winnipeg Free Press ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Migrant farm workers stage wildcat strike to demand thousands of dollars in unpaid wages: Employer responds with deportation N2 - Over a 100 migrant farm workers employed at Ghesquiere Plants Ltd. are facing imminent repatriation (deportation) after staging a wildcat strike to demanding thousands of dollars in unpaid wages. A1 - Justicia for Migrant Workers,  Y1 - 2010/11/03/ UR - http://www.justicia4migrantworkers.org/ Y2 - 2011-06-21 T3 - Justice For Migrant Workers ER - TY - CASE T1 - An Unfair Labour Practice complaint brought by Service Employees International Union Local 2, Brewery, General & Professional Workers’ Union affecting B. Gringras Enterprises Ltd. o/a Bee Clean Building Maintenance – Board File No. GE-05980 A2 - 2010 CanLII 62408 (AB LRB) PB - Alberta Labour Relation Board A1 - Alberta Labour Relation Board,  Y1 - 2010/10/28/ UR - http://www.canlii.org/en/ab/ablrb/doc/2010/2010canlii62408/2010canlii62408.pdf Y2 - 2014-05-15 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Temp agencies paying immigrants below minimum wage N2 - Some Montreal temp agencies that cater to immigrants are paying less than minimum wage for backbreaking work and don't pay benefits or apply the standard deductions required by law, according to a Radio-Canada investigation. A1 - CBC,  Y1 - 2010/10/20/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2010/10/20/temp-agencies-hire-immigrant-workers-for-cash-only.html Y2 - 2011-06-29 JA - CBC News ER - TY - CASE T1 - Gorenshtein & ICN Consulting Inc. v. Tagirova, 2010 BCPC 384 (CanLII) A2 - 2010 BCPC 384 (CanLII), PB - Provincial Court of British Columbia A1 - Provincial Court of British Columbia,  Y1 - 2010/10/19/ UR - http://unik.caij.qc.ca/default.aspx?&unikid=en/bc/bcpc/doc/2010/2010bcpc384/2010bcpc384 Y2 - 2014-05-15 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Kuwait's abused domestic workers have 'nowhere to turn' PB - BBC A1 - Pathirana, Saroj Y1 - 2010/10/13/ UR - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11444167 Y2 - 2012-11-23 JA - BBCnews ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Immigration Policy Shifts: From Nation Building to Temporary Migration IS - Spring/printemps CY - Montréal PB - Association for Canadian Studies / Association d'études canadiennes A1 - Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR),  Y1 - 2010/// UR - http://canada.metropolis.net/pdfs/cdn_issues_CITC_mar10_e.pdf Y2 - 2011-09-23 JA - Canadian Issues/Thèmes canadiens SP - 90 M2 - 90 SP - 90-93 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Building a Disposable Workforce Through Temporary Migration Policy IS - Spring/printemps CY - Montréal PB - Association for Canadian Studies / Association d'études canadiennes A1 - Flecker, Karl Y1 - 2010/// UR - http://canada.metropolis.net/pdfs/cdn_issues_CITC_mar10_e.pdf Y2 - 2011-09-23 JA - Canadian Issues/Thèmes canadiens SP - 99 M2 - 99 SP - 99-103 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Not Just a Few Bad Apples: Vulnerability, Health and Temporary Migration in Canada IS - Spring/printemps CY - Montréal PB - Association for Canadian Studies / Association d'études canadiennes A1 - Hennebry, Jenna L. Y1 - 2010/// UR - http://canada.metropolis.net/pdfs/cdn_issues_CITC_mar10_e.pdf Y2 - 2011-09-23 JA - Canadian Issues/Thèmes canadiens SP - 74 M2 - 74 SP - 74-77 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Inquest sought into migrant farm worker deaths N2 - For years, Paul Roach spent eight months away from his family in Jamaica to work on an apple farm in Ontario. This year was his last. On Sept. 10, while producing apple cider at the Ayton, Ont. farm, the 44-year-old migrant worker climbed into a giant tank to fix a pump and was overcome by gas. Fellow migrant worker Ralston White, 36, also from Jamaica, jumped in and collapsed as well. A1 - Keung, Nicholas Y1 - 2010/09/22/ UR - http://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/immigration/article/865184--inquest-sought-into-migrant-farm-worker-deaths Y2 - 2011-07-01 JA - Toronto Sun ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Agricultural Deaths Preventable N2 - Agricultural Deaths Preventable: Migrant Advocacy group calls on Provincial Government to Protect Workers: Snap inspections, Coroner’s Inquest, and Criminal Investigation needed to show Zero Tolerance for Migrant Fatalities A1 - Justicia for Migrant Workers,  Y1 - 2010/09/13/ UR - http://www.justicia4migrantworkers.org/ Y2 - 2011-06-21 T3 - Justice For Migrant Workers ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Ontario migrant worker farm deaths probed N2 - The cause of death of two Jamaican migrant agriculture workers who died Friday at a central Ontario farm is still under investigation. A1 - Vancouverite News Service,  Y1 - 2010/09/12/ UR - http://www.vancouverite.com/2010/09/12/ontario-migrant-worker-farm-deaths-probed/ Y2 - 2011-06-06 JA - Vancouverite ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Two migrant workers die at Ontario farm; ministry investigating N2 - The deaths of two migrants workers from Jamaica who died at a farm south of Owen Sound is now under investigation. A1 - Canadian Press,  Y1 - 2010/09/12/ UR - http://www.manufacturing.net/News/FeedsAP/2010/09/mnet-industry-focus-safety-two-migrant-workers-die-at-ontario-farm-ministry-/ Y2 - 2011-06-18 JA - The Canadian Press ER - TY - NEWS T1 - B.C. immigrant workers found in squalid conditions near Golden N2 - The B.C. government has terminated a contract with a Surrey forestry company after 25 workers - many of them immigrants from the Congo - were found living in substandard conditions near Golden in late July. A1 - Bolan, Kim Y1 - 2010/08/10/ UR - http://www.globaltvbc.com/sitemap/immigrant+workers+found+squalid+conditions+near+Golden/3380963/story.html Y2 - 2011-07-01 JA - Global BC ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Forced to Care: Coercion and Caregiving in America CY - Boston PB - Harvard University Press A1 - Nakano Glen, Evelyn Y1 - 2010/// UR - http://www.amazon.ca/Forced-Care-Coercion-Caregiving-America/dp/0674048792/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312575783&sr=1-1 Y2 - 2011-08-05 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Quand Saint-Rémi devient San Remi N2 - En pleine Montérégie, par un beau dimanche d'été, la moitié des passants que vous croisez dans la rue vous disent hola plutôt que bonjour. Bienvenue à Saint-Rémi, où 2500 travailleurs agricoles mexicains et guatémaltèques s'ajoutent à la population des environs le temps des récoltes. Une rencontre entre deux cultures, bien loin des quartiers multiethniques urbains. A1 - Guillemette, Mélissa Y1 - 2010/07/31/ UR - http://www.ledevoir.com/economie/emploi/293580/quand-saint-remi-devient-san-remi Y2 - 2011-07-01 JA - Le Devoir ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Transient servitude: migrant labour in Canada and the apartheid of citizenship IS - 1 CY - Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore, Washington DC PB - SAGE publications N2 - Shifts in Canada’s immigration policy, most recently linked to the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) with the US and Mexico, have created an increased reliance on temporary migrant workers, who constitute a disposable workforce, driven from their own countries by the same forces of neoliberal capitalism which foster their super-exploitation in the Canadian labour market. In this article, the operation of two migrant worker programmes, the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) and Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP), are considered in the context of the province of British Columbia. The various means by which migrant workers are maintained in a state of vulnerability, available as a pool of cheap labour but excluded from belonging to the nation, are discussed. The article concludes by examining examples and further possibilities of alliances across social movements in BC in order to advance the struggle for human dignity. A1 - Walia, Harsha Y1 - 2010/// UR - http://rac.sagepub.com/content/52/1/71 Y2 - 2011-07-26 JA - Race & Class VL - 52 SP - 71 M2 - 71 SP - 71-84 ER - TY - GOVDOC T1 - Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, Gulnara Shahinian CY - Geneva PB - UN Human Rights Council N2 - Following a brief overview of activities, the Special Rapporteur focuses on the manifestations and causes of domestic servitude and issues recommendations on how to end this global human rights concern. A1 - Shahinian, Gulnara Y1 - 2010/06/18/ UR - http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/slavery/rapporteur/docs/A.HRC.15.20_FR.pdf Y2 - 2011-08-24 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Foreign workers in Canada afraid N2 - EDMONTON - News of charges against a company accused of mistreating temporary foreign workers brings a sense of grim satisfaction to Lyla Gray. A1 - Hanon, Andrew Y1 - 2010/06/10/ UR - http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2010/06/04/14257086.html Y2 - 2011-07-01 JA - CNews ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Bulk Carriers manager pleads guilty in immigrant workers case N2 - The operations manager of a trucking company in Cornwall, P.E.I., has pleaded guilty to charges under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act in connection with the company's failure to cover the flight expenses of some of its immigrant workers. A1 - CBC,  Y1 - 2010/06/08/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/06/08/pei-bulk-carriers-guilty.html Y2 - 2011-07-01 JA - CBC News ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Temp Foreign Workers take the fall again for farmers and government N1 - As nine workers arrested, Harper government and farm industry “are both complicit in a system ‎designed to exploit foreign workers and dispose of them,” says national leader of UFCW Canada TORONTO - The Ontario arrest and detainment of nine temporary foreign workers "is the latest ‎example that both the Harper government and the farm industry are both complicit in a system ‎designed to exploit foreign workers and dispose of them," says Wayne Hanley, the National ‎President of UFCW Canada.‎ The workers are Thai nationals who were brought to Canada under the federal government’s ‎Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW) program. They were arrested near the Sarnia agriculture ‎operation where they were employed.‎ TFWs are typically granted a two-year work permit, but an underground system of job brokers ‎tied into the farm industry directs these workers to continue to work "under the table" after ‎their visas expire. The nine TFWs arrested near Sarnia are being held in a Toronto detention ‎centre. The Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) confirmed they were arrested "for ‎suspected violations of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act."‎ ‎"What’s really being violated here is the human rights of these workers," says Hanley. "The ‎federal government encourages farmers to import TFWs, specifically because these workers are ‎granted next to no status and are under the radar when it comes to workplace protections."‎ ‎"By deliberately shortchanging these workers of permanent status, what you have is a TFW ‎program that encourages human trafficking," says Hanley. "What confirms it is that while ‎dozens of workers have been arrested over the past year, not one agriculture operation or job ‎broker has yet to be convicted of breaking the rules when it comes to hiring these workers and ‎paying them under the table."‎ ‎"The recent arrests have nothing to do with justice, and everything to do with politics," says ‎Hanley. "These are terror tactics to keep all TFWs afraid and vulnerable. And as soon as the ‎latest victims are shipped out, the federal government’s TFW program brings in a new batch of ‎workers to be exploited."‎ UFCW Canada is the country’s largest private-sector union. In association with the Agriculture ‎Workers Alliance, it operates ten agriculture worker support centers across Canada.‎ PB - Agriculture Workers Alliance N2 - As nine workers arrested, Harper government and farm industry “are both complicit in a system ‎designed to exploit foreign workers and dispose of them,” says national leader of UFCW Canada A1 - Agriculture Workers Alliance,  Y1 - 2010/// UR - http://awa-ata.ca/en/media/e-news-2010/e-news-vol3-issue-9/ Y2 - 2011-06-02 T3 - AWA E-News ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Tractor tragedy strikes on eve of Ontario safety hearings PB - Agriculture Workers Alliance N2 - “Agriculture workers in Ontario absolutely need better protection than they get now, and the Expert Advisory Panel can’t ignore that,” says UFCW Canada president. A1 - Agriculture Workers Alliance,  Y1 - 2010/// UR - http://awa-ata.ca/en/media/e-news-2010/e-news-vol3-issue-14/ Y2 - 2011-06-02 T3 - AWA E-News ER - TY - RPRT T1 - NO RIGHTS, NO RULES: MIGRANT WORKERS IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD & “I AM A FATHER TOO!” EVENT PB - Agriculture Workers Alliance N2 - NO RIGHTS, NO RULES: MIGRANT WORKERS IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD: UFCW Canada and community allies will be hosting an International Migrant Worker Forum on June 20, 2010 in response to the G8/G20 Summit to be held in and around Toronto, Canada. I AM A FATHER TOO!” to FORM THE LARGEST MIGRANT WORKER HUMAN BILLBOARD IN CANADIAN HISTORY: This event shall highlight the devastating effects of family separation and human displacement that has resulted from the migrant and guest worker programs, such as the Canadian Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP), in G8 countries. A1 - Agriculture Workers Alliance,  Y1 - 2010/// UR - http://awa-ata.ca/en/media/e-news-2010/e-news-vol3-issue-15/ Y2 - 2011-06-02 T3 - AWA E-News ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Agriculture Workers Alliance Bits and Bites! 3(11) PB - Agriculture Workers Alliance N2 - Major victory for agricultural workers in Quebec UFCW Canada Social Justice Program Launches Scholarships for Migrant Workers Here We Grow Again - AWA 10th Centre Opens “Premier Stelmach: End the Harvest of Death”! Campaign Reignited May 1st, International Workers Day A1 - Agriculture Workers Alliance,  Y1 - 2010/// UR - http://awa-ata.ca/en/media/e-news-2010/e-news-vol3-issue-11/ Y2 - 2011-06-02 T3 - AWA E-News ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Migrant farm workers need access to public healthcare N2 - In spite of contributing to the Canadian economy and paying taxes for 4 to 5 months for up to 25 years, these workers are marginalized from the healthcare coverage their taxes should entitle them to while they are here. A1 - Fernandez, Lynne Y1 - 2010/06/01/ UR - http://www.nupge.ca/content/3314/migrant-farm-workers-need-access-public-healthcare Y2 - 2011-06-08 T3 - The National Union of Public and General Employees ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Agriculture Workers Alliance Bits and Bites!!! 3(2) N1 - On December 17, James Clancy, the National President of the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE), pledged his union’s support to the UFCW Canada, by presenting Wayne Hanley, National President of UFCW Canada with a $15,000 donation from NUPGE’s Social Justice Solidarity Fund to the Agricultural Workers Alliance (AWA). The contribution supports the valuable work the AWA does, in association with UFCW Canada, on behalf of agricultural workers. In accepting NUPGE’s Social Justice Solidarity Fund donation on behalf of AWA, Wayne Hanley, and National President of UFCW Canada stated, “This has always been a question about justice and equality. We very much appreciate that NUPGE has been there over the years with UFCW Canada in support of our struggle." Vigil held for temporary foreign workers killed on the job On January 7, UFCW Canada and AWA activists joined more than two hundred other labour and community allies for a candlelight vigil held at the base of a Toronto apartment building where a Christmas Eve construction accident had killed four migrant workers, and left a fifth migrant with critical injuries. The vigil was organized by Justice for Migrant Workers and No One Is Illegal -Toronto. Alexander Bondorev, Aleksey Blumberg, Fayzulla Fazilov and Vladimir Korostin fell more than 13 stories to their death on December 24, after the suspended scaffold they were standing on collapsed. Dilshod Mamurov, who also fell from the scaffold, remains in a Toronto hospital with a broken spine and two fractured legs. All five victims were working in Canada under the Federal government’s Temporary Foreign Workers Program. "It doesn’t have to be this way, and it shouldn’t be this way," says Wayne Hanley, the National President of UFCW Canada. There are thousands of UFCW Canada members across this country who are migrant workers and who don’t face such risks because this union would never allow it." "A worker is a worker – regardless of where they come from. Migrant workers need greater protections given the vulnerable nature of their status in Canada.” A photo gallery of the vigil available on the UFCW Canada Facebook page located at www.facebook.com/ufcwcanada. UFCW Canada takes part at the symposium: "Rights Watch 2010: Tracking Canada’s Civil Liberties and Human Rights Landscape" On January 9, 2010, the UFCW Canada was invited to take part in an important event presented by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) in Toronto. With an impressive record as one of the most active organizations in Canada on constitutional litigation, the CCLA was also an intervener on the side of UFCW Canada in Fraser vs. A.G. (Ont.) at the Supreme Court of Court of Canada in December 2009 (see Quest). The symposium, entitled "Rights Watch 2010: Tracking Canada’s Civil Liberties and Human Rights Landscape" was a 2 day forum bringing together legal academics, law students and lawyers from across Canada was an opportunity to meet, discuss and present on the current state of constitutional litigation and human rights in Canada. Naveen Mehta, UFCW Canada’s director of human rights, presented a workshop on "Freedom of association and protection for marginalized workers" with Joshua Phillips, counsel to the CCLA at the Fraser case. After reviewing the current state of migrant workers in Canada, Naveen noted that "their is a fundamental and practical requirement to re-inject organized labour into the present discourse that is occurring in the halls of academia and immigration advocacy given the strides UFCW Canada and its local unions have made in decreasing the level of suffering for many thousands of migrant and immigrant workers in Canada. It is in a unionized environment that is trained to address the particular concerns of migrant and immigrant workers that we are able to achieve the goal of residency for migrant workers for example. " PB - Agriculture Workers Alliance N2 - NUPGE Pledges $15,000 to the AWA! Vigil held for temporary foreign workers killed on the job UFCW Canada takes part at the symposium: "Rights Watch 2010: Tracking Canada’s Civil Liberties and Human Rights Landscape" A1 - Agriculture Workers Alliance,  Y1 - 2010/// UR - http://awa-ata.ca/en/media/e-news-2010/e-news-vol3-issue-2/ Y2 - 2011-05-30 T3 - AWA E-News ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Ontario construction death inquiry spurred by community and labour activists N1 - The announcement by the Ontario government that it will appoint an expert advisory panel to investigate the slew of deaths and accidents at Ontario construction sites, “is welcome news as long as all stakeholders are at the table,” says Wayne Hanley, the National President of UFCW Canada. “We’re encouraged that the voices of labour and community activists are finally being heard. That has to continue if the work of this panel is going to result in saving lives and reducing accidents.” The province’s announcement resulted from an intensive campaign by migrant worker advocacy groups, such as No One is Illegal - Toronto, and labour unions in the wake of a Christmas Eve construction site accident in Toronto that killed four workers, and left a fifth worker in critical condition. All five workers had precarious immigration status in Canada. “Shoddy equipment, weak enforcement and lax inspection are certainly factors. But underlying those concerns is the rampant abuse of migrant workers and their inability to raise workplace concerns because of their status,” says Naveen Mehta, UFCW Canada Director of Human Rights, Equity & Diversity. “It is a national crisis. You have a federal Temporary Foreign Workers program that effectively encourages employers to treat workers like disposable commodities. The workers who died Christmas Eve had no effective ability to complain or go to the government, or to their employer and say ‘Hey! This is unacceptable.’ Time and time again we have seen that doing so has resulted in deportation.” “It is an issue the Ontario expert panel can’t ignore,” says Mehta. “You should not be allowed to build profits on the bodies of migrant workers.” PB - Agriculture Workers Alliance N2 - The announcement by the Ontario government that it will appoint an expert advisory panel to investigate the slew of deaths and accidents at Ontario construction sites, “is welcome news as long as all stakeholders are at the table,” says Wayne Hanley, the National President of UFCW Canada A1 - Agriculture Workers Alliance,  Y1 - 2010/// UR - http://awa-ata.ca/en/media/e-news-2010/e-news-vol3-issue-4/ Y2 - 2011-05-30 T3 - AWA E-News ER - TY - CPAPER T1 - Welcoming the World to Vancouver: Temporary Foreign Workers on the Canada Line Construction Project CY - University of Milan Faculty of Law N2 - This paper focuses on a series of discrimination complaints arising out of one of these employment settings – the boring of a tunnel for a major expansion of rapid transit in the city of Vancouver. These complaints, which are still proceeding through the appeal process, succeeded, but only in part. This short paper considers the interaction between Canada’s laws on discrimination and collective bargaining and reflects on the meaning of discrimination based on national origin in a globalized labour market. A1 - Benedet, Janine Y1 - 2010/05/20/ UR - http://www.ialsnet.org/meetings/labour/papers/Benedet-Canada.pdf Y2 - 2011-08-06 T2 - IALS General Assembly Conference on Labour Law and Labour Market in the New World Economy ER - TY - CASE T1 - 9008-1951 Québec inc. et Cruz Marroquin, 2010 QCCLP 3664 A2 - 2010 QCCLP 3664 PB - Commission des Lésions Professionnelles A1 - Commission des lésions professionnelles,  Y1 - 2010/05/13/ UR - http://canlii.ca/t/29tc4 Y2 - 2015-01-09 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Toil and trouble N2 - Every temporary worker who comes to Canada has a dream of a better life. Too often the reality they face is exploitation and a system that seems to invite abuse. A1 - Morris, Carolyn Y1 - 2010/05/04/ UR - http://www.ucobserver.org/justice/2010/05/toil_trouble/ Y2 - 2011-07-01 JA - United Church Observer ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Social Protection for Migrant Domestic Workers in Cambodia: A Case Study PB - The Global Network Solidar N2 - The goal of this case study is twofold. First, this research aims to provide an understanding of the many difficulties migrant workers face. Second, this report seeks to examine the path to overcoming the previously stated challenges. The first chapter explores social protections in Cambodia. After a broad examination of social protections in Cambodia the focus is narrowed to those social protections affecting migrant workers. The subsequent chapter looks at the story of a woman named Vann Sinoun who was a Cambodian migrant worker. Vann Sinoun’s story illustrates in a very human way the hardships migrant workers face. The final chapter looks at the different advocacy strategies undertaken on behalf of migrant workers. The study concludes with a brief discussion of the steps that need to be undertaken to ensure social protections for Cambodians. Y1 - 2010/// KW - Domestic Workers KW - Cambodia UR - http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/download/8797/7980 Y2 - 2013-05-01 ER - TY - ADVS T1 - Social Determinants of Health of Migrant Farmworkers in Canada CY - Montréal A1 - McLaughlin, Janet Y1 - 2010/// UR - http://www.metropolis2010.net/presentations/C/docs/C8/C8_McLaughlin_Janet.pdf Y2 - 2011-04-08 ER - TY - MGZN T1 - Thèmes Canadiens: Travailleurs étrangers temporaires - Canadian Issues N2 - The movement into Canada of the foreign-born has been a defining feature of our history. The vast majority of the people involved in this movement have been individuals admitted into Canada with permission to reside here permanently. However, the movement of temporary foreign workers intoCanada has existed throughout Canada’s history to varying degrees and has grown in importance over thepast ten years. Support for immigration has remained high among the Canadian population even when faced with a labour market that has seen a decline across birth cohorts in the earnings of the Canadianborn (Beaudry and Green 2000) and an even larger decline in the earnings of immigrants across recent arrival cohorts (Green andWorswick 2004).Within this broader context of weak labour markets and weak immigrant labour market performance,it is important to evaluate the goals and effectiveness of temporary foreign worker programs (TFWPs) in Canada as well as to gain an understanding of the interactions between the TFWPs and the broader immigration programs. The articles contained in this issue make a number of important contributions to our understanding in this area and raise important questions that need to be considered as public policy towards temporary foreign workers evolve. L’arrivée au Canada de personnes nées à l’étranger est une caractéristique déterminante de notre histoire. La grande majorité des personnes ayant fait partie de ce mouvement ont été admises au pays avec l’autorisation d’y résider de façon permanente. Cela dit, la tendance à accueillir au pays des travailleurs étrangers temporaires a toujours existé, à divers degrés, mais a pris de l’importance au cours des dix dernières années. La population canadienne continue d’appuyer les programmes d’immigration, en dépit du fléchissement des gains sur le marché du travail des Canadiens nés au pays, et ce, pour l’ensemble des cohortes de naissance (Beaudry et Green, 2000), ainsi que du repli encore plus important des gains des immigrants en la matière pour l’ensemble des cohortes de nouveaux arrivants (Green et Worswick, 2004). Dans ce contexte de faiblesse du marché du travail et de piètre rendement des immigrants sur ce marché, il est important d’évaluer les objectifs et l’efficacité des Programmes des travailleurs étrangers temporaires (PTET) au Canada et d’analyser les interactions entre les PTET et les programmes d’immigration plus généraux. Les articles qui figurent dans le présent numéro contribuent grandement à notre compréhension de ce secteur et soulèvent d’importantes questions, dont il faut tenir compte au fil de l’évolution de la politique officielle concernant les travailleurs étrangers temporaire. A1 - Metropolis,  Y1 - 2010/04/01/ UR - http://canada.metropolis.net/pdfs/cdn_issues_CITC_mar10_e.pdf Y2 - 2011-07-02 JA - Metropolis ER - TY - CASE T1 - Edye Geovani Chamale Santizo c. Potager Riendeau inc., 2010 QCCRT 153 (CanLII) A2 - 2010 QCCRT 153 (CanLII) PB - Commission des relations de travail CRT A1 - Commission des relations de travail (CRT),  Y1 - 2010/03/25/ UR - http://canlii.ca/t/29604 Y2 - 2014-05-29 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Advocates protest detainment of Thai workers N2 - Immigrant advocacy groups are upset over the recent detainment of nine Thai migrant workers in Chatham. A1 - Bajer, Erica Y1 - 2010/03/23/ UR - http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2502625 Y2 - 2011-06-09 JA - Chatham Daily News ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Advocates protest arrest of Thai migrant workers N2 - An immigrant advocacy group is protesting the recent arrest of nine Thai migrant workers in Chatham. A1 - Daniszewski, Hank A1 - Daniszewski, Hank Y1 - 2010/03/22/ UR - http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2010/03/22/13312656.html Y2 - 2011-07-02 JA - London Free Press ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Pick-Your-Own Labor: Migrant Workers and Flexibility in Canadian Agriculture IS - 2 PB - International Migration Review Y1 - 2010/// UR - https://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/pickyourownlabour.pdf Y2 - 2016-03-06 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Housing Regulations and Living Conditions of Mexican Migrant Workers in the Okanagan Valley IS - Spring CY - Ottawa PB - Metropolis Canada A1 - Tomic, Patricia A1 - Aguiar, Luis L. M. A1 - Trumper, Ricardo A1 - Tomic, Patricia A1 - Trumper, Ricardo A1 - Aguiar, Luis L. M. Y1 - 2010/03/01/ UR - http://canada.metropolis.net/pdfs/cdn_issues_CITC_mar10_e.pdf Y2 - 2011-07-22 JA - Canadian Issues/Thèmes canadiens SP - 78 M2 - 78 SP - 78-82 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Victoire juridique pour les domestiques/ Le Devoir N1 - Les travailleuses domestiques crient victoire. Pour la première fois à la Cour du Québec, un jugement imposant une peine punitive a été prononcé contre un employeur, donnant ainsi raison à une travailleuse domestique philippine qui s'était courageusement engagée dans un procès à l'issue incertaine. Soumis à une ordonnance de non-divulgation des parties impliquées, le jugement de Me Alain Brault vient rappeler que la diffamation et le mépris des droits fondamentaux de la personne ne peuvent être tolérés et il impose une peine compensatoire totalisant 8000 $ à verser à la victime. «L'élément "neuf", ce n'est pas tant les droits reconnus, mais c'est qu'une travailleuse domestique ait osé faire le recours et ait effectivement gagné», a dit Me Alain Tremblay, avocat ayant défendu la cause. «Les travailleurs immigrés n'osent pas prendre ce genre de recours», a-t-il ajouté. Soupçonnée d'avoir la tuberculose, une travailleuse domestique, venue au Canada comme résidente permanente au moyen d'un programme qui la contraignait à travailler 24 mois sur 36 pour un seul et même employeur, a été renvoyée sous prétexte qu'elle allait contaminer les enfants de son patron. Celui-ci a par la suite déposé une plainte à Immigration Canada qui s'est soldée par l'arrestation arbitraire de la travailleuse domestique en question. Constatant que le mal dont elle souffrait n'avait rien à voir avec la tuberculose, les autorités de l'immigration l'ont relâchée après qu'elle eut passé une nuit en détention. David contre Goliath L'Organisation des femmes philippines du Québec (Pinay) l'a ensuite soutenue et guidée pour entamer un procès contre son employeur, lutte s'apparentant à celle de David contre Goliath. Se voyant accusé de diffamation, l'employeur a d'ailleurs répondu par une poursuite de 30 000 $ contre la travailleuse. «Essentiellement, le juge n'a pas reproché à l'employeur l'arrestation de son employée même si la dame avait fait l'objet d'une manifestation calomnieuse. Mais il donne des dommages punitifs, soit 3000 $ pour le fait que l'employeur ait contacté Immigration Canada pour donner des informations erronées sur l'état de santé de la travailleuse et 5000 $ pour le fait que l'employeur a répondu par une poursuite pour l'intimider», a expliqué Me Tremblay. Evelyn Calugay, porte-parole de l'organisme Pinay, salue le courage de la travailleuse domestique en souhaitant qu'il donne l'exemple. «On l'a arrêté comme une criminelle. Elle était très démoralisée, mais sa peur s'est transformée en colère, puis en courage», a noté Mme Calugay. Elle croit que ce jugement permettra aussi de remettre en question le programme du ministère canadien de l'Immigration d'aide familiale en résidence pour faire venir de la main-d'oeuvre domestique au pays. «Donner un permis de travail en obligeant à rester avec le même employeur, c'est de l'esclavage», a-t-elle affirmé. CY - Montréal N2 - 2 février 2010 Lisa-Marie Gervais A1 - Le Devoir,  Y1 - 2010/02/03/ UR - http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/justice/282266/victoire-juridique-pour-les-domestiques Y2 - 2010-02-03 JA - Le Devoir ER - TY - RPRT T1 - A YEAR OF GOVERNMENT DELAY ADDS TO ALBERTA'S HARVEST OF DEATH N1 - January 28, 2010 — UFCW Canada, the union that has led the campaign for the rights of agriculture workers, is calling on the Alberta government to act without further delay to implement the recommendations of a public inquiry conducted by Justice Peter Barley to include farm workers under provincial workplace health and safety legislation. "Justice Barley delivered straightforward recommendations that would undoubtedly reduce Alberta farm worker injuries and fatalities," says Wayne Hanley, the National President of UFCW Canada. "What doesn't make sense is that a year later the government continues to drag its feet while Alberta's harvest of death continues." Exactly a year ago Justice Barley recommended Alberta bring the province's farm workers under the Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Act; implement a farm place safety training and inspection system; and extend the Workers Compensation system to cover agriculture workers. To date none of those recommendations have been instituted. "One year and 23 deaths later there is no defense to further delay providing Alberta agriculture workers the same workplace safety rights other Alberta workers have," says Hanley, the national leader of the union that in 2003 launched a Charter challenge against Ontario's similar exclusion of agricultural workers from the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA). In 2006 the UFCW Canada action led to securing OHSA coverage for Ontario agriculture workers. "It has saved lives and prevented accidents on Ontario farms," says the UFCW Canada leader. "We would urge Alberta to also act, without further delay, to stop the discriminatory exclusion of agriculture workers from basic health and safety protection."  LE RETARD DU GOUVERNEMENT ALOURDIT LE BILAN DE LA SAISON DE LA MORT EN ALBERTA Un an et 23 décès plus tard, le gouvernement de l’Alberta continue d’exclure les travailleurs agricoles des mesures de protection en santé et sécurité au travail, en dépit des recommandations de l’enquête publique  Le 28 janvier 2010 — Les TUAC Canada, le syndicat qui a initié la campagne pour les droits des travailleurs agricoles, demande au gouvernement albertain d’agir immédiatement afin de mettre en œuvre les recommandations de l’enquête publique menée par le juge Peter Barley, visant à inclure les travailleurs agricoles dans les dispositions législatives provinciales sur la santé et la sécurité au travail. « Le juge Barley a rendu des recommandations claires qui réduiraient sans aucun doute les blessures et décès des travailleurs agricoles de l’Alberta », commente le président national des TUAC Canada Wayne Hanley. « Ce qui est insensé, c’est qu’une année plus tard, le gouvernement continue  à trainer des pieds alors que la Saison de la mort se poursuit en Alberta. » Il y a exactement un an, le juge Barley recommandait que l’Alberta inclue les travailleurs agricoles de la province dans l’Occupational Health and Safety Act (loi sur la santé et la sécurité au travail) de l’Alberta, qu’elle mette en œuvre un système de formation et d’inspection, et qu’elle élargisse le système d’indemnisation des accidents du travail de sorte à couvrir les travailleurs agricoles.   Jusqu’à présent, aucune de ces recommandations n’a été concrétisée. « Un an et 23 décès plus tard, il n’y a pas d’excuse pour retarder davantage à accorder aux travailleurs agricoles de l’Alberta les mêmes droits en matière de santé et sécurité au travail dont jouissent les autres travailleurs de la province », déclare M. Hanley, le dirigeant national du syndicat qui, en 2003, a lancé une contestation fondée sur la Charte contre l’exclusion similaire des travailleurs agricoles de la Loi sur la santé et la sécurité au travail (LSST) en Ontario. En 2006, l’action en justice des TUAC a abouti en l’obtention de protections en vertu de la LSST pour les travailleurs agricoles de l’Ontario. « Cela a permis de sauver des vies et d’éviter des accidents sur les exploitations agricoles de l’Ontario », ajoute le chef des TUAC Canada. « Nous demandons avec insistance à l’Alberta d’agir de la même façon, et ce sans plus tarder, afin de mettre un terme à l’exclusion discriminatoire des travailleurs agricoles de la protection de base en matière de santé et de sécurité au travail. »    For further information: UFCW Canada Michael Forman, National Representative, Communications 300 – 61 International Blvd., Toronto, ON, M9W 6K4 Tel/Tél: 416.675.1104 ext. 2249 mforman@ufcw.ca CY - Toronto PB - United Food and Commercial Workers N2 - One year and 23 deaths later, the Alberta government continues to exclude farm workers from Health and Safety workplace protections despite public inquiry recommendations A1 - United Food and Commercial Workers,  Y1 - 2010/02/03/ ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Victoire juridique pour les domestiques / Radio-Canada N2 - Pour la première fois de son histoire, la Cour du Québec a imposé une peine punitive exemplaire à un employeur qui a traité injustement sa domestique. A1 - Radio-Canada.ca,  Y1 - 2010/01/31/ UR - http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/societe/2010/01/31/001-cour-travailleuses-domestiques.shtml Y2 - 2011-07-02 JA - Radio-Canada ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Victoire juridique pour les domestiques A1 - Radio-Canada.ca,  Y1 - 2010/01/31/ KW - Philippine KW - domestique KW - aide familiale KW - congédiement KW - arrestation KW - détention KW - tuberculose UR - http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/societe/2010/01/31/001-cour-travailleuses-domestiques.shtml Y2 - 2014-05-01 JA - Radio-Canada ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Aide familiale philipinne - La victoire de David contre Goliath CY - Montreal A1 - Santerre, David Y1 - 2010/01/30/ KW - Philippine KW - aide familiale KW - congédiement KW - faible salaire KW - arrestation tuberculose UR - http://www.exruefrontenac.com/nouvelles-generales/justice/17171-proces-aide-familiale-philippine Y2 - 2014-05-01 JA - Rue Frontenac ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Ouellet, Nadon & associéEs law firm and PINAY (Filipino Women’s Organization in Quebec) will comment an important judgment by the Court of Quebec. CY - Montreal A1 - PINAY,  Y1 - 2010/01/30/ KW - Philippine KW - aide familiale KW - congédiement KW - faible salaire KW - arrestation tuberculose T3 - Media Advisory ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Rights on the Line Human Rights Watch Work on Abuses against Migrants in 2010 IS - isbn: 1-56432-726-4 CY - United States of America PB - Human Rights Watch N2 - This roundup of Human Rights Watch reporting on violations of migrants’ rights in 2010 includes coverage of Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. Many countries rely on migrant workers to fill labor shortages in low-paying, dangerous, and poorly regulated jobs. Human Rights Watch documented labor exploitation and barriers to redress for migrants in agriculture, domestic work, and construction in Indonesia, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States. Immigration sponsorship systems in many countries give employers immense control over workers and lead to migrants being trapped in abusive situations or unable to pursue redress through the justice system. Y1 - 2010/// UR - http://www.hrw.org/reports/2010/12/12/rights-line-0 Y2 - 2013-01-17 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Victoire juridique pour les travailleuses domestiques CY - Montréal Y1 - 2010/01/10/ KW - Philippine KW - aide familiale KW - congédiement KW - faible salaire KW - arrestation tuberculose JA - 24 heures ER - TY - CASE T1 - Travailleurs et travailleuses unis de l'alimentation et du commerce, Section locale 501 c. Johanne L'Écuyer & Pierre Locas et Procureur général du Québec N1 - porté en révision judiciaire par le gouvernement et la partie patronale PB - QRCCT 0191 N2 - Invalidation de l'art. 21 5) du Code du travail du Québec sur la base de l'article 2d) de la Charte canadienne Y1 - 2010/// ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Examining the sexual harassment experiences of Mexican immigrant farmworking women N2 - Presents the results of a study with immigrant Mexican farmworkers in California re: their experiences of and responses to sexual harassment on the job. She shows how different factors, statuses, and oppressions combine in complex ways to construct women's vulnerability to WSH as well as their responses (she emphasizes their agency here). Outlines some specific job-related factors that encourage WSH in agriculture. Emphasizes that these women's experiences are different than the White middle-class women, who constitute the focus of most writing on WSH. Also provides a useful categorization of types of SH - 3 types (although the first two may not be mutually exclusive) A1 - Morales Waugh, Irma Y1 - 2010/// JA - Violence Against Women VL - 16 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Canadian unions observe International Migrants Day - Migrant workers’ rights are human rights N2 - Canadian unions are observing International Migrants Day on Friday, December 18, and are calling on governments to adopt and ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. A1 - Canadian Labour Congress,  Y1 - 2009/12/16/ T3 - Canadia Labour Concress Press Release ER - TY - NEWS T1 - New federal rules to protect foreign live-in caregivers N2 - The federal government announced Saturday a set of proposed regulations it says will better protect the rights of live-in caregivers and make it easier for them and their families to obtain permanent residency in Canada. A1 - Wood, Graeme Y1 - 2009/12/12/ JA - Vancouver Sun ER - TY - NEWS T1 - 'They Are Treated as Cattle' N2 - In 2007 three farm workers died in a crash, now the focus of an inquest some hope will expose wider abuses. The 1998 Dodge van rests upside down on a gray concrete divider that matches the colour of the sky. Its body is crumpled and torn like a piece of paper. Four wheels point into the falling rain. Human belongings lay scattered near bodies covered in yellow tarp. White running shoes. Fabric lunchboxes. A red thermos. Three East Indian farm women died on March 7, 2007. Thirteen plus the driver were seriously injured. A1 - Dembicki, George Y1 - 2009/12/08/ UR - http://thetyee.ca/News/2009/12/08/TreatedAsCattle/ Y2 - 2011-06-12 JA - The Tyee ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Community and labour groups decry Canada’s ‎immigration system N2 - Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is under fire from community and labour groups who gathered outside his regional office in Toronto Wednesday to protest his proposed changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker program and what they called the failures of the immigration system. A1 - Bonnar, John A1 - Bonnar, John Y1 - 2009/12/04/ UR - http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/johnbon/2009/12/community-and-labour-groups-decry-canada%E2%80%99s-immigration-system Y2 - 2011-06-13 JA - Rabble ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Nanny sues recruiter, wins $10,000 CY - Toronto A1 - Brazao, Dale Y1 - 2009/11/25/ KW - fees KW - agency KW - Caregiver provider KW - ghost job JA - Toronto Star ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Nanny wins landmark suit after Star investigation N2 - A foreign caregiver brought to Canada with a job offer from a "ghost employer" has been awarded $10,000 in damages in what is believed to be the first court victory against a nanny recruiter. A1 - Brazao, Dale A1 - Brazao, Dale Y1 - 2009/11/25/ UR - http://www.thestar.com/investigation/article/730445--nanny-wins-landmark-suit-after-star-investigation Y2 - 2011-07-02 JA - The Toronto Star ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Immigrant workers protest against "sweatshop" boss PB - UFCW Canada N2 - A group of new Canadian workers came together with UFCW Canada activists in Toronto on November 19 to draw attention to what they describe as the callous and abusive actions of their employer, Lincare Limited. A1 - UFCWCanada,  Y1 - 2009/11/19/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=671&catid=5&Itemid=99&lang=en Y2 - 2011-06-13 T3 - UFCW Canada Human Rights Media and News ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Temporary workers program is a time bomb N2 - The Stephen Harper Conservatives have adopted one of the worst policies of authoritarian oil-rich Arab states: an exploitative system of indentured labour, a.k.a. the temporary workers program. A1 - Siddiqui, Haroon A1 - Siddiqui, Haroon Y1 - 2009/11/05/ UR - http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/721308 Y2 - 2011-07-02 JA - The Toronto Star ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Public discussion on guest workers N2 - Canada prides itself on being a nation of immigrants, but it is fast becoming a clearing house for temporary workers. The traditional Canadian narrative – of people landing here to build a country and lay the foundations for citizenship – is going underground. Now, we are recruiting an army of 200,000 guest workers every year – almost as many as regular immigrants. A1 - Toronto Star,  Y1 - 2009/11/05/ JA - The Toronto Star ER - TY - NEWS T1 - 'Guest worker' abuses blasted N2 - Lack of oversight by the federal government has allowed foreign workers to be abused by their employers, Auditor General Sheila Fraser says in a scathing report on Canada's immigration program. A1 - Whittington, Les Y1 - 2009/11/04/ UR - http://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/article/720829---guest-worker-abuses-blasted Y2 - 2011-06-14 JA - The Toronto Star ER - TY - THES T1 - Trouble in our Fields: Health and Human Rights among Mexican and Caribbean Migrant Farm Workers in Canada CY - Toronto PB - University of Toronto N2 - Trouble in our Fields: Health and Human Rights among Mexican and Caribbean Migrant Farm Workers in Canada Janet McLaughlin Anthropology, University of Toronto PhD, 2009 For many years Canada has quietly rationalized importing temporary “low-skilled” migrant labour through managed migration programs to appease industries desiring cheap and flexible labour while avoiding extending citizenship rights to the workers. In an era of international human rights and global competitive markets, the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) is often hailed as a “model” and “win-win” solution to migration and labour dilemmas, providing employers with a healthy, just-intime labour force and workers with various protections such as local labour standards, health care, and compensation. Tracing migrant workers’ lives between Jamaica, Mexico and Canada (with a focus on Ontario’s Niagara Region), this thesis assesses how their structural vulnerability as non-citizens effectively excludes them from many of the rights and norms otherwise expected in Canada. It analyzes how these exclusions are rationalized as permanent “exceptions” to the normal legal, social and political order, and how these infringements affect workers’ lives, rights, and health. Employing critical medical anthropology, workers’ health concerns are used as a lens through which to understand and explore the deeper “pathologies of power” and moral contradictions which underlie this system. Particular areas of focus include workers’ occupational, sexual and reproductive, and iii mental and emotional health, as well as an assessment of their access to health care and compensation in Canada, Mexico and Jamaica. Working amidst perilous and demanding conditions, in communities where they remain socially and politically excluded, migrant workers in practice remain largely unprotected and their entitlements hard to secure, an enduring indictment of their exclusion from Canada’s “imagined community.” Yet the dynamics of this equation may be changing in light of the recent rise in social and political movements, in which citizenship and related rights have become subject to contestation and redefinition. In analyzing the various dynamics which underlie transnational migration, limit or extend migrants’ rights, and influence the health of migrants across borders, this thesis explores crucial relationships between these themes. Further work is needed to measure these ongoing changes, and to address the myriad health concerns of migrants as they live and work across national borders. A1 - McLauglin, Janet Y1 - 2009/// KW - McLaughlin KW - mexico KW - migration KW - Human Rights KW - Human rights KW - Migrants KW - human rights KW - migrants UR - https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/24317/1/McLaughlin_Janet_E_200911_PhD_thesis.pdf Y2 - 2010-06-04 VL - Ph.D. T2 - Anthropology SP - 649 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Part 2: A temporary worker's Catch-22 A1 - Sandro Contenta,  A1 - Laurie Monsebraaten,  Y1 - 2009/11/02/ KW - expulsion KW - detention KW - Temporary Foreign Worker Program KW - illegal work UR - http://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2009/11/02/part_2_a_temporary_workers_catch22.html Y2 - 2014-05-02 JA - Toronto Star ER - TY - NEWS T1 - 'I know I can't bring my family here' A1 - Sandro Contenta,  Y1 - 2009/11/01/ KW - Working conditions KW - living conditions KW - passport KW - farm worker UR - http://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2009/11/01/i_know_i_cant_bring_my_family_here.html Y2 - 2014-05-02 JA - Toronto Star ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Dream of a better life landed worker in jail A1 - Sandro Contenta,  Y1 - 2009/11/01/ KW - arrestation KW - detention KW - working permit UR - http://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2009/11/01/dream_of_a_better_life_landed_worker_in_jail.html# Y2 - 2014-05-02 JA - Toronto Star ER - TY - NEWS T1 - How we're creating an illegal workforce A1 - Sandro Contenta,  A1 - Laurie Monsebraaten,  Y1 - 2009/11/01/ KW - Federal government KW - recession KW - Temporary Foreign Worker Program KW - illegal work UR - http://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2009/11/01/how_were_creating_an_illegal_workforce.html Y2 - 2014-05-02 JA - Toronto Star ER - TY - RPRT T1 - The Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada 2008-2009 PB - UFCW, AWA N2 - "Based on our direct experience with tens of thousands of workers since the early 1990s, this eighth annual report documents the continuing challenges, obstacles, and rights violations faced by the more than 25,000 migrant agriculture workers who now come to Canada each season under Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP). " p. 1 A1 - UFCW Canada,  A1 - AWA/ATA,  Y1 - 2009/// KW - status KW - farm workers KW - Report KW - 2008-2009 UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/Theme/UFCW/files/PDF%202009/2009ReportEN.pdf Y2 - 2015-10-12 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Family needs help for unhappy return to Mexico N2 - A dream for a better life in Canada has become a nightmare for a family from Mexico who must return home before their visas expire Nov. 6. A1 - Shypula , Brian Y1 - 2009/10/09/ JA - The Beacon Herald ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Foreign-worker mistreatment triggers probe N2 - Manitoba's Department of Labour has opened an investigation into the case of four Filipino workers who say they faced intimidation and broken promises after being recruited to work in Canada. A1 - CBC,  Y1 - 2009/10/07/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2009/10/07/071009-labour-mistreatment-investigation.html Y2 - 2011-07-03 JA - CBC News ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Des aides ménagères poursuivent une agence de recrutement N2 - Trois femmes d'origine philippine accusent une agence de recrutement internationale d'aides ménagères de vol, de harcèlement et de confinement illégal. A1 - Radio-Canada.ca,  Y1 - 2009/10/06/ UR - http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/Ontario/2009/10/06/006-plaite-aides-menageres.shtml# Y2 - 2011-07-04 JA - Radio-Canada ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Foreign workers miffed over mistreatment N2 - The experience of four Filipino immigrants who recently arrived in Manitoba is sounding alarm bells about the treatment of new foreign workers in the province. A1 - CBC,  Y1 - 2009/10/04/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/story/2009/10/04/041009-iteam-immigration-wendys.html Y2 - 2011-07-04 JA - CBC News ER - TY - JOUR T1 - From Fields of Power to Fields of Sweat: the dual process of constructing temporary migrant labour in Mexico and Canada IS - 3 N2 - This article examines the social construction of migrant labour forces through an analysis of the exterior and interior conditioning in an agricultural contract labour programme between Mexico and Canada. I argue that forms of exterior conditioning, especially employers’ point-of-production control, establishes the context within which migrant workers’ experience unfolds, for which reason it contributes to their ‘interior conditioning’. But I argue as well that the result is shaped by workers’ employment of a ‘dual frame of reference’ through which they gauge Canadian wages and working conditions the only way they can, which is in relationship to Mexican ones. Given that neoliberal policies have reduced the options available in Mexico, and diminished the attractiveness of those that remain, contract labour in Canada presents one of the few opportunities many poor, rural Mexicans have to acquire the income necessary for a minimally dignified life. Consequently most workers in this programme do everything possible to please their employers and continue in the programme. A1 - Binford, Leigh Y1 - 2009/// UR - http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=5&hid=13&sid=feb7695c-ba8c-4597-be1a-8b5219f0be9e%40sessionmgr10&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=wdh&AN=37252117 Y2 - 2011-07-26 JA - Third World Quartely VL - 30 SP - 503 M2 - 503 SP - 503-517 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Submission to the Ministry of Labour. Consultation on Foreign and Resident Employment Recruitment in Ontario A1 - Caregivers' Action Center,  A1 - Workers' Action Center,  A1 - Parkdale Community Legal Services,  Y1 - 2009/07/15/ UR - http://cleonet.ca/news_files/1248285487WACPCLSCACSubmission.pdf Y2 - 2014-04-29 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Migrant workers from Mexico undergoing more stringent tests N2 - Mexican migrant labourers are at work in Grey-Bruce now, mostly at apple orchards in eastern Grey County, as the world’s attention focuses on the swine flu outbreak first reported last week in Mexico. A1 - Dunn, Scott Y1 - 2009/// UR - http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1544046&archive=true Y2 - 2011-06-17 JA - The Sun Times ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Community groups fight for better living, working conditions for temporary foreign workers and live-in caregivers N2 - Eleven o’clock Tuesday morning at the Workers’ Action Centre. Media and supporters are jam-packed into a room to listen to representatives of the newly formed Caregivers Action Centre, comprised of former and current caregivers working for change in Temporary Foreign Worker programs including the Live-In Caregiver Program and the Seasonal Agricultural Worker A1 - Bonnar, John Y1 - 2009/06/11/ UR - http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/johnbon/2009/06/community-groups-fight-better-living-working-conditions-temporary-for Y2 - 2011-06-16 JA - Rabble ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Immigration charges cost P.E.I. trucking firm N2 - Failure to pay airfare for a foreign skilled worker has cost a P.E.I. trucking company. A1 - Stewart, Dave Y1 - 2009/06/09/ UR - http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Justice/2010-06-09/article-1278023/Immigration-charges-cost-PEI-trucking-firm/1 Y2 - 2011-07-01 JA - The Guardian ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Temporary Foreign Worker Program in Canada: Low-skilled Workers as an Extreme Form of Flexible Labour IS - 1 A1 - Fudge, Judy A1 - MacPhail, Fiona Y1 - 2009/// JA - Comparative Labour Law and Policy Journal VL - 31 SP - 101 M2 - 101 SP - 101-141 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Agriculture Workers Alliance Bits and Bites 2(24) PB - Agriculture Workers Alliance N2 - - Labour Relations Commission refuses to hear, by videoconference, a Guatemalan farm worker wishing to challenge his dismissal - Commemorating the 2nd Anniversary of Patricia Pérez’s death - Report on Farm Workers’ Health and Safety in British Columbia Released - Black Eagle Dinner Reminder A1 - Agriculture Workers Alliance,  Y1 - 2009/// UR - http://awa-ata.ca/en/media/e-news-2009/e-news-vol2-issue-24/ Y2 - 2011-06-06 T3 - AWA E-News ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Tragedy at Mayfair Farms PB - Agriculture Workers Alliance N2 - The death of a Manitoba farmer and the injury of three workers on Monday “is a tragic reminder that farmers and farm workers face hard, unpredictable, and dangerous working conditions everyday,” says Wayne Hanley, the National President of UFCW Canada. A1 - Agriculture Workers Alliance,  Y1 - 2009/// UR - http://awa-ata.ca/en/media/e-news-2009/news-vol-2-issue-7/ Y2 - 2011-06-04 T3 - AWA E-News ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Agriculture Workers Alliance Bits and Bites! (2)14 PB - Agriculture Workers Alliance N2 - The Agriculture Workers Alliance (AWA) is pleased to welcome a new member to its team. FCW Canada and the AWA have joined other community groups to defend and advocate for the rights of migrant workers. The Abbotsford AWA centre in British Columbia will have the privilege of hosting members of the UFCW Canada Youth Program on Sunday April 26, 2009. The AWA and UFCW Canada would like to invite you to a breakfast to hear panel speakers talk about the drastic increase of the use of temporary foreign workers A1 - Agriculture Workers Alliance,  Y1 - 2009/// UR - http://awa-ata.ca/en/media/e-news-2009/e-news-vol2-issue-14/ Y2 - 2011-06-04 T3 - AWA E-News ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Immigration Raids Firm, 8 Detained N2 - The Canadian Border Services Agency has detained eight people after a Wednesday immigration raid at a Leamington business. A1 - Hill, Sharon A1 - Hill, Sharon Y1 - 2009/05/29/ UR - http://www.immigrationwatchcanada.org/2009/05/29/immigration-raids-firm-8-detained/ Y2 - 2011-06-16 JA - The Windsor Star ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Ruby Dhalla's nanny trouble N2 - Fast-rising Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla has become entangled in the nanny trap, with allegations two nannies hired to care for her mother were illegally employed and then mistreated. A1 - Brazao, Dale Y1 - 2009/05/05/ KW - Working conditions KW - employers KW - abuses KW - LIve-in caregivers program KW - papers JA - Toronto Star ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Checks on farm workers 'racial profiling' N2 - Mexican and Guatemalan farmhands are "racially profiled" and forced to undergo swine flu checks before being allowed to board flights to Canada to work, a Toronto support group says. A1 - Godfrey, Tom Y1 - 2009/05/01/ JA - Toronto Sun ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Farms facing possible labour delays N2 - The swine flu outbreak in Mexico is causing uncertainty on area farms that depend on migrant workers from that country to plant their crops. A1 - Pearce, Daniel Y1 - 2009/04/29/ UR - http://www.simcoereformer.ca/2009/04/29/farms-facing-possible-labour-delays Y2 - 2011-06-17 JA - Simoncoe Reformer ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Companies charged in deaths of two oilsands workers - 53 charges laid against Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Sinopec Shanghai Engineering Company Ltd., and SSEC Canada Ltd. A1 - Cryderman, Kelly Y1 - 2009/04/21/ KW - health KW - safety KW - investigation KW - deaths JA - The Calgary Herald ER - TY - RPRT T1 - UFCW Canada Speaks Out Against U.S. Style Immigration Raids in Southern Ontario PB - Agriculture Workers Alliance N2 - April 5, 2009, Toronto - Dozens of migrant workers in Bradford, Markham, Leamington, and East Toronto have been arrested, detained and are likely slated for deportation at the Rexdale Immigration Holding Centre after a series of U.S. style immigration raids carried out by CBSA (Canada Border Services Agency) throughout this week. A1 - Agriculture Workers Alliance,  Y1 - 2009/04/05/ UR - http://awa-ata.ca/en/media/e-news-2009/news-vol-2-issue-13/ Y2 - 2011-06-04 T3 - AWA E-News ER - TY - NEWS T1 - L'enfer montréalais de Julia CY - Montréal A1 - Hachey, Isabelle Y1 - 2009/03/01/ KW - Philippines KW - Exploitation KW - domestique UR - http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/national/200903/01/01-832211-lenfer-montrealais-de-julia.php Y2 - 2014-04-04 JA - La Presse SP - 12 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Des marchandises jetables - Des domestiques des Philippines s'entassent dans des immeubles comme ceux-ci, à L'Île-Bizard. N2 - John Aurora, un recruteur sans scrupule exploitant les situations des femmes philippines. A1 - Hachey, Isabelle Y1 - 2009/03/01/ KW - Philippines KW - agent KW - fraude KW - recruteur KW - logement UR - http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/national/200903/01/01-832212-des-marchandises-jetables.php Y2 - 2014-05-04 JA - La Presse Affaires ER - TY - ICOMM T1 - Migrantscanada CY - montreal N2 - Blog tracking news about migrant workers in Canada and elsewhere A1 - Nieto, Roberto Y1 - 2009/01/21/ UR - migrantscanada.wordpress.com Y2 - 2010-01-21 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Happy New Year!!! PB - Agriculture Workers Alliance N2 - 2008 was a challenging year and we saw our program advance in ways we never thought possible. A1 - Agriculture Workers Alliance,  Y1 - 2009/01/01/ UR - http://awa-ata.ca/en/media/e-news-2009/news-vol-2-issue-1/ Y2 - 2011-06-03 T3 - AWA E-News ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Gender-Based Barriers to Settlement and Integration for Live-In-Caregivers: A Review of the Literature IS - 71 CY - Toronto PB - CERIS N2 - Thousands of individual migrants, primarily women, have entered Canada under the auspices of the Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP). The LCP enables qualified foreign applicants to enter the country to care for children, the elderly, or persons with disabilities in their own homes. After working for a period of 24 months, LCP workers are eligible to apply for permanent residency status and, ultimately, citizenship (Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) 1999; Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) 2006). What do we know about this group of migrants? What kinds of challenges do they face? How are they integrating into Canadian society? The primary objective of this literature review is to identify and analyze the gender-based barriers experienced by live-in caregivers in Canada from 1990 to 2007. The literature suggests that live-in caregivers are most definitely disadvantaged in their efforts to settle and integrate into Canadian society. Significantly, the challenges they face emerge from both their status, primarily as women from the global south, and from the policies and characteristics of the LCP itself. As the demand for domestic care workers has increased, so, too, have opportunities for women, who appear, on average, to be more faithful remitters than men to make contributions from Canada to the subsistence of their families in their home country. Carework, particularly when conducted in private households, is generally regarded as “natural” to women and granted little value as skilled labour. The private, gendered, and flexible nature of the labour appears to render the work outside of the conventional association of paid labour with the public domain and the more structured job descriptions of industrial labour. Resultantly, domestic care work tends to evade the realm of standard labour legislation and social protection. The consequences of these realities are that those who undertake this labour undergo a process of deskilling and erosion of social status. Separated from family, and working and living in the private household of their employer, their freedom of association and, likewise, their access to social support is diminished. Temporary status and lack of access to professional educational opportunities under the LCP contribute to a sense of liminality and stall, if not defer, dreams for a better life for themselves in Canada. Few studies (Pratt and PWC 203; Spitzer, Torres, et al 2007) have followed former LCP workers with regards to their labour trajectories; however, these studies found that many informants were downwardly mobile in terms of social status, although it appears that younger, single migrants may be more apt to re-train for a career. As for many other newcomers, exclusion from opportunities to meet Canadian professional criteria, and lack of recognition of foreign credentials and experience are major barriers to labour-market participation commensurate with their educational and employment backgrounds. Evidence of the exploitation and abuse of live-in caregivers abounds. The time constraints of the LCP appear to play a role in workers’ decisions to remain with abusive or exploitative employers, because any time lost between contracts delays completion of the Program and, thereby, threatens either longer separation from their families or deportation. Again, the private nature of the work, its ambiguous coverage under labour legislation, the lack of monitoring of contracts which places the onus on the temporary worker to file complaints, and lack of awareness of their rights and support services, further a link between LCP regulations and vulnerability to violence. Importantly, the behaviour of individual employers who may well value their employee and honour their contracts, can but only slightly mitigate, rather than eliminate, the systemic and symbolic violence that is structured by the LCP, and which contributes to de-skilling, erosion of self respect, loss of control over their immediate environment, and enforced separation from family and friends. A1 - Spitzer, Denise A1 - Torres, Sara Y1 - 2008/11/01/ UR - http://ceris.metropolis.net/Virtual%20Library/WKPP%20List/WKPP2008/CWP71.pdf Y2 - 2011-08-23 T3 - CERIS Working Paper ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Migrant workers reap bitter in Ontario A1 - Encalada Grez, Evelyn Y1 - 2008/10/28/ UR - http://www.thestar.com/opinion/2008/10/28/migrant_workers_reap_bitter_harvest_in_ontario.html Y2 - 2014-04-22 JA - The Toronto Star ER - TY - NEWS T1 - We need slaves to build monuments CY - UK PB - Theguardian A1 - Abdul-Ahad, Ghaith Y1 - 2008/10/08/ KW - Middle-East KW - South Asian Migrant Construction Workers UR - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/08/middleeast.construction Y2 - 2012-11-25 JA - Theguardian ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Abuse of foreign workers must stop - Advocacy group is demanding Action A1 - Boughner, Bob Y1 - 2008/09/23/ KW - Abuse KW - safety KW - foreign farm workers KW - living conditions KW - sexual assault KW - labour standards UR - http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/2008/09/23/abuse-of-foreign-workers-must-stop Y2 - 2014-03-20 JA - The Chatham Daily News ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Main-d'oeuvre bon marché, clandestine et sans ressources CY - Montreal A1 - Beauchemin, Philippe Y1 - 2008/09/17/ KW - domestique UR - http://www.montrealexpress.ca/Affaires/Emploi/2008-09-17/article-1540643/Main-d%26rsquo%3B%26oelig%3Buvre-bon-marche%2C-clandestine-et-sans-ressource/1 Y2 - 2014-03-18 JA - Montréal Express SP - 2 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Migrants back and forth N1 - It is a summer afternoon on a farm near St-Rémi, a half hour drive from Montreal, and columns of hunching Mexican workers trudge along rows of onions to harvest the crop. They pause when this correspondent and a photographer show up to snap pictures. Two forewomen, young Quebecers both, look on amusedly for a few minutes before shooing us away. This would be another summer of diminishing returns for Quebec farmers, and of defiance from some of their Mexican workers. The returns of farming in Quebec are as fickle as the weather here, and this year farmers began the season with growing debt and news that the federal government wouldn't meet its promises of assistance. At le Légumière, a farm close to St-Rémi, the boss had another surprise as the summer ended, when he approached three Mexican workers who were organizing to become the first unionized migrant Mexican farm workers in the province and told them they would be sent back to Mexico the next day. One of the workers, Bonifacio Santos, never boarded the plane, opting to challenge the repatriation before the Quebec Labour Relations Commission. The Commission awarded him an injunction and will consider this week a motion filed by United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Canada arguing for the migrant workers' right to join a union. Devil may care The owners of le Légumière refuse to comment on the case and their lawyer didn't return calls from the Mirror. Santos claims that, ever since he was reinstated, the boss has taken to insulting him before other workers, referring to him as "the devil." "'Where is the devil?', the boss asks when I'm not around," Santos says, shrugging his shoulders. "When he approached me to send me back, he said there wasn't enough work, and that was good enough reason. But he's never done that before. The way they repatriate us is unjust, and I want to say: 'No, this is not right." Over the summer, Santos had gone on St-Rémi's radio station asking for better conditions for the estimated 4,000 migrant workers who came to Quebec this year˜3,000 from Mexico, and others from Guatemala and the Caribbean. Some 150,000 Mexican workers, many from farming communities in the Mexican states of Morelos and Pueblo, have come and gone on a seasonal agricultural workers' agreement between the Canadian and Mexican governments since it began 32 years ago, says the Mexican consulate in Montreal. The workers, most family men, some teenagers and some well into retirement age, might work every day of the week at the height of the season, making enough money to cover their debts in Mexico (many workers, especially the newcomers to the program, come saddled with debt) and to send remittances to their families. Santos is sitting behind a large table in the meeting room of the radio station, which the UFCW organizers have turned into a makeshift office for the evening. The radio station is across a parking lot from a Provigo. Every Thursday and Sunday, buses bring in Mexican workers from their lodging on surrounding farms to shop at the Provigo, and the workers, dressed in their finest shirts, then stroll out into the lot pushing carts of bread, milk, chips and hot dogs. Every Thursday and Sunday, the union organizers hand out leaflets and go through paperwork brought to them by workers. This evening, two UFCW organizers sit at the end of the table labouring through a thicket of tax and medical forms, surrounded by tired looking workers. All comes to a standstill when Santos, a charismatic man in his 30s who holds the respect of the other workers in the room, thumps the table when asked why migrant workers need to unionize. "[The people at the Mexican consulate] are a bunch of liars," Santos says. "Workers aren't content if they're tempted to unionize. Ask the consulate how many ill workers they sent back without support or benefits. Ask them how many times they have visited the farms to see the conditions of the workers." Negotiation without representation Fernando Borja, the Mexican consular official stationed in Montreal to oversee the migrant labour program, says most workers are happy with their conditions. "The Ministry of Labour in Mexico took a poll of workers in Mexico, and 91.2 per cent say they're happy," according to Borja. However, a 2003 poll conducted in Mexico by the North South Institute suggests 60 percent of surveyed workers supported unionizing in Quebec. Borja says the Mexican government constantly negotiates the contract with the Canadian government, increasing their wages over the years to $8.50 an hour. When a farm boss has a problem with a worker and wants to repatriate him, Borja is the person whom an employer should approach. He says the consulate takes no sides in these conflicts. "We don't make decisions based on accounts from employees," he says. But, "We also talk to the worker to see who's saying what." However, Borja says the first time he heard of Santos's case was when he learned Santos hadn't boarded the plane back to Mexico. In that case, he wasn't approached, he says, because Santos was being sent home on grounds of lack of work, and he has learned the details from Santos's lawyers. "It wasn't a repatriation per se," he says. "But apparently he was the one doing union activities." In the summer, another worker was repatriated shortly after he complained about his conditions in a radio interview, UFCW organizers say. Borja says he hasn't heard of that case, nor of the worker who was sent back after it was discovered he had developed a hernia while in Quebec, according to the UFCW. Borja refuses to take a position on unionizing, although he says, "If the Canadian government decides this is too much trouble, that the workers are not happy, that could be bad for the workers." Protection lacking The UFCW says it has to intervene. "I've never in my life seen a contract negotiated without the involvement of workers," says Louis Bolduc, assistant director of UFCW Canada. "These people have a right to be represented and to join a union. Most farmers are good employers. But some others, they treat the workers as garbage." UFCW organizers and workers who spoke to the Mirror say many of them don't trust the Mexican consulate, which they accuse of usually siding with the bosses, and workers face problems that remain outstanding and ignored. "The migrant workers want to see the contracts respected, have proper wages and housing should be respectable," says Bolduc. "Sometimes the workers are sent to the field an hour after the chemicals are placed," he claims. René Mantha, who heads Foundation of Companies for the Recruitment of Foreign Labour, an association of more than 300 farms in Quebec that hire migrant labour, says unionizing workers threatens Quebec agriculture by increasing production costs. "There are no unions in agriculture elsewhere," he says. "How can we compete?" Mantha says he was surprised to hear Mexican workers were calling for a union. "These workers have good conditions," he says. "They're paid more than minimum wage, they come back every year. No one forces them to come back." Quebec farms need the migrant workers because, "There are no Canadians available to do this job," he says. "They have the choice to do something else. We can't force anybody to work in agriculture. "I don't think consumers are preoccupied by these questions," he says. "They're looking for the cheapest price." N2 - An anti-union environment and the threat of repatriation make life difficult for Quebec's Mexican agricultural workers. A1 - Elatrash, Samer Y1 - 2008/06/30/ UR - http://www.montrealmirror.com/2006/102606/news1.html Y2 - 2011-05-27 JA - Montreal Mirror ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Report on B.C. farm workers' conditions describe unsafe work conditions CY - Vancouver A1 - Canadian Press,  Y1 - 2008/06/19/ KW - Working conditions KW - wage KW - safety KW - Farmworkers KW - sanitaries UR - http://www.justicia4migrantworkers.org/bc/pdf/canadian_press_ccpa_report.pdf Y2 - 2014-03-28 JA - Canadian Press ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Filipino community grieves the death of another Filipino woman under the Live-in Caregiver Program N1 - On June 6, 2008 a Thornhill family arrived home to find their Filipino nanny dead. According to media reports, the 39-year-old Filipina was found face down in the deep end of the backyard pool. Members of SIKLAB- Ontario, the Philippine Women Centre of Ontario and Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada-Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance (UKPC-FCYA) are in full sympathy and support in this trying period with the family of this woman. “This unfortunate death is another addition to the growing tragedy in the export and commodification of Filipinos under the labour export policy (LEP) of the Philippine government. We hope that this Filipina nanny’s death will not just become another anonymous statistic of unexplained death,” said Yolyn Valenzuela, national vice-chairperson of SIKLAB- Canada. According to Ian Nillas, member of UKPC-FCYA, “in less than a year, we mourned Jocelyn Dulnuan and Arcelie Loagan, both temporary workers under the LCP. This is another senseless and tragic death of women who left their homes in order to seek a better future abroad. Now another Filipina nanny has been found dead in the home of her employers.” “These deaths are extreme examples of the violence regularly faced by Filipino women under Canada’s LCP. Live-in caregivers commonly face isolation, chronic overwork, unsafe working conditions and various forms of emotional, physical and sexual abuse,” stated Nillas. The LCP requires domestic workers to live in their employers’ homes for a period of 24 months within 36 months in order to be eligible to apply for permanent resident status. The program also mandates employer-specific work permits under temporary worker status. “This program silences our women and forces them to withstand long hours of work, unsafe working conditions, unpaid overtime, violence, neglect and exploitation. This latest incident serves to further highlight the violent nature of the racist and anti-woman LCP” Valenzuela added. “As temporary workers, we must be vigilant against abuses and exploitation and report any violations against our human rights. We must understand that we have rights and that we need to continue our struggle to uphold our fundamental human rights and dignity,” stated Kelly Botengan, a member of SIKLAB Ontario. The groups are calling for the scrapping of the LCP and for the Philippine government, under Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, to stop its neglect of Filipino overseas workers and to end the country’s labour export policy. PB - Magkaisa Centre N2 - On June 6, 2008 a Thornhill family arrived home to find their Filipino nanny dead. According to media reports, the 39-year-old Filipina was found face down in the deep end of the backyard pool. A1 - Magkaisa Centre,  Y1 - 2008/// UR - http://www.magkaisacentre.org/2008/06/09/toronto-filipino-community-mourns-the-death-of-another-filipino-live-in-caregiver-2/ Y2 - 2011-05-27 T3 - Magkaisa Centre ER - TY - LEGAL T1 - C.S.W.U. Local 1611 v. SELI Canada and others (No. 8), 2008 BCHRT 436 A2 - British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal Y1 - 2008/// ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Cultivating Farmworkers Rights: Ending the Exploitation of Immigrant and Migrant Farmworkers in BC PB - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - BC Office A1 - Kerry Preibish,  A1 - Fairey, David Y1 - 2008/// UR - http://www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/BC_Office_Pubs/bc_2008/bc_farmworkers_full.pdf Y2 - 2011-05-27 T3 - Economic Security Project Reports ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Congrès du travail du Canada aux ministres Solberg et Finley: Où sont les 11 Philippins? Il faut suspendre le Programme concernant les travailleurs étrangers temporaires CY - Ottawa PB - Congrès du travail du Canada N2 - Le Congrès du travail du Canada un moratoire soit appliqué sur-le-champ au Programme concernant les travailleurs étrangers temporaires du gouvernement fédéral suite à la découverte d'un cas de 11 Philippins amené au Canada pour des emplois inexistants et finalement exploités illégalement par des employeurs. La réponse du gouvernement canadien à cet événement est insatisfaisante et insuffisante. A1 - Congrès du travail du Canada,  Y1 - 2007/11/27/ KW - Exploitation économique KW - Programme concernant les travailleurs étrangers temporaires KW - courtier T3 - Communiqué ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Exported and Exposed Abuses against Sri Lankan Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates IS - 16 PB - Human Rights Watch N2 - Over 125, 000 Sri Lankan women migrate to the Middle East as domestic workers each year. Their earnings have made a significant contributions to the Sri Lankan economy, yet many migrant women resort to this survival strategy at profound personal cost. Unscrupulous labor agents and subagents in Sri Lanka often charge illegal exorbitant recruitment fees and decieve women about their propsective jobs. In Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), labor laws excluded domestic workers, who are typically confined to the workplace and labor for excessively long hours for little pay. In some cases, employers or labor agents subject domestic workers to physical abuse, sexual abuse, or forced labor. While current figure likely underestimate the scale of abust, the Sri Lankan government reports that 50 migrant domestic workers return to Sri Lanka “in distress” each day, abd embassies abroad are flooded with workers complaining of upaid wages sexual harassment, and overwork. Media have carried out the horrific abuse. Depite, this awareness, the government of Sri Lankan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, and the UAE hav failed to exented even standard labor protections to these workers. Sri Lanka has yet to rein in a competitive and corrupt recruitment industry, and has not created adequate support services or effective complaint mechanisms for abused workers. The countries of employment have balked at guaranteering rights that all other workers enjoy, including rest days, limits on working hours, and in some countries , a minimum wage. The Sri Lankan government’s policies havei mproved over recent years and it deserves credit for initiating important steps to manage the outflow of migrant workers and to start providing protections. The government of Sri Lanka set up an insititonal structure, the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE), in 1985 to esnure workers migratn through legal channels, minimize corruption and exploitation by recruitment agencies, and facilitate the flow of workers’ remittances. Yet significant gaps in protection remain. Y1 - 2007/// KW - Domestic Workers KW - Abuse KW - Middle-East UR - http://www.worldwideopen.org/uploads/resources/files/645/TFGLO040_Exported_and_Exposed_Abuses_Against_Sri_Lankan_Domestic_Workers.pdf Y2 - 2012-11-25 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Protecting the rights of migrant workers in Canada PB - Canadian Council for Refugees A1 - Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR),  Y1 - 2007/11/04/ KW - Abuse KW - Temporary workers KW - permanent residency KW - temporary migration KW - permanent migration KW - rights KW - family separation UR - https://ccrweb.ca/documents/migrantworkers.htm Y2 - 2014-04-04 ER - TY - CPAPER T1 - Open borders, closed citizenships: Nepali labor migrants in Delhi CY - 83 DDA Janta Flats, GTB Enclave, Delhi - 93, IndiaSouth Asia Study Centre, PB - Institute of Social studies N2 - Nepal and India share an 'open' border as per the agreements of a bilateral treaty signed in 1950. According to the treaty, Nepalis and Indians can travel and work across the border and are to be treated at par with the native citizens. Rural Nepalis, who have for long been suffering poverty, unemployment and more recently a civil war, have been migrating to India in thousands every year. In this paper, I discuss the findings of a qualitative study conducted between 2003 to 2006 among two categories of Nepali migrants living in four clusters of Delhi: those who have and have not settled in India after prolonged period of work. The study entailed in-depth interviews with 100 labor migrants, and field observations. The interviews focused on day to day interaction between the Nepali labor migrants and the Indian state as it is embodied in the policemen and lower level administrators with whom the labor migrants mostly interact. The paper discusses the modes and processes of incorporation and subjugation of the Nepali labor migrants by the Indian market in close collaboration with the state apparatus. It also discusses the modes and processes of day-to-day resistance by the labor migrants. Based on the analysis of the data, I argue that despite the legal rhetoric, the Indian state treats the Nepalis laborers as rights-less, non-citizens. Their precarious economic and political position means that they do not risk themselves further by demanding citizenship and labor rights from the supposedly liberal Indian state, but help grease its increasingly liberalizing economy as docile and cheap laborers. Are these the types of 'open borders' that the neo-liberal proponents of globalization trying to promote across the world? This issue is discussed at the end. Y1 - 2007/// KW - India KW - Nepal KW - Labour Migration; KW - Nepali Watchmen UR - http://www.mtnforum.org/sites/default/files/pub/1139.pdf Y2 - 2012-11-03 T2 - International migration, multi-local livelihoods and human security:Perspectives from Europe, Asia and Africa ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Protecting the rights of migrant workers in Canada N2 - In recent years, Canada has been increasingly relying on migrant workers admitted to Canada on temporary work permits A1 - Canadian Council for Refugees,  A1 - Canadian Council for Refugees,  Y1 - 2007/11/01/ UR - http://ccrweb.ca/documents/migrantworkers.htm Y2 - 2011-06-27 T3 - Canadian Council for Refugees ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Situation des travailleurs agricoles migrants au Canada 2006-2007 N2 - TUAC Canada (le syndicat des Travailleurs et travailleuses unis de l’alimentation et du commerce) a joué un rôle essentiel et actif dans le soutien et la défense des travailleurs agricoles du Canada depuis le début des années 1990. Ce sixième rapport national offre des informations actualisées sur la situation des travailleurs agricoles migrants dans notre pay A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2007/// UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/templates/ufcwcanada/images/awa/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/2006-7-report-french.pdf Y2 - 2011-10-14 T3 - UFCW The Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada ER - TY - RPRT T1 - La situación de los trabajadores agrícolas migrantes en Canadá 2006-2007 N2 - UFCW Canada (El sindicato United Food and Commercial Workers) ha jugado un rol central y activo en la ayuda y defensa de los trabajadores del sector agrícola en Canadá desde principios de los años 90. Este sexto informe nacional proporciona información actual sobre la situación de los trabajadores agrícolas migrantes en este país A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2007/// UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/templates/ufcwcanada/images/awa/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/2006-7-report-spanish.pdf Y2 - 2011-10-14 T3 - UFCW The Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Welcome to Canada, hope you weren't planning on staying N2 - Ashil Chandra took his place in a slow, shuffling line at the Canada Customs counter in Vancouver. Outside, the streets were slick with a January drizzle, and he found himself shivering beneath a light spring jacket and jeans. He was tired but happy, even jubilant, and he tried to maintain a measured comportment in the presence of the stern-looking Customs agent who was eyeballing his year-long work visa. A rubber stamp—just a formality, a souvenir, he thought—and he'd be on his way to his final destination, Edmonton. A1 - Bourette, Susan Y1 - 2007/09/26/ JA - GLobe and Mail ER - TY - CASE T1 - Travailleurs et travailleuses unis de l'alimentation et du commerce, section locale 501 c. La Légumière Y.C. inc. et Les Fermes Hotte & Van Winden et HydroSerre Mirabel inc. et Procureur général du Québec et Procureur général du Canada A2 - CRT PB - CRT A1 - Commission des relations de travail (CRT),  Y1 - 2007/09/24/ UR - http://www.crt.gouv.qc.ca/uploads/tx_crtdecisions/2007QCCRT0467.pdf Y2 - 2014-03-03 J2 - 2007 QCCRT 0467 ER - TY - THES T1 - Bicycles Traveling in the Rain: A Participatory, Art-Informed Account of Mexican Farmworkers in Canada CY - Toronto PB - University of Toronto N2 - This participatory, arts-informed study examines the experiences of workers from Mexico that live and work in the Niagara-on-the-Lake region of Ontario, Canada under the Commonwealth Caribbean and Mexican Seasonal Agricultural Workers program (SAWP). Whereas previous literature on the experiences of SAWP workers has relied on researcher-driven interviews and observations, this study looks at how workers themselves choose to tell their stories using collage and drama in a series of interactive workshops. This document begins by outlining the research problem and goes on to review existing literature on guestworker programs like the SAWP and the global context surrounding them. An overview of the participatory, workshop methodology follows. Data collected in this study is then presented and analyzed, including a number of new findings. Finally, the effectiveness of the methodology is evaluated, along with recommendations for further research and community organizing with SAWP workers. A1 - Hinnenkamp, Katie Marie Y1 - 2007/// UR - http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=1338910391&SrchMode=2&sid=1&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1312740672&clientId=48948 UR - http://www.worldcat.org/title/bicycles-traveling-in-the-rain-a-participatory-arts-informed-account-of-mexican-farmworkers-in-canada/oclc/234120417 Y2 - 2011-08-07 VL - M.A. T2 - Adult Education and Counseling Psychology SP - 191 ER - TY - CASE T1 - Lumayno c. Canada (Citoyenneté et Immigration), 2009 CF 765 (CanLII) A2 - 2009 CF 765 (CanLII) PB - Federal Court N2 - [7] À son arrivée à Toronto, la demanderesse a été accueillie à l'aéroport par sa tante, qui l'a amenée chez elle. La tante a appelé l'agence pour prendre les dispositions nécessaires pour que la demanderesse commence à travailler au service de la famille McLeish, mais on l'a informée que le délai de traitement de la demande avait été si long que l'employeur avait décidé qu'il ne pouvait attendre et avait engagé une autre personne. La demanderesse est demeurée chez sa tante à Thornhill, en Ontario; après quelques jours passés à se remettre du choc, elle s'est rendue à l'agence pour explorer d'autres possibilités d'emploi. L'agence lui a cherché un nouvel emploi et la demanderesse s'est présentée à cinq entrevues, mais n'a décroché aucun emploi. Ne peut plus obtenir RP car avance n'a pas gardé son emploi offert et donc n'a pas travaillé assez sur période nécessaire pour demande RP. A1 - Federal Court,  Y1 - 2007/07/27/ UR - http://unik.caij.qc.ca/default.aspx?&unikid=fr/ca/cfpi/doc/2009/2009cf765/2009cf765 Y2 - 2014-05-29 J2 - Dossier : IMM-4788-08 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - 800 more foreign farm workers wanted this year. Mexicans and Jamaicans to fill 2,000 vacant jobs A1 - Constantineau, Bruce Y1 - 2007/06/27/ JA - Vancouver Sun SP - 1 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Allégations de violence dans des fermes du Québec CY - Montréal N2 - Environ 4500 ouvriers mexicains et guatémaltèques travaillent dans des fermes du QUébec cet été. Ils viennent ici en vertu d'un programme géré par Ressources humaines et Développement social Canada. Des cas de violence sont signalés. Plusieurs travailleurs temporaires migrants au Canada ont signalé des abus de violence de la part de fermier québécois - leurs employeurs - et le gouvernement canadien reste silencieux à cet égard et n'a pas fait d'enquête. Il laisse les gouvernements étrangers s'en occuper. Cette passivité à été dénoncée par une commission d'enquête Ces situations ne sont pas rares et sont toujours démenties par les patrons. Une allégation de violence est donnée en exemple. Jose Antonio Garica Juarez, un Mexicain de 29 ans affirme avoir été agressé par son patron qui l'aurait intentionnellement frappé au genou après lui avoir dit qu'il ne travaillait pas assez rapidement. Il aurait ensuite essayer de le mettre à terre et criait de façon menaçante. Il lui a, par après, ordonné de ne rien raconter, sans quoi il (M. Juarez) aurait beaucoup de problèmes. Il affirme également que le patron a l'habitude d'insulter et d'humilier ses employés immigrants. Son patron l'a ensuite obligé à travailler 20 jours de suite malgré un hématome au genou. À son retour au Mexique, le patron l'a appelé pour lui dire que, s'il maintenait sa déclaration, il ne pourrait pas revenir au Canada. Des témoins (Cristobal Ajin, Ricardo Bucaro et Jose Sicajau) confirment la version de M. Juarez et affirment que le patron les insulte régulièrement et qu'ils ont été punis pour cette dénonciation: ils n'ont pas pu revenir au Canada l'année suivante. Cette ferme n'a pas été exclue du Programme même si d'autres événements violents y ont été signalés. Mario Lauzon, fonctionnaire de Ressources humaines et Développement social Canada et responsable du Programme des travailleurs agricoles saisonniers du Québec affirme que c'est aux consulats du Mexique et du Guatemala d'exclure les emploeyurs de leurs listes. Le gouvernement fédéral n'a jamais fait enquête. A1 - Noël, André Y1 - 2007/06/20/ KW - travailleurs migrants KW - violence KW - insulte KW - humiliation KW - plainte KW - peur KW - CATA KW - FERME KW - intimidation KW - passivité du gouvernement fédéral JA - La Presse SP - 2 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Fermier québécois exclu du programme d'ouvriers saisonniers CY - Montréal N2 - Quatre ouvriers mexicains ont signé une déclaration, l'été dernier, affirmant que leur patron, Raoul Forino, avait fait mine d'attaquer un des leurs avec un couteau, dans une autre ferme de Saint-Michel, au sud de Montréal. M. Forino dément catégoriquement l'allégation. Mais les consulats du Mexique et du Guatemala l'ont prise au sérieux et ne lui ont pas fourni de travailleurs cet été. Cet événement n'est pas le seul incident violent associé à ce patron. A1 - Noël, André Y1 - 2007/06/20/ KW - travailleurs migrants KW - violence KW - FERME KW - menaces KW - programme d'ouvriers saisonniers JA - La Presse SP - 3 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Blessé au travail, un ouvrier agricole mexicain n'a plus aucun revenu CY - Montreal N2 - Victime d'un accident de travail sur une ferme québécoise, un ouvrier agricole mexicain n'a plus aucun revenu et survit depuis un an et demi grâce à une âme charitable. La Commission de la santé et de la sécurité au travail (CSST) a refusé de lui verser toutes les indemnités auxquelles il avait droit, parce qu'il a perdu son statut de travailleur. A1 - Noël , André Y1 - 2007/06/19/ KW - Commission des droits de la personne KW - Régie de l'assurance maladie KW - accident de travail KW - indemnités KW - travailleurs migrants temporaires JA - La Presse SP - 6 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Farmer fined over pesticide application N2 - One of the province's best-known blueberry and potato growers, Elwood Lawton, has been fines $ 1,000 for letting migrant farm workers apply pesticides to crops on his Mount Stewart-area farm without having the proper certification. A1 - The Guardian,  Y1 - 2007/06/16/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/blueberry-grower-fined-1-000-for-pesticide-infraction-1.686607 Y2 - 2014-05-01 JA - The Guardian (Charlottetown) SP - 3 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Workers left in limbo N2 - A group of more or less 15 persons working in the United Arab Emirates paid a fee between 6,000$ and 12,000$ each to an agency to have work in Canada. But when they arrived, there was no job for them and their money was gone and the agent was even asking for more money. They have been put 15 in a house with no legal right to work in Canada. The agency, Worldwide Workforce, is denying that it is a scam. But everything seems to prove the opposite because it should not even cost up to 6,000$ to bring a migrant worker in Canada. A1 - Loome, Jeremy Y1 - 2007/05/29/ KW - fee KW - agent KW - agency KW - fraud JA - The Edmonton Sun SP - 3 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Une ferme condamnée pour racisme A1 - Daigneault, Sylvain Y1 - 2007/05/28/ UR - http://www.hebdosregionaux.ca/monteregie/2005/04/23/une-ferme-condamnee-pour-racisme Y2 - 2014-02-24 JA - Le Soleil ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Oilpatch deaths raise red flag CY - Calgary N2 - The deaths of two Chinese workers at an oilsands construction sote in northern Alberta Tuesday has reignited a debate over Canada's temporary foreign worker program. Y1 - 2007/04/26/ KW - Alberta KW - foreign workers KW - oilsands KW - accident KW - safety JA - The Winstor Star SP - 1 ER - TY - MGZN T1 - Les aides familiales résidentes victimes de nombreux abus A1 - Kouany, Annie Y1 - 2007/// JA - Bulletin de la Ligue des droits et libertés VL - automne 2007 SP - 27 ER - TY - MGZN T1 - Opportunité ou Oppression? Un témoignage sur le Programme des aides familiales résidantes IS - Solidarité sans frontières A1 - Solidarity Across Borders,  Y1 - 2007/// JA - Justice et dignité ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Cut the politicking and concentrate on protecting farm workers CY - Vancouver A1 - Vancouver Sun,  Y1 - 2007/03/14/ KW - migrant workers KW - Migrant Workers KW - Migrant workers KW - accident KW - safety KW - standards UR - http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=8d4aa2f2-3175-4791-932e-bb816b3fb102 Y2 - 2014-04-21 JA - Vancouver Sun SP - 16 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - B.C. orders more inspections in wake of farm van fatalities CY - Victoria, B.C. N2 - The B.C. government backtracked yesterday and promised to step up random spot checks of vehicles that carry berry and vegetable pickers to the fields, after three female farm workers died in a crash. The van involved was carrying 17 people while licensed for 15. Questions remain about whether the van's seating had been altered, and whether passengers were wearing seatbelts. A1 - Kines, Lindsay A1 - Rud, Jeff Y1 - 2007/03/13/ KW - safety KW - car accident JA - Times Colonist ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Contract job workers left without hope CY - Toronto N2 - The situation of people hired as subcontractor, not as employee, but being exploited and no protected by Ontario's Employment Standards Act which protects an employee's rights. A1 - Daly, Rita Y1 - 2007/03/10/ KW - Immigrants KW - Exploitation KW - low wages KW - contractor UR - http://www.thestar.com/news/2007/03/10/contract_job_workers_left_without_hope.html Y2 - 2014-05-06 JA - Toronto Star SP - 01 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Company sues Poles, denies claims CY - Edmonton A1 - O'Donnell , Sarah Y1 - 2007/01/23/ KW - Claim KW - energy KW - counterclaim UR - http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/cityplus/story.html?id=1d737209-e9fe-4d9b-b8d5-665f169fbaaf Y2 - 2014-03-31 JA - Edmonton Journal SP - 3 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Mexican migrant workers say they were misled into signing union cards.(Broadcast transcript) A1 - CBC,  Y1 - 2007/// UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2007/01/31/migrant-workers.html Y2 - 2011-05-27 JA - The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Analysis, Solidarity, Action—A Workers’ Perspective on the Increasing Use of Migrant Labour in Canada A1 - Canadian Labour Congress,  A1 - Valiani, Salimah Y1 - 2007/// UR - http://www.academia.edu/4973517/Analysis_Solidarity_Action-a_Workers_Perspective_on_the_Increasing_Use_of_Migrant_Labour_in_Canada_Canadas_Part_in_the_Global_Integration_of_Labour_Markets Y2 - 2011-05-27 ER - TY - ADVS T1 - Los Mexicanos le combat de Patricia Pérez N1 - Scénario et réalisation : Charles Latour Montage : Robert Cornellier Images : Robert Vanherweghem, Charles Latour Images additionnelles : Derek Vertongen Son : Marcel Fraser, Charles Latour Son additionnel : Madeleine David Musique originale : Serge Nicol Assistante à la réalisation : Véronique-Myriam Cloutier Recherche : Charles Latour Recherche additionnelle : Gilles Parent Conception sonore : Guillaume Boursier Montage sonore : Sébastien Bédard, Dany Rodrigue Mixage sonore : Richard Pelletier Produit par : Macumba Doc. Inc. Producteur : Charles Latour Producteurs exécutifs : Robert Cornellier, Patricio Henriquez, Raymonde Provencher © Macumba Doc. Inc. 2007 Durée 43 min. CY - Montréal PB - Macumba International N2 - On ignore parfois que l’exploitation des travailleurs se trouve à nos portes. Entre 1966 et 1976, le Canada signe de multiples ententes bilatérales avec des pays pauvres de l’Amérique latine et des Antilles afin de mettre sur pied un programme pour pallier au manque de main-d’œuvre dans les campagnes canadiennes : Le programme des travailleurs agricoles saisonnier du Canada (PTAS). En 2006, ils étaient près de 4000 à venir travailler dans les fermes québécoises pour une durée de six à huit mois. Isolés géographiquement et linguistiquement, ils ne connaissent pas leurs droits et ils n’ont aucun représentant pouvant défendre leurs intérêts convenablement, ce qui les rend très vulnérables aux abus des patrons. À l’été 2006, Patricia Pérez, représentante du syndicat des travailleurs unis de l’alimentation et du commerce (TUAC), enclenche la campagne de syndicalisation des travailleurs agricoles migrants dans quelques entreprises agricoles au sud de Montréal. Elle tentera par tous les moyens possibles de leur venir en aide, de les informer de leurs droits et ultimement, de les syndiquer. Son combat ne sera pas simple. A1 - Latour, Charles Y1 - 2007/// UR - http://www.macumbainternational.com/2_12.php Y2 - 2011-08-04 ER - TY - THES T1 - Gendered citizenship and migrant work in Canada CY - Canada PB - Carleton University (Canada) N2 - The Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program and the Live-In Caregiver Program facilitate migrant work in farming and home care, respectively. Though their industries differ, the programs are built upon similar assumptions about worker autonomy, transnational citizenship and the public-private distinction. This has consequences for migrating worker resistance in Canada. Workers first exercise transnational civil citizenship by signing an overseas contract. Conceived in law as autonomous contracting parties, they are nevertheless motivated by family relationships. In Canada, worker citizenship is managed through the work permit, a framework which enables workplace injustice. This injustice is maintained through a blurred line between 'just like family' and 'employee' status, and the public discourse of the 'family farm'. Using court cases as evidence, I conclude that worker disruption of the artificial line between public and private may result in positive legal change, including concrete gains in pay, benefits and labour protections. A1 - Law, Alexandra Y1 - 2007/// ER - TY - RPRT T1 - South Korea: "Migrant Workers are also Human Beings" N1 - p. 43: ****: (recommendation to Korean government) Address the lack of labour mobility of migrant workers which is a major reason for human rights violations and also for forcing migrant workers to become undocumented migrant workers. Work permits should not be tied to one single employer, as this is a major cause of human rights violations p. 4: ***: Amnesty International’s research has shown that under the EPS system, migrant workers, in practice, have very limited scope for changing their workplace. This can seriously hamper their ability to lodge complaints about abuses because they fear antagonizing their employers or because they fear losing their jobs and thereby losing their legal status to work in South Korea. There are also reports that employers have seized official documents, including passports and work permits, preventing migrant workers from looking for jobs elsewhere p. 22: ***: Given this ever-present risk of dismissal and deportation, migrant workers often consider they have no choice but to accept poor working conditions and are less likely to seek to exercise fully their rights. IS - ASA/25/007/2006 PB - Amnesty International N2 - p. 21: Under the EPS migrant workers who want to change workplace continue to face severe restrictions. For example, migrant workers can change their jobs no more than three times and only with the permission of the employer. Migrant workers are unable to change jobs because of health problems that prevent them from continuing to do a particular job, or when they have suffered human rights violations in a particular workplace unless it (serious health problems and/or human rights violations) has been officially reported. A recent study showed that the majority of migrant workers interviewed (81.8 per cent) found it difficult to change workplaces under the EPS. In some cases, their situation became even more difficult after they highlighted abuses by their employers which made them want to change jobs. A1 - Amnesty International, International Secretariat,  Y1 - 2006/// UR - https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/ASA25/007/2006/en/ Y2 - 2015-11-06 ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Building Towers, Cheating Workers Exploitation of Migrant Construction Workers in the United Arab Emirates PB - Human Rights Watch N2 - This report documents alleged exploitation of construction workers by employers in the United Arab Emirates. In particular, the report focuses on migrant workers from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. These report documents abuses which include: • unpaid or extremely low wages • several years of indebtedness to recruitment agencies for fees that UAE law says only employers should pay • the withholding of employees’ passports • hazardous working conditions that result in apparently high rates of death and injury The report makes the following recommendations for the Government of the UAE: • establish an independent commission to investigate and publicly report on the situation of migrant workers in the country • prohibit companies from doing business with recruitment agencies, in the UAE and abroad, that charge workers fees for travel, visas, employment contracts, or anything else • aggressively investigate and prosecute employers who violate other provisions of the UAE labour law • provide quantitative and qualitative data on labour disputes, deaths and injuries at construction sites, and government actions to address these issues • increase substantially the number of inspectors responsible for overseeing the private sector’s treatment of migrant construction workers • take immediate action to inform and educate migrant construction workers arriving for employment in the UAE of their rights under UAE law • abide by the obligation under the UAE labour law of 1980 to implement a minimum wage • allow for the establishment of genuine and independent human rights and workers’ rights organisations • ratify international labour conventions The report also makes recommendations for the governments of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka as well as recommendations regarding free trade agreements with the United States, Australia and the European Union Y1 - 2006/11/04/ KW - Exploitation KW - Construction Workers UR - http://www.hrw.org/reports/2006/uae1106/uae1106web.pdf Y2 - 2013-04-04 VL - 18 ER - TY - CPAPER T1 - Working Conditions in British Columbia’s Horticulture Industry: Contrasting Mexican and Indo-Canadian Workers CY - Calgary N2 - The horticulture industry in British Columbia has long depended on the work of immigrant Indo-Canadians. In 2004 however, the province joined the federal Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program, which brings workers from Mexico and the Caribbean to Canada on a temporary basis, for a maximum of 8 months per year. This paper will present some initial findings on how citizenship status and linguistic and cultural differences may contribute to farm workers’ experiences of occupational health and safety on BC farms. A1 - Hanson, Christina A1 - Otero, Gerardo A1 - Preibisch, Kerry Y1 - 2006/09/27/ UR - http://meme.phpwebhosting.com/~migracion/rimd/documentos_miembros/Hanson_Otero_Preibisch-CALACS-2006.pdf Y2 - 2011-08-22 T2 - 2006 Meetings of the Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Fermes du Québec : Des Mexicains se battent pour leur syndicalisation A1 - Beauchemin, Malorie Y1 - 2006/09/23/ JA - La Presse SP - 24 ER - TY - CASE T1 - Cours du Québec JB 3950 (Caregiver Wrongly Accused of Tuberculosis Put in Detention) PB - Cour du Québec N2 - available in MWR's library Y1 - 2006/// ER - TY - MGZN T1 - Building trades step in to correct an injustice IS - 3 Fall 2006 N2 - Gary Kroeker, the President of BCYT-BCTC explains the work condition of migrants workers for the tunnel project of the new Canada Line rapid transit expansion. He explains how he disagrees with their working conditions and how he thinks the government should have reacted. A1 - Kroeker, Gary Y1 - 2006/// KW - Union KW - foreign workers KW - work conditions KW - cheap wages KW - governement JA - Tradetalk VL - 9 SP - 9 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Letter of Protest by Migrant Workers in BC A1 - Justicia for Migrant Workers – BC,  Y1 - 2006/// UR - http://www.justicia4migrantworkers.org/bc/index.htm#2 Y2 - 2011-05-27 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Cradling Imperialism: Canada’s live-in nanny program A1 - Hale, Amanda Y1 - 2006/// JA - The University of Victoria’s Independant Newpaper ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Campos agrícolas, campos de poder: el Estado mexicano, los granjeros canadienses y los trabajadores temporales mexicanos IS - 3 N2 - RESUMEN El artículo aborda el análisis del Programa de Trabajadores Agrícolas Temporales entre México y Canadá a través de los conceptos “campos sociales” y “campos de poder” para entender la aparente contradicción entre la satisfacción abiertamente expresada por los participantes en el programa y el alto grado de control, trabajo intensivo y bajos salarios que muchos trabajadores padecen en Canadá. Solamente cuando observamos la manera como los migrantes “tejen” diferentes campos de poder –el campo de relaciones sociales en Canadá y el campo local formado por las relaciones en la comunidad en que viven– podemos entender que al ir a trabajar a Canadá, lo que implica un rompimiento de los lazos con sus familias y comunidades, los trabajadores migrantes pueden cumplir con las expectativas morales y culturales de sus localidades. ABSTRACT This essay analyses the Temporary Farm Workers Program between Mexico and Canada using the terms “social fields” and “power spaces” to understand the apparent contradiction between the satisfaction expressed by the participants in the program and high levels of control, intensive work and low wages that the workers suffer in Canada. Only when we observe the ways the migrants “weave” the different power spaces—in Canada’s social relations space and the space shaped by the relations in the community they live—we can understand that to be working in Canada, that means to break their family and community bonds, the workers can comply with the local moral and cultural expectations. A1 - Binford, Leigh Y1 - 2006/01/01/ UR - http://www2.colef.mx/migracionesinternacionales/revistas/MI10/n10-054-080.pdf Y2 - 2011-07-26 JA - Migraciones internacionales VL - 3 ER - TY - THES T1 - Plus ça change?---A comparative analysis of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program and the pilot Foreign Worker Program for farm workers in Quebec CY - Canada PB - Ryerson University (Canada) N2 - For the last 40 years, migrant farm workers from the Caribbean and Mexico have been recruited to work temporarily on Canadian farms under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP). In 2002, the pilot Foreign Worker Program (FWP) for low skilled migrant workers was initiated in the province of Quebec and under this program began the recruitment of Guatemalan migrant farm workers. Since the program's start, the number of Guatemalan migrants has nearly tripled and there seems to be a decline in the number of workers hired under the SAWP in Quebec. This paper examines the FWP's development, set-up, consequences and operation alongside the SAWP and shows how the Canadian state is expanding the number and flexibility of temporary worker programs. This paper draws attention to the neo-liberal context of migrant farm labour in Canada, pointing to the ways in which Canada's federal policies governing seasonal agricultural migrants and the agricultural labour market are exploitative and racist. Key Words . migrant; agriculture; seasonal; temporary; racism; foreign labour; Foreign Worker Program; Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program A1 - Lowe, Sofia Y1 - 2006/// UR - http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1742033961&Fmt=7&clientId=48948&RQT=309&VName=PQD Y2 - 2011-06-11 VL - M.A. ER - TY - ICOMM T1 - Maid to Order Ending Abuses Against Migrant Domestic Workers in Singapore PB - Human Rights Watch N2 - I was not allowed to go outside.I never went outside, not even to dump the garbage.I was always inside, I didn't even go to the market.I felt like I was in jail.It was truly imprisonment.I was not allowed to turn the radio on either.I could only see the outside world when I hung clothes to dry. - Sri Mulyani (not her real name), Indonesian domestic worker, age thirty, Singapore, February 19, 2005 I was afraid if I ran away, I would be caught by the police. Madam often got angry with me, complained to the agency, and the agency also got angry with me.The agent asked, "What do you want?" I said, "I want to die, ma'am, because the people here are cruel, everything I do is wrong, I'm always called idiot and stupid." [It got so bad,] I really didn't know what to do, so I drank poison for rats and cockroaches.I lost consciousness, and Madam brought me to the hospital. The police told me it was wrong to try suicide. When the incident happened, I had been working exactly seven months.I had earned S$90 [U.S.$53]. -Muriyani Suharti (not her real name), domestic worker, age twenty-two, Singapore, March 8, 2005 Between 1999 and 2005, at least 147 migrant domestic workers died from workplace accidents or suicide, most by jumping or falling from residential buildings. There is no single reason why domestic workers resort to suicide, but research by Human Rights Watch suggests that many women are made despondent by poor working conditions, anxiety about debts owed to employment agencies, social isolation, and prolonged confinement indoors, sometimes for weeks at a time. As authorities have acknowledged, many of the deaths are also due to workplace accidents. Several of the workers fell to their deaths after their employers forced them to balance precariously, despite being many stories up, to clean windows from the outside or to hang clothes to dry on bamboo poles suspended from window sills. While the deaths of migrant workers described above have received increasing attention in the media and from policymakers, the context in which they occur too often is overlooked. This report, which draws on extensive research and more than one hundred interviews, surveys the abusive conditions facing many domestic workers in Singapore today. Many migrant domestic workers in Singapore face abysmally long working hours, no weekly rest days, and low wages, areas neglected by Singapore's laws and addressed primarily through non-binding information guides. In many cases, migrant domestic workers in Singapore work thirteen to nineteen hours a day, seven days a week, and are restricted from leaving the workplace. They typically earn less than half the pay that workers earn in similar occupations in Singapore-such as gardening and cleaning-and are forced to relinquish the first four to ten months of their salaries to repay employment agency fees. In the worst cases, manipulated by agents or employers or both, migrant domestic workers suffer under conditions amounting to forced labor. Singaporean officials are now beginning to give these problems serious attention. Authorities have imposed tough punishments on employers who physically abuse or fail to pay their domestic workers. Although increasing numbers of officials are turning their attention toward domestic workers, the problems persist. And while Singapore's applicable laws and regulations offer stronger protections than do those of neighboring countries such as Malaysia, Singapore is still far behind Hong Kong, which includes domestic workers in its main labor laws, protecting their rights to a weekly rest day, a minimum wage, maternity leave, and public holidays. Employers in Hong Kong must also bear most recruitment and placement fees, including the cost of visas, insurance, required medical exams, and round-trip transportation from the worker's hometown. The Singapore government to date has preferred to rely on market forces rather than laws to regulate key labor issues for domestic workers such as charges imposed by employment agencies, wages, and weekly rest days. As a result, a migrant domestic worker's fate in Singapore is highly variable. She may secure a good employer and labor agent, enjoy favorable working conditions, and earn wages that she saves or regularly sends home. Or she may work for months without pay to settle debts incurred from exorbitant recruitment fees, labor for long hours seven days a week, and confront prohibitions from leaving the workplace. Singaporean authorities need to do more-through legal reform, enhanced public awareness campaigns, and more consistent law enforcement-to ensure all workers are protected against abuses and can readily seek redress when necessary. *** Singapore, a prosperous city-state in Southeast Asia, attracts women migrant domestic workers from around the region. Approximately 150,000 women, primarily from Indonesia, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka, hold work permits for two-year employment stints in Singapore. Approximately one in every seven Singaporean households employs a "live-in" migrant domestic worker. The child care, domestic duties, and elder care these women perform help free up Singaporean men and women to work outside of their homes. The Singapore government also views employment of foreign domestic workers as a strategy to boost a below-replacement birthrate-domestic services ease the burden on working women and Singaporean families who decide to rear children. No data exists to calculate accurately the number of women migrant domestic workers who confront labor rights and other human rights violations. Many migrant domestic workers have positive experiences. Human Rights Watch interviewed domestic workers who received wages and rest days regularly, enjoyed proper living accommodation, and developed close personal ties with their employers. The Ministry of Manpower estimates that one in three domestic workers renew their two-year contracts and continue to work under the same employer. A significant number of migrant domestic workers are not so fortunate. Given their isolation in private homes, it is difficult to ascertain the exact proportion of migrant domestic workers who face abuse. However, domestic workers make thousands of complaints to their embassies, employment agents, private service organizations, the Singapore Police, and the Ministry of Manpower each year. The Indonesian embassy alone estimates that it receives fifty complaints per day, mostly from domestic workers. The Philippines embassy and the Sri Lanka High Commission estimate receiving between forty to eighty complaints from domestic workers per month. Many abuses likely never are reported, especially if an employer repatriates a domestic worker before she has a chance to seek help. The abuse often begins in domestic workers' home countries. Recruitment practices and legislation vary greatly by country. The Philippines has clearly defined policies on standard employment contracts and recruitment fees. The employment contract provides for a day off each week and a monthly minimum wage of S$350 [U.S.$206]. But many Filipinas come through unlicensed agents or on tourist visas, making them subject to overcharging, poor working conditions, and less access to redress. In Indonesia, domestic workers face high fees from local labor agents, and are often confined in overcrowded, locked training facilities for up to six months while waiting for placement abroad. Many domestic workers report inadequate food and some confront physical violence. The different routes workers take in getting to Singapore correlate with the conditions they are likely to face upon arrival. According to embassy officials and Human Rights Watch's own research, workers placed through unlicensed agents are more likely to have lower wages, no days off, and illegal deployments to multiple homes. Several domestic workers from Indonesia, for example, told us they were threatened with retaliation by employment agents who told them they would be trafficked into forced prostitution or would have to pay substantial fines if they did not complete their debt payments. Other domestic workers reported that employment agents confiscated their passports and any contact information in their possession, making it difficult to seek help. In Singapore, the government does not adequately regulate the fees, "private loans," and salary deduction arrangements imposed by employment agencies on migrant domestic workers. Intense competition among the more than six hundred employment agencies has led them to reduce fees charged to employers, and to shift the cost of recruitment, transportation, training, and placement to domestic workers. Domestic workers who change employers pay extra fees for transfer costs, sometimes extending their debts by months. Seeking employment in Singapore precisely because they are escaping poverty in their own countries, many women must take on large debts which they settle by working for four to ten months with little or no pay. The Employment Agencies Act stipulates that employment agencies cannot charge job seekers more than 10 percent of their first month's earnings. Singapore's Ministry of Manpower has argued that the charges to domestic workers are not agency fees, but instead private loans that fall outside of the law's parameters. This distinction for costs associated with recruitment, processing, and placement with employers is arbitrary and unfairly strips migrant domestic workers of important protections.Human Rights Watch interviewed domestic workers who said they stayed in situations of abuse because of their debt obligations. The Singapore government has instituted several policies that exacerbate domestic workers' isolation in homes and their risk of abuse. One is a S$5,000 [U.S.$2,950] security bond imposed on employers who hire domestic workers. Employers forfeit the bond if their domestic worker runs away or if they fail to pay for the domestic worker's repatriation costs. The Singapore government enacted this policy in an attempt to control illegal immigration and to ensure employers have adequate funds to repatriate the workers on completion of their contracts. Instead, the bond has become an incentive to employers to tightly restrict their domestic workers' movements, prevent them from giving workers weekly rest days, and sometimes to lock them in the workplace. Another policy ties migrant domestic workers' work permits to particular families, giving employers inordinate power. Under the existing system, employers may repatriate domestic workers at will, even if they have not paid off their debts or earned any income. Singapore's work permit regulations forbid migrant domestic workers from becoming pregnant, restrict their marriage and reproductive rights, and provide further incentives for employers to confine domestic workers to the workplace to prevent them from "running away" or "having boyfriends." The prohibition on becoming pregnant has also led to unequal access to health care services, including voluntary abortions, as some employers, agents, and domestic workers believe that seeking an abortion will result in automatic deportation. Singapore, in a stated attempt to regulate unskilled labor migration, also imposes a monthly levy on employers of work permit holders-employers of domestic workers must pay S$200-295 [U.S.$118-174] to a central government fund each month. This amount is more than many employers pay to the domestic workers themselves. Given 150,000 workers, this translates to roughly S$360-531 million (U.S.$212-313 million) annually. None of these funds are earmarked for services geared toward migrant workers. In response to growing publicity and alarm over abuses against migrant domestic workers, Singapore's Ministry of Manpower has instituted some encouraging reforms in the past two years. These include mandatory orientation programs for new employees and new employers, increased commitment to prosecuting cases of unpaid wages and physical abuse, and the introduction of an accreditation program for employment agencies. The ministry also has published an information guide advising employers on proper treatment of domestic workers and informing them of the penalties for physical assault and forced confinement. These initiatives, though important, do not go far enough. Singapore needs to do more to address the underlying inequities and lack of protection that result in widespread abuse. Singapore's Employment Act and Workmen's Compensation Act should be amended to include domestic workers. These laws guarantee weekly rest days, limitations on work hours, and regular payment of wages and overtime. They also regulate salary deductions for debt payments and address compensation for workplace injuries. Singapore also should institute stronger mechanisms for inspecting workplaces and employment agencies. The accreditation program, though a positive step, needs improved protections for domestic workers' rights, including greater transparency about recruitment and placement charges, and detailed provisions on working conditions such as weekly rest days. In a country well-known for strictly enforcing laws to promote order and efficiency, the failure to provide adequate and equal protection to an entire class of workers is an anomaly and undermines the rule of law. In cooperation with labor-sending countries and international bodies such as the International Labor Organization, Singapore should undertake immediate and effective reforms to end these abuses. Singapore has a choice. It can become a standard-setter in the region for labor-receiving countries. Or it can settle for second-best solutions that fail to address the roots of abuses against migrant domestic workers. This report is based on several months of research including field research in Singapore in February, March, and November 2005. Human Rights Watch conducted sixty-five in-depth interviews with migrant domestic workers, reviewed the case files of twenty-five migrant domestic workers, and held focus groups and informal interviews with dozens more. These interviews took place at shelters and skills-training programs; in parks, shopping centers, and places of worship on domestic workers' days off; and at employment agencies. We also interviewed more than fifty representatives from Singapore's Ministry of Manpower, employment agents, employers, and private nongovernmental and faith-based organizations. All names of domestic workers cited in this report have been changed to protect their identity. Many employment agents and service providers also spoke with us on condition of anonymity, and their names have also been withheld. This is Human Rights Watch's ninth report on abuses against domestic workers, including both children and adults. We have also documented abuses in El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Togo, and the United States. Key Recommendations Human Rights Watch urges the Singapore government to: Provide equal and comprehensive legal protection to migrant domestic workers by: Amending the Employment Act and Workmen's Compensation Act to provide equal protection to domestic workers. Establishing and periodically reviewing a national minimum wage to address domestic workers' vulnerability to wage exploitation. The National Wages Council should also investigate and recommend policies that promote equal pay for equal work in the domestic work sector. Creating a standard contract that protects migrant domestic workers' rights in accordance with national provisions in the Employment Act and international labor standards. Enforce policies that help prevent abusive practices such as exorbitant debt payments to employment agencies, forced labor, and forced confinement by: Increasing enforcement of the Employment Agencies Act to ensure compliance with caps on agency fees. Implementing policies so that migrant domestic workers do not spend several months working off their debts with little or no pay, a situation that fosters a range of human rights abuses. The government should look to the Philippines and Hong Kong, who require employers to pay for round-trip airfare and most expenses associated with recruitment and placement, including those now covered by private loans in Singapore. The government should consider adjusting the monthly levy to offset the cost to employers. Abolishing the S$5,000 [U.S.$2,950] security bond. Prosecuting employers who confine domestic workers to the workplace. Permitting migrant domestic workers to reside in independent living quarters. Create and improve mechanisms to prevent, monitor, and respond to abuse of migrant domestic workers by: Inspecting workplace conditions and employment agencies regularly. Withdrawing accreditation powers from the Association of Employment Agencies in Singapore (AEAS) and CaseTrust and creating a new accreditation body for employment agencies with more comprehensive standards. The body should include representatives from employment agencies, consumer rights organizations, domestic workers' rights organizations, the Ministry of Manpower, and labor-sending countries. Creating helpdesks at the airport and main police stations with staff fluent in the primary languages spoken by migrant workers. Improving training for the police and immigration authorities to respond to abuse of migrant domestic workers. Conducting exit interviews with domestic workers when they are returning home to ensure they have been paid and to provide an opportunity to report any abuse. Sign and ratify the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Migrant Workers Convention). The governments of Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, India, and other sending countries should: Improve protections for citizens working in Singapore by: Improving victim services at embassies and diplomatic missions in Singapore and providing resources including adequate staffing, access to legal aid, health care, trauma counseling, and shelter. Keeping a section of embassies and diplomatic missions open on Sunday, the day many migrant workers have off, and supporting skills training programs, and recreation and cultural centers for domestic workers. Regulate and monitor labor recruitment agencies and migrant worker training centers in their countries by: Regulating labor agencies and migrant worker training centers, and more clearly defining standards for fees, minimum health and safety conditions, and workers' freedom of movement. Labor agencies and agents who violate these regulations should face substantial penalties. Establishing mechanisms for regular and independent monitoring of labor agencies, including unannounced inspections. Accreditation bodies and employment agencies should: Contribute to the creation of safe and just working conditions for migrant domestic workers by: Implementing a standard employment contract that establishes detailed protections on wages, hours of work, weekly rest days, salary deductions, and other terms of employment according to national provisions in the Employment Act and international labor standards. Creating recommended pay scales according to work experience and other qualifications, such as education. Abolish discriminatory policies that determine entry-level wages according to nationality rather than work experience, education, or other relevant criteria. Reporting cases of employer abuse to the Ministry of Manpower, the police, embassies, and accreditation bodies. Before placing a replacement domestic worker with an employer accused of abuse, agencies should exercise due diligence. A1 - Human Rights Watch,  Y1 - 2005/12/05/ KW - Singapore KW - Abuse KW - Domestic migrant workers UR - http://www.hrw.org/reports/2005/12/06/maid-order Y2 - 2013-03-30 ER - TY - CASE T1 - Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse c. Centre maraîcher Eugène Guinois Jr inc. PB - Quebec Human Rights Tribunal - District of Beauharnois N2 - The events occured in 2000 and 2001, in québec. The commission is exercising the recourse with the consent of 4 Quebecers of Haïtian descent: Ronald Champagne, Célissa Michel, Célianne Michel, and Cupidon Lumène. They worked for the Centre Maraîcher Eugène Guinois Jr Inc, located in Sainte-Clotilde-de-Châteauguay, a family business which grows lettuce and carrots. The farm uses workers from the UPA (Union des producteurs agricoles du Québec). For the most part, the UPA workers were Haïtian. "The Centre Maraîcher also hired foreign workers of Mexican origin, who lived in buildings separate from all the others." This case is one of racial discrimination, segregation, housing standards including heating and access to water. The Whites had a cafeteria where which the Blacks were not allowed to go near. Very clean, with ovens and refrigerators, heating, coffee machines, vending machines... The Blacks, about 96 of them, had a small shack, located far away from the other buildings. Very small, extremely dirty no hooks, no changing rooms, no lock on the single room, therefore no privacy, the refrigerators were extremely dirty and broken, two microwaves, one broken, one too dirty to use. No material to clean; they would wipe off the dirt from the ground with cardboard. No running water, therefore no sink, no showers and no toilets. No soap. A hose outside, but only cold water, and the workers would stay until november. 3 chemical toilets (porta-potties) located outside, "filled to the top" and "disgustingly dirty". Some Haïtians tried to enter the cafeteria to use the microwave: "You don`t belong here. This is for whites" and "You Blacks are pigs, you go there" they were told. A1 - Quebec Human Rights Tribunal,  Y1 - 2005/// ER - TY - RPRT T1 - La situation des travailleurs agricoles migrants au Canada, 2005 N2 - Les TUAC Canada (le syndicat des Travailleurs et travailleuses unis de l’alimentation et du commerce au Canada) aident et défendent les intérêts des travailleurs agricoles migrants dans ce pays depuis le début des années 90. Ce cinquième rapport national annuel aux législateurs fédéraux fait le point sur les conditions de travail et de vie des travailleurs agricoles migrants au Canada durant 200 A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2005/// UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/templates/ufcwcanada/images/awa/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/2005-rapport-french.pdf Y2 - 2011-10-14 T3 - UFCW The Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada ER - TY - RPRT T1 - The Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada, 2005 N2 - UFCW Canada (the United Food and Commercial Workers union in Canada) has actively assisted and advocated for migrant agricultural workers in this country since the early 1990s. This fifth annual national report to federal legislators provides continuing information with regard to the working and living conditions for migrant agricultural workers in Canada during 2005. A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2005/// UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/templates/ufcwcanada/images/awa/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/2005-national-report-english.pdf Y2 - 2011-10-14 T3 - UFCW The Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Discrimination raciale dans une ferme A1 - Perreault, Laura-Julie Y1 - 2005/05/27/ JA - La Presse SP - 15 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Des travailleurs saisonniers manifestent contre la discrimination raciale CY - Actualités nationales A1 - La Presse Canadienne,  Y1 - 2005/05/26/ JA - La Presse Canadienne ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Un agriculteur condamné pour discrimination raciale A1 - La Presse Canadienne,  Y1 - 2005/04/19/ JA - La Voix de l'Est SP - 26 ER - TY - CASE T1 - José Olvera-Rivera et Ferme maison rouge inc. A2 - Commission des lésions professionnelles PB - Commission des lésions professionnelles A1 - Commission des lésions professionnelles,  Y1 - 2005/03/08/ UR - http://jurisprudence.canada.globe24h.com/0/0/quebec/commission-des-lesions-professionnelles-du-quebec/2005/03/08/olvera-rivera-re-2005-65562-qc-clp.shtml Y2 - 2014-03-03 J2 - Dossier 231938-72-0404 Dossier CSST 124738576 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - The Exploitation of Migrant Workers In Canada A1 - Kuro5hin,  Y1 - 2005/01/13/ UR - http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2005/1/13/114947/716 Y2 - 2014-03-28 JA - Kuro5hin ER - TY - CASE T1 - Olvera-Rivera (Re), 2005 CanLII 65562 (QCCLP) A2 - Olvera-Rivera (Re), 2005 CanLII 65562 (QC CLP) Y1 - 2005/// UR - http://canlii.ca/t/24r40 Y2 - 2015-01-09 J2 - José Olvera-Rivera, partie requérante, et Ferme maison rouge inc. (La), partie intéressée (C.L.P., 2005-03-08), SOQUIJ AZ-50298625 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Negotiating Citizenship: Migrant Women in Canada and the Global System CY - Toronto PB - University of Toronto Press N2 - While the designated rights of capital to travel freely across borders have increased under neo-liberal globalization, the citizenship rights of many people, particularly the most vulnerable, have tended to decline. Using Canada as an example of a major recipient state of international migrants, Negotiating Citizenship considers how migrant women workers from two settings in the global South–the West Indies and the Philippines–have attempted to negotiate citizenship across the global citizenship divide. Daiva K. Stasiulis and Abigail B. Bakan challenge traditional liberal and post-national theories of citizenship with a number of approaches: historical documentary analyses, investigation of the political economy of the sending states, interviews with migrant live-in caregivers and nurses, legal analyses of domestic worker case law, and analysis of social movement politics. Negotiating Citizenship demonstrates that the transnational character of migrants' lives–their migration and labour strategies, family households, and political practices–offer important challenges to inequitable and exclusionary aspects of contemporary nation-state citizenship. A1 - Stasiulis, Daiva A1 - Bakan, Abigail B. Y1 - 2005/// UR - http://www.amazon.ca/Negotiating-Citizenship-Migrant-Canada-Global/dp/0802079156 Y2 - 2011-05-27 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - J4MW Letter to Chief Coroner N2 - As a collective, Justicia for Migrant Workers (J4MW) is strongly urging you in your capacity as Chief Coroner of Ontario to grant the request of both the Peart family as well as the community to a coroner's inquest into the death of migrant farm worker Ned Livingston Peart. A1 - Justicia for Migrant Workers,  Y1 - 2004/12/21/ UR - http://www.justicia4migrantworkers.org/press_new.htm Y2 - 2011-06-21 T3 - Justice For Migrant Workers ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Migrant Worker's Family Demands Coroner's Inquest into Workplace Death N2 - The family of Ned Livingston Peart, a migrant worker killed on the job in August 2002, is demanding from the Chief Coroner of Ontario, a coroner's inquest into his death. Since the incident, members of the Peart family have attempted to clarify the circumstances of his workplace death but have had their requests for a coroner's inquest denied. A press conference has been called to demand justice. A1 - Justicia for Migrant Workers,  Y1 - 2004/12/20/ UR - http://www.justicia4migrantworkers.org/press_new.htm Y2 - 2011-06-21 T3 - Justice For Migrant Workers ER - TY - RPRT T1 - La situation des travailleurs agricoles migrants au Canada, 2004 N2 - Au cours des dernières années, les TUAC Canada (le syndicat des Travailleurs et travailleuses unis de l’alimentation et du commerce) ont fourni des services de soutien, de l’information, de la formation et des services d’assistance judiciaire à des milliers de travailleurs agricoles migrants qui travaillent au Canada dans le cadre du Programme canadien des travailleurs agricoles saisonniers (PCTAS). Les TUAC Canada gèrent cinq centres régionaux de soutien pour travailleurs migrants. Quatre sont situés en Ontario notamment à Leamington, Simcoe, Bradford et Virgil; et un à St-Rémi (Québec). Grâce aux diverses activités entreprises par ces centres, les TUAC Canada ont compilé des informations et de la documentation sur le PCTAS en tenant compte des points de vue des travailleurs agricoles migrants et du vécu de ces derniers. Ces divers éléments sont exposés en détail dans les pages qui suivent. A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2004/// UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/templates/ufcwcanada/images/awa/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/2004-rapport-french.pdf Y2 - 2011-10-14 T3 - UFCW The Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada ER - TY - RPRT T1 - The Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada, 2004 N2 - Over the past several years, UFCW Canada (the United Food and Commercial Workers union) has delivered support services, information, training, and advocacy to thousands of migrant farm workers working in Canada through the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program, or CSAWP. UFCW Canada operates fi ve regional Migrant Worker Support Centres. Four are located in Ontario in Leamington, Simcoe, Bradford, and Virgil, and one is in Québec in St-Rémi. Th rough the work of these centres, UFCW Canada has compiled information and documentation regarding the CSAWP from the migrant farm workers’ perspectives and experiences, elements of which are detailed in the following pages. A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2004/// UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/templates/ufcwcanada/images/awa/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/2004-national-report-english.pdf Y2 - 2011-10-14 T3 - UFCW The Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada ER - TY - ICOMM T1 - Conditions Tough for Canada's Migrant Workers Y1 - 2004/10/11/ UR - http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/conditions-tough-for-canadas-migrant-workers/ Y2 - 2014-04-03 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Les parias du travail saisonnier N2 - Mexico P.Q. Les frontières de la misère A1 - Touzin, Caroline Y1 - 2004/10/02/ JA - La Presse SP - 3 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - «Qu'on nous traite avec dignité» Victimes d'abus, deux Mexicains témoignent de leur conditions de travail A1 - Cauchy, Claireandrée Y1 - 2004/09/16/ JA - Le Devoir SP - 4 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - "Bad Dreams:" Exploitation and Abuse of Migrant Workers in Saudi Arabia IS - E1605 PB - Human Rights Watch N2 - "It was like a bad dream" is the way one migrant worker from the Philippines summed up his experiences in Saudi Arabia. Another worker, from Bangladesh, told us: "I slept many nights beside the road and spent many days without food. It was a painful life. I could not explain that life." A woman in a village in India, whose son was beheaded following a secret trial, could only say this: "We have no more tears, our tears have all dried up." She deferred to her husband to provide the account of their son's imprisonment and execution in Jeddah. It is undeniable that many foreigners employed in the kingdom, in jobs from the most menial to the highest skilled, have returned home with no complaints. But for the women and men who were subjected to abysmal and exploitative working conditions, sexual violence, and human rights abuses in the criminal justice system, Saudi Arabia represented a personal nightmare. In 1962, then-King Faisal abolished slavery in Saudi Arabia by royal decree. Over forty years later, migrant workers in the purportedly modern society that the kingdom has become continue to suffer extreme forms of labor exploitation that sometimes rise to slavery-like conditions. Their lives are further complicated by deeply rooted gender, religious, and racial discrimination. This provides the foundation for prejudicial public policy and government regulations, shameful practices of private employers, and unfair legal proceedings that yield judicial sentences of the death penalty. The overwhelming majority of the men and women who face these realities in Saudi Arabia are low-paid workers from Asia, Africa, and countries in the Middle East. This report gives voice to some of their stories. It is based on information gathered from migrant workers and their families in mud brick houses off dirt roads in tropical agricultural areas of southwest India, in apartments in densely packed neighborhoods of metropolitan Manila, and in simple dwellings in rural villages of Bangladesh. The victims include skilled and unskilled workers; Muslims, Hindus, and Christians; young adults traveling outside their home countries for the first time; and married men, and single and divorced women, with children to support. In Saudi Arabia, these workers delivered dairy products, cleaned government hospitals, repaired water pipes, collected garbage, and poured concrete. Some of them baked bread and worked in restaurants; others were butchers, barbers, carpenters, and plumbers. Women migrants cleaned, cooked, cared for children, worked in beauty salons, and sewed custom-made dresses and gowns. Unemployed or underemployed in their countries of origin, and often impoverished, these men and women sought only the opportunity to earn wages and thus improve the economic situation for themselves and their families. This report is the first comprehensive examination of the variety of human rights abuses that foreign workers experience in Saudi Arabia. The voices of these migrants provide a window into a country whose hereditary, unelected rulers continue to choose secrecy over transparency at the expense of justice. The stories in this report illustrate why so many migrant workers, including Muslims, return to their home countries deeply aggrieved by the lack of equality and due process of law in the kingdom. In an important sense, this report is an indictment of unscrupulous private employers and sponsors as well as Saudi authorities, including interior ministry interrogators and shari'a court judges, who operate without respect for the rule of law and the inherent dignity of all men and women, irrespective of gender, race, and religion. Some of the most frightening and troubling findings of the report concern mistreatment of women migrant workers, both in the workplace and in Saudi prisons. The report also provides an intimate view of the workings of Saudi Arabia's criminal justice system, through the eyes of migrant workers with first-hand experience of its significant flaws. And it is the families and friends of migrants who were beheaded, pursuant to judicial rulings, who describe how Saudi authorities kept them and consular officials in the dark until well after the executions were carried out. The mortal remains of these victims were not returned to their families, who until now have no information about what happened to the bodies. Labor Exploitation Each chapter of this report includes testimonies from migrant workers who entered the kingdom legally, in full compliance with Saudi government regulations. Many of them paid hefty sums of money to manpower recruitment agencies in their home countries to secure legal employment visas, often assuming substantial debt or selling property to finance the cost. Once in the kingdom, they found themselves at the mercy of legal sponsors and de facto employers who had the power to impose oppressive working conditions on them, with effective government oversight clearly lacking. Unaware of their rights, or afraid to complain for fear of losing their jobs, the majority of these workers simply endured gross labor exploitation. To cite only a few examples, we interviewed migrant workers from Bangladesh who were forced to work ten to twelve hours a day, and sometimes throughout the night without overtime pay, repairing underground water pipes for the municipality of Tabuk. They were not paid salaries for the first two months and had to borrow money from compatriots to purchase food. An Indian migrant said that he was was paid $133 a month for working an average of sixteen hours daily in Ha'il. A migrant from the Philippines said that he worked sixteen to eighteen hours a day at a restaurant in Hofuf, leaving him so exhausted that, he told us, he "felt mentally retarded." The employer of a migrant from Bangladesh, who worked as a butcher in Dammam, forced him to leave the kingdom with six months of his salary unpaid. Women Migrant Workers Some women workers that we interviewed were still traumatized from rape and sexual abuse at the hands of Saudi male employers, and could not narrate their accounts without anger or tears. Accustomed to unrestricted freedom of movement in their home countries, these and other women described to us locked doors and gates in Riyadh, Jeddah, Medina, and Dammam that kept them virtual prisoners in workshops, private homes, and the dormitory-style housing that labor subcontracting companies provided to them. Living in forced confinement and extreme isolation made it difficult or impossible for these women to call for help, escape situations of exploitation and abuse, and seek legal redress. We learned that hundreds of low-paid Asian women who cleaned hospitals in Jeddah worked twelve-hour days, without food or a break, and were confined to locked dormitories during their time off. Skilled seamstresses from the Philippines told us that they were not permitted to leave the women's dress shop in Medina where they worked twelve-hour days, and were forbidden to speak more than a few words to customers and the Saudi owners. Many women employed as domestic workers in cities throughout the kingdom reported that they worked twelve hours or more daily. Most of them also lived in around-the-clock confinement, at the decision of their private employers, cut off from the outside world. One woman from the Philippines, whose employers in Dammamdid not provide her with sufficient food, described how she enlisted help from the family's Indian driver, to whom she was forbidden to speak. She told us that she wrote lists of what she needed and threw them out the window to the driver. He made the purchases, and "delivered" them to her by tossing the packages onto the roof of the house, where she retrieved them. Another Filipina, who also worked for a family in Dammam, said that she constantly watched the locked front gate of the house, waiting for an opportunity to escape after her male employer raped her in June 2003. Human Rights Abuses in the Criminal Justice System Some migrant workers experienced shocking treatment in Saudi Arabia's criminal justice system. For those migrants who were executed following unfair trials that lacked any form of transparency, it was their still-grieving families who provided us with pertinent information. In many cases, the condemned men did not know that they had been sentenced to death, and their embassies were only informed after the fact. "No advance information is given to us before beheading of Indians," an Indian diplomat said in a television interview in 2003. "We generally get the information after the execution from local newspapers." In cases of execution documented in this report, the bodies were not returned to the families, and relatives told Human Rights Watch that they received no official information about the location in Saudi Arabia of the mortal remains. An undetermined number of foreigners have been sentenced to death in the kingdom and are now awaiting execution. Details of their trials, and the evidence presented to convict them, are treated as closely held state secrets. Saudi Arabia continues to flaunt its treaty obligations under international and domestic law. Consular officials have not been notified promptly of the arrests of their nationals. Criminal suspects are not informed of their rights under the law. Interrogators from the ministry of interior torture suspects with impunity, behind the curtain of prolonged incommunicado detention, in the quest for confessions whose veracity is tenuous at best. Migrant workers told Human Rights Watch of how they were forced to sign confession statements that they could not read, under the threat of additional torture. A twenty-three-year-old Indian tailor described two days of beatings in police custody. On the third day, his interrogators gave him two pages handwritten in Arabic and instructed him to sign his name three times on each page. "I was so afraid that I did not dare ask what the papers were, or what was written on them," he said. Migrants' accounts of their trials before shari'a courts provide evidence of a legal system that is out of sync with internationally accepted norms of due process. No one we interviewed had access to legal assistance before their trials, and no legal representation when they appeared in the courtroom. One Indian migrant worker told us about a judge who repeatedly called him a liar when he answered questions during his trial. A worker from the Philippines, who was imprisoned for five years before he was brought before a court for the first time, described how a judge sentenced him to 350 lashes because his interrogators had extracted a false confession. The judge justified this corporal punishment because the coerced confession, obtained under threats and torture, was untrue. Interviews with women migrants in the women's prison in Riyadh indicated that most of them had not been informed of their rights, had no understanding of the legal basis for their arrest or the status of their cases, and had no access to lawyers or other forms of legal assistance. The Need for Government Action The stories narrated in this report underscore the pressing need for the government of Saudi Arabia to recognize that its laws and regulations facilitate the exploitation and abuse of vulnerable migrant workers, and reform its laws and practices accordingly. Some major recommendations are highlighted below, and a full range of recommendations, to Saudi government officials and actors in the international community, is presented in Chapter IX. One of the most tragic aspects of the situation is that many migrants silently accept the exploitation and deprivation of their rights because they view themselves as powerless and without effective remedy. These workers arrive in Saudi Arabia ignorant or only vaguely informed about the rights they have under existing Saudi law and the actions they can take when inequities and mistreatment occur. This is a problem that their own governments could address, in part, by way of substantive and effective education before these workers depart for the kingdom. But the government of Saudi Arabia has the primary responsibility to promote and protect the rights of the country's large migrant worker population in a much more aggressive and public manner, consistent with its obligations under international law. Authorities should provide a clear enumeration of the specific rights that migrant workers are entitled to enjoy under the kingdom's laws and regulations. They should spell out the specific legal duties of sponsors and employers, provide a comprehensive list of practices that are illegal, and offer detailed instructions about how and where migrant workers can report abuses. This information should be practical, not theoretical. It should draw on specific abuses that migrants are most likely to face, such as those described in this report, and provide authoritative comments and advice. The information should be translated into the languages of the countries of origin of migrant workers, and provided to every worker on his or her arrival in the kingdom as a routine matter of immigration practice. The government should also identify additional means to communicate this information to migrant communities throughout the kingdom as a further demonstration of its commitment to greater protection of their rights. Saudi authorities must also recognize that many migrant workers are simply too afraid to report abusive treatment for fear of alienating sponsors or de facto employers, inviting retaliatory punishment, and losing their jobs. Government officials must take steps to communicate directly with migrant workers in the kingdom – using all available means, including broadcast as well as print media – to provide assurances that no one will be rendered jobless and summarily deported for complaining about illegal practices and abusive working conditions. The Saudi government says that it plans to reduce the number of foreign workers by 50 percent over the next decade.1 This objective does not lessen the urgent need for the state to remedy the exploitation of migrant workers who are now in the kingdom and to end discriminatory practices that severely circumscribe their rights under Saudi law. Even if the government's planned downsizing is achieved within ten years, the kingdom will still be required under domestic and international law to protect the rights of those migrant workers who remain. If Saudi authorities do not take serious steps to address the patterns of abuse of migrant workers, the issue will continue to be a subject of investigation and scrutiny, on the agendas of international human rights organizations, nongovernmental migrant rights groups in countries of origin, and coalitions of women's rights and human rights organizations in the Muslim world and elsewhere. There is public sentiment in the kingdom, and elsewhere in the Gulf region, sympathetic to the plight of migrant workers. No less than the kingdom's highest Muslim religious authority, Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al Sheikh, has already acknowledged that migrants suffer "exploitation and oppression."2 His comments, published in 2002 in the Saudi daily al-Madinah, included the observation that "Islam does not permit oppressing workers, regardless of religion ... .As we ask them to perform their duty, we must fulfill our duty and comply with the terms of the contract." The Grand Mufti criticized intimidation of migrant workers, and said that it was "illegal and a form of dishonesty" to withhold their salaries or delay payment of wages under threat of deportation. He counseled that Islam prohibits "blackmailing and threatening [foreign] laborers with deportation if they refuse the employers' terms which breach the contract." Another example comes from the neighboring island nation of Bahrain, where the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), a nongovernmental organization, is campaigning for greater protection of women domestic workers. A BCHR official in 2003 described these women as "the most abused of the workforce," and charged that the government was not doing enough "to break the chain of exploitation that binds them." The group urged civil society organizations in Bahrain, including women's rights groups, to take up the issue.3 Methodology The testimonies in this report were obtained from interviews with migrant workers in Bangladesh, India, and the Philippines who had returned from Saudi Arabia, some of them as recently as December 2003. Human Rights Watch was forced to research this subject from outside Saudi Arabia because, as of this writing, the kingdom remains closed to investigators from international human rights organizations. We selected Bangladesh, India, and the Philippines for field research for several reasons. First, the migrant workers from these three countries are among the largest expatriate communities in Saudi Arabia. In 2003, the Saudi government estimated that there were one million to 1.5 million Indians in the kingdom and the same number of Bangladeshis. The Philippines government reported in the same year that over 900,000 of its citizens lived and worked in the kingdom. Second, these countries provided the diversity that we sought among interviewees: the workers whose accounts appear in this report include Muslims from Bangladesh, Hindus and Muslims from India, and Christians and Muslims from the Philippines. We found migrants from Bangladesh the least educated; they typically were unskilled younger men from rural villages whose salaries in Saudi Arabia were the lowest we recorded. We interviewed Indian migrants in cities, towns, and rural agricultural villages of Kerala, the small southwestern state of about 33 million people located on India's Malabar coast between the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea. The Keralite migrants generally had more schooling than their Bangladeshi counterparts and worked in a broader range of skilled and unskilled jobs. Migrants from the Philippines had the highest education levels, including women with some college education who earned $200 a month as domestic workers in the kingdom. Most of the Filipino male migrants whom we interviewed were skilled workers, ranging from mechanics to engineers, who commanded the highest comparative salaries. Despite this diverse mix of migrant workers, we documented surprisingly similar problems that cut across gender, ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic lines, including a pattern of human rights abuse in the kingdom's criminal justice system. The subjects covered in this report make clear that comprehensive documentation of the conditions facing migrant workers in Saudi Arabia would be best served by conducting the research in the kingdom. In addition to the value of being able to speak directly with officials, sponsors, and employers, such research would allow us to meet with some of the thousands of migrant men and women in the kingdom's prisons and deportation centers whose stories need to be heard and told. An undetermined number of migrant workers have been sentenced to death and are awaiting execution. Independent human rights investigators should be permitted to talk to them about their interrogations and trials. There are also over thirty government labor offices throughout the kingdom where some workers file complaints against abusive employers, as well as "safe houses" where abused migrants are sheltered. In this report, we have changed the names of the migrant workers whom we interviewed, based on concern for their safety, should they decide to return to Saudi Arabia, and for the security of their relatives who were working in the kingdom at the time we conducted our interviews. The full names of these men and women are on file at Human Rights Watch. The only exception to this rule is cases of migrant workers who were executed or who have been sentenced to death. In such cases, their real names are provided. *** As of this writing, discussions were ongoing between Human Rights Watch and the Saudi government about access to the kingdom for the purpose of human rights research. We had access as an organization only once, in January 2003. During this visit, which was limited to two weeks, our representatives met in Riyadh with numerous senior government officials as well as Saudi lawyers, journalists, academics, other professionals, and members of the 120-member consultative council (majlis al-shura). But the terms of reference for this visit did not include field research. Without such access, Saudi Arabia remains on our list of closed countries for the purpose of human rights research. The alternative methodology used to prepare this report should indicate to the Saudi government that – despite the additional time and expense – Human Rights Watch is prepared to document human rights abuses, even if access to the kingdom is denied. Our strong preference, however, is to work in a more open and direct manner, with the active cooperation of the government. We hope that senior Saudi officials will see the merits of this approach and open the kingdom's doors to researchers from Human Rights Watch and other international human rights groups. Key Recommendations The most recent information from Saudi Arabia's ministry of labor indicates that expatriates in the kingdom total 8.8 million men and women, a significant number, given that the indigenous population is an estimated 18 million (see Chapter I). This report provides extensive documentation of the varieties of labor exploitation and human rights abuses that foreign workers face in the kingdom. The significant size of Saudi Arabia's expatriate population, and the serious nature of the problems that they often encounter, necessitate bold and innovative remedial actions from the government. The detailed recommendations of Human Rights Watch – to the government of Saudi Arabia, its various ministries, and other concerned international and regional parties – are presented in Chapter IX of the report. Among our key recommendations to the government of Saudi Arabia are the following: (1) Initiate an independent, thorough, and public national inquiry into the situation of migrant workers in the kingdom. Saudi authorities have never comprehensively and publicly assessed the realities that many migrant workers in the kingdom face. As a result, there is limited official and public awareness of the nature and scope of the problem. Accordingly, Human Rights Watch urges that His Royal Highness Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, First Deputy Prime Minister and Commander of the National Guard, should appoint an independent and impartial Royal Commission to investigate and report on the serious problems and abuses that migrant women and men in the kingdom face on a daily basis. As part of the commission's mandate, it should hold public hearings in all major cities throughout the kingdom. Migrant workers, and their families and advocates, should be invited to give testimony at these hearings, as should regional and international nongovernmental organizations with expertise on migrant workers issues and rights. The commission should be required by law to complete its inquiry within a defined period of time, and make its findings and recommendations public. (2) Take immediate action to inform all migrant workers in the kingdom of their rights under Saudi and international law. This report makes clear that large numbers of migrant workers are unaware of the rights that they have under existing law. Because such workers typically face language barriers and live in the kingdom for only a few years at a time, more concerted government efforts are necessary to inform them of their rights. Accordingly, we call on the government to promulgate by royal decree an enforceable "bill of rights" for migrant workers. It should be publicized widely in the kingdom, using print and broadcast media and other means of public outreach. The decree should be issued simultaneously in Arabic and all the languages of the countries of origin of the major migrant worker communities in the kingdom. This "bill of rights" should delineate, in a comprehensive and comprehensible manner, all the rights that are granted to migrant workers under the kingdom's laws and regulations. It should serve as a practical educational tool for workers and employers alike, and clarify legal and other ambiguities that lead to abusive treatment. (3) Impose significant penalties on Saudi employers and sponsors who exploit migrant workers and place them at risk. Pursuant to Saudi Arabia's international legal obligations, the use of forced or compulsory labor should be a specifically defined criminal offense under domestic law. In addition, substantial penalties should be imposed on employers who withhold the passports and residency permits of migrant workers, and those who charge illegal fees for official immigration documents. (4) Make domestic labor-law protections inclusive. One shortcoming that Saudi authorities should address urgently is the absence of legal protections for women and men employed in domestic service and agricultural work in the kingdom. Such individuals are excluded even from the flawed and limited labor protections currently in force under Saudi law. The protections of the kingdom's labor law should extend to all migrant workers, irrespective of their gender and job descriptions, however menial such jobs may be considered. (5) End the forced confinement of women migrant workers. The executive branch of government and consultative council (majlis al-shoura) should take immediate legislative steps to ensure that no migrant woman worker is held against her will at places of private or public employment and residence. Regulations to this effect should be promulgated as an urgent matter, and widely publicized to the Saudi public, using all print, broadcast, and other media. These regulations should impose substantial penalties on employers who continue the practice, and provide fair and equal compensation to the victims, commensurate with the length and severity of their confinement. (6) End the imprisonment of women and children for "illegal" pregnancies. End as an urgent matter the arrest and imprisonment of migrant and Saudi women and children who become pregnant voluntarily or because they were victims of sexual violence. Women and children currently in prison should be immediately released, and provided with social and other supportive services as required. (7) Address as an urgent matter the serious flaws in the kingdom's criminal justice system. The arrest and detention practices of the ministry of interior should be brought into immediate conformity withprovisions of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. Anyone arrested as a criminal suspect in the kingdom should be informed of his or her rights under the kingdom's laws, including those set forth and guaranteed in the new criminal procedure code. This information should be provided orally and in writing, in languages that all suspects can understand. Effective judicial oversight of interior ministry personnel is urgently needed. Authorities should take immediate steps to ensure judicial supervision of the investigation of all criminal suspects, for the purpose of ending such practices as abusive interrogations, torture, and coerced confessions. Authorities should also make public detailed information about all persons, Saudi citizens and foreigners alike, who have been sentenced to death in the kingdom and are awaiting execution. The implementation of all death sentences should be suspended until it can be determined independently that the defendants were not tortured and their confessions were not coerced. A1 - Human Rights Watch,  Y1 - 2004/07/14/ KW - migrant workers KW - Migrant Workers KW - Migrant workers KW - Saudi Arabia KW - Exploitation UR - http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/publisher,HRW,,SAU,412ef32a4,0.html Y2 - 2013-03-28 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Female Sri Lankan Domestic Workers in Lebanon: A Case of 'Contract Slavery'? IS - 4 PB - Carfax Publishing N2 - Since the early 1990s, there has been a large influx of Sri Lankan women into Lebanon, serving primarily as domestic labour households. The Sri Lankan government, as with other countries, has actively encouraged the 'export' of domestic labour as it has become the largest single source of foreign revenue for the country. As part of the feminisation of international migration and trafficking in human labour, both the employment relations and social status of these women leave them extremely vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. it is argued in this paper that most Sri Lankan domestic workers fall under the category of 'contract slavery', given the legal and employment conditions which they face. The analysis of 70 interviews with Sri Lankan women in Lebanon reveals their living conditions, how they are treated by their employers, and how the legal and administrative arrangements of these workers have facilitated the poor conditions and entrapment which many encounter. A1 - Jureidini, Ray A1 - Moukarbel, Nayla Y1 - 2004/07/01/ KW - Domestic Worker; Female Migrants; Contract Slavery; Sri Lankan Migration; Lebanon JA - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies VL - 30 SP - 581 M2 - 581 SP - 581-607 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Help Wanted: Abuses against Female Migrant Domestic Workers in Indonesia and Malaysia PB - Human Rights Watch N2 - Documented cases of multiple different types of abuses against female migrant domestic workers in Indonesia and Malaysia. A1 - Human Rights Watch,  Y1 - 2004/// UR - https://www.hrw.org/report/2004/07/21/help-wanted/abuses-against-female-migrant-domestic-workers-indonesia-and-malaysia Y2 - 2016-06-12 JA - Human Rights Watch VL - 16 SP - 1 M2 - 1 SP - 1-91 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Justicia Open Statement to Joe Volpe N2 - en members of Justicia for Migrant Workers met this afternoon with federal Immigration Minister Joe Volpe at a conference held at Hart House at the University of Toronto to demand status for the thousands of workers denied residency status due to our unjust laws. Minister Volpe gave his card to organizer Chris Ramsaroop and promised to meet with a delegation from J4MW in the near future. A1 - Justicia for Migrant Workers,  Y1 - 2004/05/25/ UR - http://www.justicia4migrantworkers.org/openstatement.pdf UR - http://www.justicia4migrantworkers.org/press_new.htm Y2 - 2011-06-21 T3 - Justice For Migrant Workers ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Domestic workers and caregivers' rights: the impact changes to B.C.'s employment standards regulation.(British Columbia) IS - 3-4 A1 - Tumolva, Cecilia A1 - Tomledan, Darla Y1 - 2004/// UR - http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDMQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpi.library.yorku.ca%2Fojs%2Findex.php%2Fcws%2Farticle%2Fdownload%2F6252%2F5440&ei=kWxlUvLQCtDC4AO20oDABQ&usg=AFQjCNGk242Delv5cAZTDi_7mZHWxa3AFg&bvm=bv.54934254,d.dmg Y2 - 2011-05-27 JA - Canadian Woman Studies VL - 23 ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Another look at the Live-in Caregivers Program: An Analysis of an Action Research Survey Conducted by PINAY, the Quebec Filipino Women’s Association With The Centre for Applied Family Studies IS - 24 CY - Montréal PB - Centre Metropolis du Québec - Immigration et métropoles A1 - Oxman-Martinez, Jacqueline A1 - Hanley, Jill A1 - Cheung, Leslie Y1 - 2004/// JA - Publications IM ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Contract labour in Canada and the United States: a critical appreciation of Tanya Basok's Tortillas and Tomatoes: Transmigrant Mexican Harvesters in Canada IS - 57-58 A1 - Binford, Leigh Y1 - 2004/// UR - http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6971/is_57-58_29/ai_n28246110/ Y2 - 2011-05-27 JA - Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies VL - 29 SP - 289 M2 - 289 SP - 289-308 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Post-National Citizenship, Social Exclusion and Migrants Rights: Mexican Seasonal Workers in Canada IS - 1 N2 - In the past few decades, migrants residing in many European & North American countries have benefited from nation-states' extension of legal rights to non-citizens. This development has prompted many scholars to reflect on the shift from a state-based to a more individual-based universal conception of rights & to suggest that national citizenship has been replaced by post-national citizenship. However, in practice migrants are often deprived of some rights. The article suggests that the ability to claim rights denied to some groups of people depends on their knowledge of the legal framework, communications skills, & support from others. Some groups of migrants are deprived of the knowledge, skills, & support required to negotiate their rights effectively because of their social exclusion from local communities of citizens. The article draws attention to the contradiction in two citizenship principles -- one linked to legal rights prescribed by international conventions & inscribed through international agreements & national laws & policies, & the other to membership in a community. Commitment to the second set of principles may negate any achievements made with respect to the first. The article uses Mexican migrants working in Canada as an illustration, arguing that even though certain legal rights have been granted to them, until recently they had been unable to claim them because they were denied social membership in local & national communities. Recent initiatives among local residents & union & human rights activists to include Mexican workers in their communities of citizens in Leamington, Ontario, Canada, are likely to enhance the Mexican workers' ability to claim their rights. 52 References. Adapted from the source document. A1 - Basok, Tanya Y1 - 2004/// UR - http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1362102042000178409 Y2 - 2011-05-27 JA - Citizenship Studies VL - 8 SP - 47 M2 - 47 SP - 47-64 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - L'envers de la médaille A1 - Lachapelle, Judith Y1 - 2003/12/30/ JA - La Presse SP - 7 ER - TY - CPAPER T1 - Migration as a livelihood strategy of the poor:the Bangladesh case CY - Dhaka, Bangladesh PB - Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), Bangladesh, and the Department for International Development (DFID), UK N2 - This paper examines the experiences of the government, private sector, and civil society in managing international emigration from Bangladesh. The paper outlines complex processes of labour migration. It identifies where policy interventions may act to make international migration an important livelihood strategy for poor people while ensuring that migrant workers receive maximum protection both at home and abroad. It describes the extent, nature and types of both short and long term international migration. Y1 - 2003/// KW - livelihood KW - remittances UR - http://www.eldis.org/vfile/upload/1/document/0903/dhaka_cp_5.pdf Y2 - 2012-11-03 T2 - Regional Conference on Migration, Development and Pro-Poor Policy Choices in Asia ER - TY - RPRT T1 - The Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada, 2003 N2 - UFCW Canada – the United Food and Commercial Workers union – presents this third annual report on the status of migrant farm workers in Canada brought here under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers (SAW) program. We have outlined the continuing difficulties migrant farm workers encounter in their living and working conditions. The report includes recommended actions for the federal government to undertake to address and resolve these issue A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2003/// UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/templates/ufcwcanada/images/awa/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/2003-national-report-english.pdf Y2 - 2011-10-14 T3 - UFCW The Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Whose ‘Choice’? ‘Flexible’women workers in the tomato food chain CY - Edgework Books PB - Edgework Books A1 - Barndt, Deborah Y1 - 2003/// UR - http://www.amazon.com/Sing-Whisper-Shout-Pray-Feminist/dp/1931223076 Y2 - 2011-07-26 T2 - Sing, Whisper, Shout, and Pray: Feminist Visions for a Just World ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Abortion becomes price of a job Pregnant nanny is fired. A1 - Montgomery, Sue Y1 - 2003/03/18/ JA - The Montreal Gazette ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Rapport national : Situation des travailleuses et travailleurs agricoles migrants au Canada Décembre 2002 N2 - À l’automne 2001, le bureau canadien des Travailleurs agricoles unis (UFWA) a présenté au ministre du Travail du Canada un rapport intitulé Situation des travailleuses et travailleurs agricoles migrants au Canada. Ce rapport contenait une analyse du Programme des travailleurs agricoles saisonniers du gouvernement du Canada et en énumérait les nombreux volets qui se sont révélés inefficaces et qui ne protègent pas adéquatement les droits des travailleurs migrants. Le rapport recommandait que le gouvernement fédéral apporte une série de modifications au programme afin d’en combler les lacunes. Dans l’année qui a suivi la remise de ce rapport, le gouvernement fédéral n’a pris aucune mesure visant à remédier aux nombreux problèmes que rencontrent les travailleurs agricoles migrants ou à combler les lacunes de son programme. A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2002/// UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/templates/ufcwcanada/images/awa/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/2002-rapport-french.pdf Y2 - 2011-10-14 T3 - UFCW The Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada 2002 N2 - In the fall of 2001, the United Farm Workers of America (UFWA) Canadian office presented a report on the Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada to the federal Minister of Labour. This report provided an analysis of Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Workers (SAW) program, itemizing the many areas within the program that were ineffective and failed to adequately protect the rights of migrant workers. The report recommended a number of changes the federal government needed to make in order to address and correct the inadequacies of this program. In the year since the report was received, the federal government has taken no action to address the many issues and concerns of migrant farm workers and the inadequacies of its SAW program. A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2002/// UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/templates/ufcwcanada/images/awa/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/2002-national-report-english.pdf Y2 - 2011-10-14 T3 - UFCW The Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Globalization and the Domestic Worker.(Poem) IS - 4 A1 - Khalideen, Rosetta Y1 - 2002/// UR - http://find.galegroup.com/gtx/retrieve.do?contentSet=IAC-Documents&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2CUS%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28JN%2CNone%2C24%29%22Canadian+Woman+Studies%22%3AAnd%3ALQE%3D%28DA%2CNone%2C8%2920020322%24&sgHitCountType=None&inPS=true&sort=DateDescend&searchType=PublicationSearchForm&tabID=T002&prodId=CPI&searchId=R1&currentPosition=4&userGroupName=mont88738&docId=A93082982&docType=IAC Y2 - 2011-07-26 JA - Canadian Women Studies VL - 21 SP - 17 M2 - 17 SP - 17 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Accident mortel d'un aide-mécanicien au Centre maraîcher Eugène Guinois : la CSST dépose son rapport d'enquête PB - CSST A1 - CSST,  Y1 - 2002/04/11/ T3 - Actualistés ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Social and Economic Contradictions of Rural Migrant Contract Labor Between Taxcala, Mexico and Canada IS - 2 A1 - Binford, Leigh Y1 - 2002/// UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1525/cag.2002.24.2.1/abstract Y2 - 2011-05-27 JA - Culture & Agriculture VL - 24 SP - 1 M2 - 1 SP - 1-19 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Dans votre assiette - Le cornichon Le petit concombre démasqué Y1 - 2001/08/04/ JA - La Presse SP - 4 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Caregivers Break the Silence :a participatory action research on the abuse and violence, including the impact of family separation, experienced by women in the live-in caregiver program A1 - Intercede,  Y1 - 2001/// UR - http://books.google.ca/books/about/Caregivers_Break_the_Silence.html?id=spHKHAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y UR - http://www.worldcat.org/title/caregivers-break-the-silence-a-participatory-action-research-on-the-abuse-and-violence-including-the-impact-of-family-separation-experienced-by-women-in-the-live-in-caregiver-program/oclc/048128563 Y2 - 2011-05-27 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Farmworkers, Nonimmigration Policy, Involuntary Servitude, And A Look At The Sheepherding Industry A1 - Jackson, Kimi Y1 - 2000/// UR - http://www.heinonline.org//HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/chknt76&id=1295&collection=journals&index=journals/chknt Y2 - 2011-09-21 JA - CHICAGO-KENT LAW REVIEW VL - 76 SP - 1271 M2 - 1271 SP - 1271-1301 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Les Domestiques étrangères au Canada: Esclaves de l'espoir CY - Montréal PB - L'Harmattan N2 - " Des milliers de professionnelles Philippines et quelques rares Marocaines émigrent chaque année comme domestiques dans l'espoir de s'établir au Canada et d'y trouver une vie meilleure. Elles y trouvent l'exploitation, la discrimination, les menaces de déportation..." A1 - Bals, Myriam Y1 - 1999/// UR - http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=livre&no=13601 Y2 - 2011-07-27 ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Jamaican domestics, Filipina housekeepers and English nannies: representations of Toronto's domestic workers CY - London and New York PB - Routledge A1 - Stiell, Bernadette A1 - England, Kim Y1 - 1999/// UR - http://www.amazon.ca/Gender-Migration-Domestic-Service-Henshall/dp/0415190673/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311258036&sr=8-1 Y2 - 2011-07-21 T2 - Gender, Migration and Domestic Service SP - 43-60 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Free to be Unfree: Mexican Guest Workers in Canada A1 - Basok, Tanya Y1 - 1999/// JA - Labour, Capital, and Society VL - 32 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - From registered nurse to registered nanny: discursive geographies of Filipina domestic workers in Vancouver, B.C. IS - 3 PB - Clark University N2 - This paper is an exploration of what poststructuralist theories of the subject and discourse analysis can bring to theories of labor market segmentation, namely an understanding of how individuals come to understand and are limited in their occupational options. I examine three discursive constructions of "Filipina" and argue that they work to structure Filipinas' labor market experiences in Vancouver. Filipinas who come to Canada through the Live-in Caregiver Program often come with university educations and professional experiences (e.g., as registered nurses) but then become members of the most occupationally segregated of ethnic groups in Vancouver. As domestic workers in Vancouver, they are defined as "supplicant, preimmigrants," as inferior "housekeepers," and, within the Filipino community, as "husband stealers." I demonstrate that geography has much to bring to discourse analysis; there are geographies written into discourses of "Filipina" that work to position Filipinas in Vancouver as inferior. While the examined discourses overlap and reinforce the marginalization of Filipinas, I also explore how discursive analysis can function as ideology critique, by examining the internal inconsistencies and silences within particular discourses and the points of resistance that emerge when different discourses come into contact and tension. A1 - Pratt, Geraldine Y1 - 1999/// UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/144575 Y2 - 2011-05-27 JA - Economic Geography VL - 75 SP - 215 M2 - 215 SP - 215-236 ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Inscribing Domestic Work On Filipina Bodies N1 - Heidi J. Nast & Steve Pile (ed) CY - London PB - Routledge A1 - Philippine Women Center of BC,  A1 - Pratt, Geraldine Y1 - 1998/// UR - http://books.google.ca/books?id=ONyw6dy4CfwC&pg=PA211&lpg=PA211&dq=Inscribing+Domestic+Work+On+Filipina+Bodies&source=bl&ots=6TKQY_l3zB&sig=uhMel3GlA61w_qGCroYdqki0Eus&hl=fr&ei=AYA4TuOxC4bs0gHOudHCDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Inscribing%20Domestic%20Work%20On%20Filipina%20Bodies&f=false Y2 - 2011-05-27 T2 - Places through the body SP - 211-226 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Trapped: Holding on to a knife edge - Economic Violence against Filipino Migrant/Immigrant Women A1 - Philippine Women Centre - BC,  Y1 - 1997/// UR - http://pwc.bc.tripod.com/research.html Y2 - 2011-05-27 ER - TY - CHAP T1 - From 'Mothers of the Nation' to Migrant Workers CY - Toronto PB - University of Toronto Press A1 - Arat-Koc, S. Y1 - 1997/// UR - http://books.google.com/books?id=t2N3bWVLDTQC&dq=Abigail+Bess+Bakan&ie=ISO-8859-1&source=gbs_gdata Y2 - 2011-05-27 T2 - Not One of the Family: Foreign Domestic Workers in Canada SP - 53-80 ER - TY - ICOMM T1 - Racism and Farm Workers in Canada A1 - Stop Racism and Hate Collective,  A1 - Duton, Alan Y1 - 1996/// UR - http://www.stopracism.ca/content/racism-and-farm-workers-canada Y2 - 2011-06-13 ER - TY - THES T1 - Le travail domestique des femmes en contexte migratoire: effets psychosociaux et stratégies d'adaptation CY - Montréal PB - Université de Montréal N2 - Cette recherche exploratoire porte sur les strategies d'adaptation des domestiques etrangeres, confrontees aux effets psychosociaux de deux programmesd'immigration temporaire: le Programme pour les Employes de Maison Etrangers(PEME) et le Programme pour les Aides Familiaux Residents (PAFR). Le vecu de ces travailleuses et surtout le sens qu'elles donnent a leur experience sont centraux dans la comprehension de leurs comportements pour repondre a la double question de recherche: Comment des conditions de vie eprouvantes, en contexte de migration temporaire, mettent-elles a l'epreuve les ressources de la personne? Quelles strategies d'adaptation individuelles et collectives developpent-elles a partier de leurs perceptions de la situation? Quelles sont les caracteristiques juridique et organisationnelles de ce contexte migratoire qui peuvent expliquer ces reactions? Adoptant une demarche de type anthropologique, et une analyse systemique culturelle, nous avons donc choisi deux populations tres distinctes (les Philippines et les Marocaines), afin de voir les effets differencies resultant des interactions entre les differents facteurs personnels, environnementaux et culturels. Pour ce faire, nous avonsprocede a des entrevues non-directives mitigees et interroge des travailleuses temporaires et des residentes permanentes ayants experimente l'un des deux programmes, afin de comprendre leur trajectoire et leur rationalite. Les resultats de cette recherche soulignent que ces programmes exposent tout particulierement les travailleuses a de mauvaises conditions de vie et detravail, ce qui met indument lesressources physiques et psychoiogiques des personnes a l'epreuve, en faisant des programmes hautement pathogenes. Il s'avere que les conditions de vie et de travail de ces programmes ont, a plus ou moins breve echeance, des effets nefastes sur la sante des personnes (psychologique et physique) et modifient leur trajectoire personnelle et professionnelle, independamment du niveau d'instruction qu'elles avaient en arrivant. En effet, des sentiments profonds d'insecurite, de depression et d'impuissance, et diverses somatisations sont encore exacerbes chez les travailleuses ayant encore un statut temporaire. Cependant, les effets sont differencies d'une culture a l'autre, car chaque population s'adapte au cadre juridique des programmes en fonction de facteurs organisationnels, culturels et personnels. Car, malgre tout, ces personnes ont un potentiel qui leur permet de s'adapter, ces strategies dependant d'abord du projet migratoire initial et de son acception ou de son rejet par la communaute d'origine, ensuite des reseaux interpersonnels de soutien que les travailleuses developpent pour s'accommoder a leur situation. Loin d'etre toujours des victimes passives, elles peuvent etre des victimes consentantes, pourvu que leur objectif soit atteint: l'obtention de la residence permanente. Considerees destructrices par les unes, ces epreuves sont des defis de croissance pour les autres, laissant un sentiment de perte ou de gain. _____________________ Page 149: « Deux résidentes permanentes sur 15 (PRP 9 et PRP 13) disent être tombées malades à cause des conditions de travail, au point de ne plus pouvoir travailler pendant plusieurs semaines. Quant aux travailleurs temporaires, elles ont des problèmes de santé plus nombreux, liés au nombre d’heures et aux tâches effectuées, au manque de nourriture et, dans un seul cas, à une chambre insalubre. Ainsi, dix travailleurs temporaires ont eu des problèmes de santé les obligeant à arrêter le travail, pour une période allant d’une semaine à un mois, ou à quitter l’employeur, quand elles n’ont pas été mises à pied immédiatement. » A1 - Bals, Myriam Y1 - 1996/// UR - http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=739920831& Fmt=2& VInst=PROD& VType=PQD& RQT=309& Y2 - 2011-05-27 VL - Ph.D. SP - 353 ER - TY - THES T1 - ``I could put this house on fire.'' The everyday resistance of Filipina domestics in Canada CY - Canada PB - Carleton University (Canada) N2 - Filipina migrant domestics are among the most exploited and vulnerable workers in Canadian society today. The fear of deportation coupled with their lack of citizenship rights have meant that they do not often overtly or collectively confront their oppressors. This study argues that where open, collective defiance is neither realistic nor practical, resistance will take on alternative, more subtle forms. While these forms are often non-dramatic, highly routine, and generally ambiguous, they serve, nonetheless, as the most logical and effective means through which the dominated make their claims. Focusing on the stories of 11 migrant women offers a privileged perspective from which the innovative and diverse nature of that resistance can be revealed. This analysis demonstrates that through these discrete acts the women navigate an intricate web of power relations, pushing forward their demands and working the system to their advantage. In the end, it maintains that through such resistance, these women struggle not only to shape their daily environments, but also to challenge the dominant ideology and to effect broader social change. A1 - Parikh, Rita Y1 - 1994/// UR - http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=743168351&Fmt=7&clientId=48948&RQT=309&VName=PQD Y2 - 2011-05-27 VL - M.A. T2 - Political Sciences - International Affairs SP - 213 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Regulating Class Privilege: Immigrant servants in Canada, 1940s-1990s CY - Toronto PB - Canadian Scholar's Press A1 - Daenzer, Patricia M. Y1 - 1993/// UR - http://openlibrary.org/books/OL8551690M/Regulating_Class_Privilege Y2 - 2011-05-27 ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Personal Labour Relations and Ethnicity in Ontario Agriculture N1 - Vic Satzewich CY - Halifax PB - Fernwood Publishing N2 - ed Victor Satzewich A1 - Wall, E Y1 - 1992/// UR - http://www.amazon.ca/Deconstructing-Nation-Immigration-Multiculturalism-Racism/dp/1895686075 Y2 - 2011-05-27 T2 - Deconstructing a Nation: Immigration, Multiculturalism and Racism in '90s Canada ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Silenced: Caribbean Domestic Workers Talk With Makeda Silvera CY - Toronto PB - Sister Vision A1 - Silvera, Makeda Y1 - 1989/// UR - http://www.amazon.com/Silenced-Caribbean-Domestic-Workers-Silvera/dp/0920813739 Y2 - 2011-08-17 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Work Conditions of Immigrant Women Live-in Domestics: Racism, Sexual Abuse, and Invisibility A1 - Cohen, R. Y1 - 1987/// JA - Resources for Feminist Research/Documentation sur la Recherche Feministe VL - 16 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Silenced: Talks With Working Class West Indian Women About their Lives and Struggles as Domestic Workers in Canada CY - Canada PB - Williams-Wallace Publishers Inc. N2 - '' I wish I could have my family here with me - loneliness - it makes you feel so helpless, so vulnerable, so ashamed. It's almost like a crime.'' ''We're doing the dirty work. They are paying the money. But they think probably we are nobody. They must treat us equal, like we are human beings too, not like some animals.'' ''My only relief is when I get a chance to go to church on Sundays, where I can cry out loud to the Lord and tell him my troubles.'' These women- the most voiceless of the ''silenced-majority'', contribute to the breaking down of silence. A1 - Silvera, Makeda Y1 - 1983/// KW - Domestic Workers KW - India KW - abuses ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Domestic Workers Organize! A1 - Ramirez, J. Y1 - 1982/// JA - Canadian Women Studies VL - 4 ER - TY - LEGAL T1 - Charte québécoise des droits et libertés de la personne A1 - Assemblée Nationale du Québec,  Y1 - 1975/// UR - http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=2&file=/C_12/C12.HTM Y2 - 2011-05-27 VL - L.R.Q., c. C-12 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - A new system of slavery : the export of Indian labour overseas, 1830-1920 N1 - illus. ; 22 cm. CY - London ; New York PB - published for the Institute of Race Relations by Oxford University Press N2 - The first comprehensive historical survey of a hitherto neglected and only partially known migration: the export of Indians to supply the labour needed in producing plantation crops in Mauritius, South and East Africa, Caribbean and other countries. This followed the legal ending of slavery and Professor Tinker shows the many features the two systems had in common. A1 - Tinker, Hugh Y1 - 1974/// ER -