TY - NEWS T1 - Migrant workers caravan hits Toronto en route to Parliament Hill CY - Toronto N2 - Foreign workers who do work Canadians won’t call for labour rights and an end to exploitation.As symbols go, the schedule of the “Harvesting Freedom Caravan” that hit Toronto on Sunday could hardly have been better designed.Activists campaigning for an end to exploitation of migrant workers in Canada set out on Labour Day weekend from the Ontario town of Leamington, home to the largest concentration of agricultural greenhouses in North America.They aim to conclude in Ottawa — where they say the problem must be addressed — just before Thanksgiving weekend, when Canadians across the country will be preparing to chow down on what the caravaners describe as the fruits and produce of injustice. Y1 - 2016/// KW - Harvesting Freedom Caravan UR - https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/09/25/migrant-workers-caravan-hits-toronto-en-route-to-parliament-hill.html Y2 - 2016-09-30 JA - Thestar.com SP - 1 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 - EJOUR T1 - Honoring Dr Kerry Preibisch A1 - McLaughlin, Janet Y1 - 2016/02/02/ UR - http://www.policynote.ca/honouring-dr-kerry-preibisch/ Y2 - 2016-02-14 JA - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternative (CCPA) ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Les Coûts émotionnels de la mondialisation sur les travailleurs agricoles temporaires au Québec et leur famille N1 - Selon l'ONU, en 2010, environ 214 millions de personnes vivaient en dehors de leur pays d’origine, soit plus de trois pour cent de la population mondiale. L’Organisation internationale pour les Migrations (OIM) a récemment précisé qu’environ 105 millions de personnes parmi ces personnes résidaient en 2010 dans 70 pays différents afin de travailler sans toutefois s’être vu octroyé un permis de résidence permanente dans le pays d’accueil (p.11). Ces travailleurs migrants génèrent un apport net de 90 milliars dans leur pays d'acceuil (p. 11). 44115 traveilleurs étrangers temporaires en 2012 (p. 15) IS - 4 CY - Montreal PB - REDTAC-(im)migration A1 - Campos-Flores, Linamar Y1 - 2015/12/01/ T3 - Working papers du REDTAC-(im)migration ER - TY - RPRT T1 - UFCW Canada advocates for migrant workers at Labour Rights Week in Oaxaca PB - UFCW A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2015/03/03/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30477:ufcw-canada-advocates-for-migrant-workers-at-labour-rights-week-in-oaxaca&catid=9598&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2015-04-01 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - UFCW Canada battles Quebec legislation that strips rights of agriculture workers A1 - UFCW/TUAC Canada,  Y1 - 2014/09/15/ KW - Projet de loi 8 UR - http://ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30239:ufcw-canada-battles-quebec-legislation-that-strips-rights-of-agriculture-workers&catid=9551&Itemid=98&lang=en Y2 - 2014-09-17 JA - UFCW Canada ER - TY - RPRT T1 - UFCW Canada calls on Mexican government to stop gender-based discrimination against migrant agriculture workers PB - UFCW A1 - UFCWCanada,  Y1 - 2014/07/10/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4098:ufcw-canada-calls-on-mexican-government-to-stop-gender-based-discrimination-against-migrant-agriculture-workers&catid=550&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2014-07-15 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - AWA provides accidental death insurance for migrant workers / L’ATA fournit une assurance de décès accidentel aux travailleurs migrants PB - TUAC Canada A1 - UFCW/TUAC Canada,  Y1 - 2014/05/03/ UR - http://www.tuac.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3994:awa-provides-accidental-death-insurance-for-migrant-workers&catid=528&Itemid=6&lang=fr Y2 - 2014-06-24 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - S.A.M.E. tour a tremendous success raising awareness of migrant issues PB - UFCW A1 - UFCWCanada,  Y1 - 2014/04/22/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3972:s-a-m-e-tour-a-tremendous-success-raising-awareness-of-migrant-issues&catid=524&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2014-04-26 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - La grande escroquerie canadienne! Argument économique en faveur du rétablissement complet des prestations spéciales d'assurance-emploi pour les travailleurs participant au PTAS N1 - En décembre 2012, le gouvernement conservateur de Stephen Harper a fortement diminué l’accès aux prestations de maternité, aux prestations parentales et aux prestations de compassion de l’assurance-emploi (auxquelles on donne aussi le nom de prestations spéciales de l’assurance-emploi) en limitant l’admissibilité à ces prestations aux travailleurs autorisés à vivre et à travailler au Canada pendant l’année, ce qui, donc, n’est pas le cas des travailleurs saisonniers. Avant ce changement de politique, les travailleurs agricoles migrants inscrits au Programme des travailleurs agricoles saisonniers (PTAS) cotisaient au programme de l’assurance-emploi depuis 1966 et n’ont commencé à recevoir des prestations de maternité, des prestations parentales et des prestations de compassion qu’en 2003, lorsque des défenseurs des droits des travailleurs les ont informés qu’ils avaient droit aux prestations spéciales en vertu de l’assurance-emploi. L’admissibilité complète aux prestations spéciales devrait être offerte de nouveau aux participants au PTAS immédiatement, non seulement parce que ces travailleurs cotisent à l’assurance emploi et méritent l’accès aux prestations, mais aussi parce que les travailleurs participant au PTAS versent des milliards de dollars au gouvernement canadien et dans l’économie du pays tout en soutenant des milliers d’emplois dans les villes, les localités et les régions du Canada (p2) Le PTAS se distingue par le fait que les employeurs peuvent demander à reprendre des travailleurs spécifiques, de façon à ce qu’ils retournent à la même ferme lors de la saison de travail suivante. Ainsi, 79 % des travailleurs mexicains sont rappelés personnellement par leur employeur et 75 % de ces travailleurs ont plus de six années d’expérience au sein du programme De plus, les restrictions imposées aux travailleurs participant au PTAS, soit les permis de travail restreints, le caractère temporaire du programme, l’incapacité des travailleurs à faire venir leur famille, le manque d’accès à la résidence permanente, diffèrent énormément des restrictions imposées aux générations précédentes de travailleurs blancs européens. Ces limites sont les conséquences d’inquiétudes racistes voulant que les travailleurs antillais ne puissent pas s’adapter à la vie canadienne, ainsi qu’aux craintes faisant croire que l’arrivée massive de nombreux travailleurs noirs provenant des Caraïbes allait faire changer la composition démographique du pays sur le plan racial . En imposant des restrictions sur les travailleurs agricoles étrangers, le gouvernement canadien s’est finalement assuré de recruter et de retenir une main d’œuvre « non libre ». (p3) La légitimité du PTAS s’appuie sur son caractère invisible. Les travailleurs arrivent dans des zones rurales isolées et leurs familles n’ont pas l’autorisation de les accompagner pendant leur séjour. Le travail agricole est extrêmement difficile, sous-payé et dangereux; par conséquent, les travailleurs temporaires sont un peu en compétition avec d’autres groupes vulnérables comme les immigrants de première génération, les travailleurs âgés, les jeunes étudiants et les travailleurs saisonniers. le système permet de l’abus systématique et de l’exploitation. Ces difficultés sont liées au fait que leur travail ne leur permet pas de mobilité, au manque de possibilités d’intégration à la société canadienne et à la difficulté à accéder aux institutions canadiennes dont le rôle est de protéger les travailleurs. Chose curieuse, ces trois difficultés prennent forme grâce à un cadre juridique établi autour du caractère temporaire du programme : le manque de main-d’œuvre, s’il existe réellement, est permanent et structurel. Plus précisément, ces difficultés ont pour origine le besoin d’une main-d’œuvre prête à accepter de faire de nombreux compromis et fiable, ce qu’on ne peut obtenir que par la restriction sévère de la marge de manœuvre du travailleur au sein du marché de l’emploi. Rémunération et conditions de travail : malgré la politique du PTAS en matière de rémunération, il arrive souvent que les travailleurs migrants reçoivent un salaire inférieur à celui des travailleurs canadiens et EDSC ne publie pas les critères utilisés pour établir les taux annuels payés aux travailleurs participant au PTAS. Il n’y a pas de rémunération pour les heures supplémentaires dans le secteur agricole. La réglementation provinciale concernant le maximum d’heures de travail dans le secteur agricole n’existe pas et même si le contrat en vertu du PTAS impose un maximum de jours et d’heures de travail, ces critères sont rarement respectés. Accès aux soins de santé : la peur d’un rapatriement constitue la raison principale énoncée par les travailleurs lorsqu’ils ne déclarent pas une maladie ou un accident qui entraîne la nécessité de médicaments ou d’une intervention médicale (CERIUM, 2010). De plus, bon nombre d’employeurs, de représentants et de travailleurs dans le domaine de la santé ne connaissent pas très bien les conditions de protection en matière de santé du PTAS et, très souvent, les travailleurs ne reçoivent pas de traitements complets, sont retournés à leur domicile ou reçoivent des soins de qualité inférieure aux normes; dans tous ces cas, on ne respecte pas l’esprit du programme (Amar et coll., 2009). Lois inadéquates en matière de santé et de sécurité au travail : Bon nombre de provinces choisissent de ne pas appliquer les lois sur la protection en matière de santé et de sécurité aux travailleurs étrangers. Aucun accès aux institutions canadiennes : le rôle de l’agent de liaison comme représentant des travailleurs, tel que le contrat le décrit, est une entrave sérieuse à l’accès des participants aux institutions canadiennes car il fait office d’agent « filtrant » les plaintes, les questions et les demandes en lien avec les relations de travail et les problèmes de santé et de sécurité au travail, d’hébergement, de rémunération et de fin d’emploi. (p5) Pendant de nombreuses années, on a illégalement refusé de verser des prestations aux travailleurs étrangers temporaires en s’appuyant sur les conditions de leurs permis de travail. Ce paragraphe stipule que pendant leur séjour à l’extérieur du Canada, les travailleurs participant au PTAS ne sont pas considérés comme étant « aptes et disponibles au travail et (sont) incapables d’obtenir un emploi convenable », même si leur statut d’immigration et les conditions imposées par le programme les forcent à quitter le pays à la fin de leur contrat. Toutefois, jusqu’à tout récemment, la Loi et ses règlements ne donnaient aucune directive relativement aux prestations spéciales d’assurance-emploi. Depuis 2003, les centres de soutien de l’Alliance des travailleurs agricoles (ATA) et d’autres groupes de défense des immigrants informent les travailleurs participant au PTAS de leurs droits et ont commencé à remplir des formulaires de demande de prestations en leur nom. Cette initiative a aidé les travailleurs participant au PTAS à récupérer une partie des prestations pour lesquelles ils cotisaient depuis 1966.Le 9 décembre 2012, EDSC a annoncé une réforme légère au Règlement sur l’assurance-emploi. Le règlement amendé n’exclut pas de façon spécifique les travailleurs étrangers de l’assurance-emploi, mais impose l’obligation de posséder un permis de travail valide et un numéro d’assurance sociale pour être en mesure de percevoir les prestations spéciales. La réforme n’exclut pas les travailleurs étrangers temporaires du régime d’assurance-emploi : les travailleurs doivent encore à cotiser au régime au même titre que les travailleurs canadiens et les résidents permanents, mais sans avoir l’accès complet aux prestations régulières ni aux prestations spéciales. (p6) Le discours public du gouvernement décrivait l’octroi de prestations spéciales aux travailleurs temporaires comme « incompatible avec les principes de base du programme d’assurance-emploi, qui vise à fournir un soutien temporaire du revenu afin que les travailleurs puissent retourner sur le marché du travail au Canada. » Cependant, les prestations spéciales, plus précisément les indemnités de congé de maternité et parental, ne visent pas à compenser une perte temporaire d’emploi, mais à fournir un soutien économique à des fins spéciales comme l’adoption ou le soin d’un enfant. Par conséquent, les principes, lorsqu’il est question de congé de maternité ou parental et des prestations de compassion, ne portent pas sur « l’aptitude et la disponibilité au travail et l’incapacité à obtenir un emploi convenable ». Il est aussi intéressant de noter qu’il n’y a aucune mention de la citoyenneté dans la Loi sur l’assurance-emploi (p7). Les contrats de travail pour l’embauche de travailleurs du Mexique et des Antilles exigent aussi que les participants ayant au moins cinq ans d’expérience consécutive avec le même employeur reçoivent une « paie de reconnaissance » de 4,00 $ par semaine jusqu’à concurrence de 128 $ par saison, mais les travailleurs mexicains âgés n’ont pas droit à la paie de reconnaissance s’ils reçoivent une paie de vacances (p10). L’une des injustices fondamentales découlant de la décision du gouvernement Harper de restreindre l’accès aux prestations de maternité et parentales ainsi qu’aux prestations de compassion de l’assurance-emploi aux participants du PTAS est le fait que ces travailleurs et leurs employeurs cotisent à l’assurance-emploi depuis 1966 et continuent de procurer des dizaines de millions de dollars au système de ce programme social chaque année (p12). Restreindre l’accès aux prestations régulières, comme les prestations versées pendant le congé parental, malgré le fait que ces travailleurs cotisent à coups de dizaines de millions de dollars au système de l’assurance-emploi, est un acte de discrimination et d’abus flagrant des travailleurs les plus vulnérables au Canada. En vertu des nouveaux règlements de l’assurance-emploi, les travailleurs participant au PTAS continuent d’y cotiser au même titre que les travailleurs canadiens et les résidents permanents, mais n’ont pas le droit de recevoir des prestations régulières et ont un accès extrêmement restreint aux prestations spéciales. Il suffirait justement de penser à un consommateur qui serait forcé de contracter une assurance automobile tout en sachant qu’il ne pourra jamais bénéficier de la protection en vertu de son régime. (p32) PB - TUAC/UFCW et AWA A1 - UFCW/TUAC Canada,  A1 - AWA/ATA,  Y1 - 2014/03/15/ UR - http://tuac.ca/templates/ufcwcanada/images/directions14/march/1420/The-Great-Canadian-Rip-Off-An-Economic-Case-for-Restoring-Full-EI-Special-Benefits-Access-to-SAWP-Workers-FR.pdf Y2 - 2014-03-18 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Mark Dance: Among the migrant workers in Canada Y1 - 2014/03/10/ UR - http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2014/03/10/mark-dance-among-the-migrant-workers-in-canada/ Y2 - 2014-03-18 JA - The National Post ER - TY - RPRT T1 - UFCW Canada joins allies to request IACHR hearing into the violation of TFW labour rights PB - UFCW A1 - UFCWCanada,  A1 - UFCW/TUAC Canada,  Y1 - 2014/03/05/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3900:ufcw-canada-joins-allies-to-request-iachr-hearing-into-the-violation-of-tfw-labour-rights&catid=510:directions-14-17&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2014-03-05 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Human and labour rights of Mexicans absent from NAFTA Summit PB - UFCW A1 - UFCW/TUAC Canada,  Y1 - 2014/02/21/ UR - http://ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3882%3Ahuman-and-labour-rights-of-mexicans-absent-from-nafta-summit-&catid=6%3Adirections-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2014-02-25 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - En la víspera de la cumbre del TLC, Mexico relanza su batalla legal en contra de los trabajadores migrantes mexicanos en Canadá PB - PR Newswire A1 - PR Newswire,  Y1 - 2014/02/18/ UR - http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/en-la-vispera-de-la-cumbre-del-tlc-mexico-relanza-su-batalla-legal-en-contra-de-los-trabajadores-migrantes-mexicanos-en-canada-246071991.html Y2 - 2014-02-20 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Migrant workers greeted by winter weather get help from Centre A1 - CBC News ,  Y1 - 2014/01/09/ UR - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/migrant-workers-greeted-by-winter-weather-get-help-from-centre-1.2490805 Y2 - 2014-01-25 JA - CBC News - Windsor ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Quelques obligations des employeurs agricoles N2 - Quelles sont les raisons et quelle est la portée de l’obligation pour l’employeur de fournir une carte d’assurance maladie, une carte d’assurance RBC et une formation de l’UPA à ses employés agricoles temporaires ? A1 - (Im)Migrant Workers Rights,  Y1 - 2013/// UR - http://droitstravailleursmigrants.wordpress.com/2013/11/14/quelques-obligations-des-employeurs-agricoles/ Y2 - 2013-12-29 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Update: Migrant workers win Employment Insurance case at Federal Court of Appeal / Los trabajadores migrantes ganan el caso sobre el seguro de desempleo ante el Tribunal Federal de Apelaciones PB - ISAC and Niagara North Community Legal Assistance N2 - On November 19, 2013, the Federal Court of Appeal granted 102 court applications brought by over one hundred seasonal agricultural workers who argued that they were wrongly denied Employment Insurance parental benefits. The workers were represented by the Income Security Advocacy Centre and Niagara North Community Legal Assistance. A1 - Niagara North Community Legal Assistance,  A1 - ISAC,  Y1 - 2013/// UR - http://s3.amazonaws.com/migrants_heroku_production/datas/1421/Migrant_Workers_EI_bulletin_-_FCA_update_-_Nov_25_2013_-_ENGLISH_original.pdf?1386795504 Y2 - 2013-12-11 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Migrant Workers respond to proposed Ontario law PB - Migrant Workers Aliiance for Change A1 - Migrant Workers Alliance for Change ,  Y1 - 2013/12/05/ UR - http://www.migrantworkersalliance.org/migrant-workers-respond-to-proposed-ontario-law/ Y2 - 2013-12-05 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - New protections for Ontario workers announced today PB - Workers Action Center A1 - Workers Action Center,  Y1 - 2013/12/05/ UR - http://www.workersactioncentre.org/updates/new-protections-for-ontario-workers-announced-today/ Y2 - 2013-12-05 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Group forms to aid migrant workers A1 - Sutherland, Anne Y1 - 2013/11/23/ JA - The Gazette ER - TY - RPRT T1 - UFCW Canada participates in Mexico National Migration Forum / Participation des TUAC Canada au Forum national sur la migration tenu au Mexique PB - UFCW A1 - UFCWCanada,  A1 - UFCW/TUAC Canada,  Y1 - 2013/11/13/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3755%3Aufcw-canada-participates-in-mexico-national-migration-forum-&catid=6%3Adirections-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2013-11-26 T3 - UFCW Press releases ER - TY - RPRT T1 - UFCW Canada participates in Mexico National Migration Forum Mexico City PB - UFCW A1 - UFCWCanada,  Y1 - 2013/11/13/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3755%3Aufcw-canada-participates-in-mexico-national-migration-forum-&catid=6%3Adirections-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2013-11-14 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Les travailleurs de Novafruit unissent leur voix aux TUAC 501/ Agriculture workers at Novafruit in Montreal join the union, UFCW 501 PB - UFCW A1 - UFCWCanada,  A1 - UFCW/TUAC Canada,  Y1 - 2013/10/27/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3724:agriculture-workers-at-novafruit-in-montreal-join-the-union-ufcw-501&catid=6:directions-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2013-10-29 ER - TY - ADVS T1 - ESL classes for Migrant farm workers? Niagara region PB - Manifest Your Voice A1 - UFCW/TUAC Canada,  A1 - AWA/ATA,  A1 - S.A.M.E.,  Y1 - 2013/// UR - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aszBrH9TQk Y2 - 2013-10-25 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - American Union Signs Historic Agreement in Mexico to Protect Migrant Workers' Rights in the USA A1 - Marketwire,  Y1 - 2013/10/11/ UR - http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/american-union-signs-historic-agreement-mexico-protect-migrant-workers-rights-usa-1840495.htm Y2 - 2013-10-18 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Provincial Migrant Workers Campaign Launch #MakeItRight #InTogether PB - Migrant Worker Alliance for Change N2 - We are launching a new provincial campaign to ensure migrant workers have the same rights and benefits as all Ontarians. For too long Ontario's laws have excluded migrant workers. This affects us all. It’s time to #MakeItRight. We are #InItTogether. A1 - Migrant Workers Alliance for Change,  Y1 - 2013/// UR - http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=9de587703062110954e080261&id=43a1f275bc Y2 - 2013-10-09 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Simcoe AWA centre celebrates 10th Anniversary/ Célébration du 10e anniversaire du centre de l’ATA de Simcoe PB - UFCW and Agricultural Workers Alliance (AWA) A1 - UFCWCanada,  A1 - UFCW/TUAC Canada,  Y1 - 2013/09/23/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3672%3Asimcoe-awa-centre-celebrates-10th-anniversary&catid=6%3Adirections-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2013-09-24 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Canada's best union leading force at Seasonal Agricultural Workers' Health Fair PB - UFCW A1 - UFCWCanada,  Y1 - 2013/// UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3636%3Acanadas-best-union-leading-force-at-seasonal-agricultural-workers-health-fair&catid=6%3Adirections-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2013-09-09 T3 - UFCW ER - TY - GEN T1 - 12 recommendations to end migrant and undocumented worker poverty in Ontario. PB - Migrant Worker Alliance for Change A1 - Migrant Workers Alliance for Change ,  Y1 - 2013/08/26/ UR - http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=9de587703062110954e080261&id=ecb6a712e0 Y2 - 2013-08-28 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Demande d’accréditation syndicale pour une autre unité de négociation de travailleurs agricoles au Québec / Application filed for another Quebec agricultural unit PB - UFCW and Agricultural Workers Alliance (AWA)W A1 - UFCWCanada,  Y1 - 2013/07/26/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3578%3Aapplication-filed-for-another-quebec-agricultural-unit-&catid=6%3Adirections-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2013-07-31 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Migrant Worker’s Death Deserves a Coroner’s Inquest N1 - The Office of Chief Coroner had stated that it was satisfied with the police report that the accident was a result of Mr. Peart’s actions and thus no investigation was needed. With the help of Justicia for Migrant Workers (J4MW), the Peart family continued pushing for a coroner’s inquest to no avail. Finally in 2005 the family and J4MW filed a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal claiming that the Coroner’s Act was being applied in a discriminatory way with regards to migrant workers, as the province demands mandatory inquests for some workers and excludes others. According to J4MW the death of a migrant worker has never been the subject of a coroner’s inquest. CSAWP migrant workers are caught in a cycle of permanent recruitment where they may never obtain citizenship rights or job security. They can be dismissed/repatriated to their home country for any reason without recourse, which can include situations where workers are injured or raise concerns about their safety. PB - Workers Action Center N2 - On Friday June 28, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal will hold the last hearing on Mr. Ned Livingston Peart’s case. Mr. Peart, a migrant worker who came to Canada through the Commonwealth Seasonal Agricultural Workers’ Program (CSAWP), was crushed to death in 2002 while working on a tobacco farm near Brantford. When the Peart family requested a coroner’s inquest into his death their request was denied. A1 - Workers Action Center,  Y1 - 2013/// UR - http://www.workersactioncentre.org/updates/migrant-workers-death-deserve-a-coroners-inquest/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WorkersActionCentre+%28Workers+Action+Centre%29 UR - https://www.facebook.com/events/139021249629141/?ref=22 Y2 - 2013-07-11 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Port Hope Community Health Centre lauded for migrant farm worker help N2 - Port Hope Community Health Centre's clinical manager, Lydia Rybenko, and John Hassan show off the centre's Partner of the Year Award, received from the New Canadian Centre in Cobourg in recognition of its work providing health care to seasonal migrant farm workers. June 21, 2013. Submitted Photo PORT HOPE -- Migrant farm workers in west Northumberland looking for health-care services need look no further than the Port Hope Community Health Centre. After three years as a partner with the New Canadians Centre in Cobourg, the Toronto Road health centre in Port Hope has been recognized as Partner of the Year by the NCC for the health centre's ongoing support of the NCC's Migrant Farm Workers Project. A1 - Northumberland News,  Y1 - 2013/06/25/ JA - NorthumberlandNews.com ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Migrant worker speaks of poor B.C. conditions N2 - Before “buying local” at the grocery store, a coalition of temporary foreign agricultural workers wants B.C. residents to know farmhands are increasingly made up of migrant employees working in undesirable conditions. A1 - Mui, Michael Y1 - 2013/05/30/ UR - http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/2013/05/30/migrant-worker-speaks-of-poor-bc-conditions Y2 - 2013-06-14 JA - 24 Hrs Vancouver ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Manitoba to provide health benefits to seasonal migrant workers N2 - The province shocked advocates rallying outside the legislature for Manitoba’s migrant farm workers today when Immigration Minister Christine Melnick announced health coverage will now be provided for the estimated 400 seasonal workers who plant and harvest Manitoba produce every year. A1 - Winnipeg Free Press,  Y1 - 2013/05/15/ UR - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Manitoba-to-provide-health-benefits-to-seasonal-migrant-workers-207589181.html Y2 - 2013-05-17 JA - Winnipeg Free Press ER - TY - ICOMM T1 - ISRAEL: New report highlights exploitation of migrant workers PB - IRIN Humanitarian news and analysis Y1 - 2013/// KW - Exploitation KW - Asian migrant workers KW - Israel UR - http://www.irinnews.org/Report/86808/ISRAEL-New-report-highlights-exploitation-of-migrant-workers Y2 - 2013-04-28 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Reforms needed to grant temporary workers more protection A1 - Weiler , Anelyse A1 - Otero, Gerardo Y1 - 2013/03/16/ JA - The Vancouver Sun ER - TY - RPRT T1 - In Mexico migrants organisations denounce Canadian government policy N2 - Justicia for Migrant Workers along with US and Mexican migrant workers’ rights organizations denounced the Canadian government for stripping away employment insurance benefits to migrant workers and demanded the full restoration of these benefits. A1 - Migrant Workers in Canada,  Y1 - 2013/02/22/ UR - http://migrantscanada.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/un-mexico-migrants-organisations-denounce-canadian-govmt-policy/ Y2 - 2013-02-25 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Pick this Fight Y1 - 2013/02/21/ UR - http://www.nowtoronto.com/mobile/story.cfm?c=191324 Y2 - 2013-02-25 JA - NOW Magazine ER - TY - RPRT T1 - The Student School lance la toute première section du réseau SAME pour les élèves du secondaire A1 - UFCW/TUAC Canada,  Y1 - 2013/01/29/ UR - http://www.tuac.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3229:the-student-school-launches-first-ever-same-high-school-chapter&catid=6:directions-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=fr UR - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vTIBN_M0dTA Y2 - 2013-02-01 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Le réseau SAME établit un nouveau partenariat au Collège Loyalist A1 - UFCW/TUAC Canada,  Y1 - 2013/01/14/ UR - http://www.tuac.ca/index.php?option=com_multicategories&view=article&id=3203:same-builds-new-partnership-at-loyalist-college-&Itemid=98&lang=fr Y2 - 2013-02-01 T3 - Bulletin hebdomadaire du président national des TUAC Canada, Wayne Hanley ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Tell Canada Don’t Be a Scrooge, Restore Migrant Workers Rights to Benefits CY - Georgetown, Guyanne PB - Guyana Publications Inc. N2 - In a surprise move the Canadian Federal government enacted a series of regulations that makes migrant workers no longer eligible for ‘Special Benefits’ under Canada’s Employment Insurance (EI) scheme. The benefits included access to parental, maternity and compassionate care benefits while migrant workers were home in the off season. The benefits lasted up to 35 weeks, providing migrants with payments of 55% of their salary. While the government has taken away their eligibility for EI special benefits overseas, migrant workers will still be compelled to pay mandatory deductions from their pay stubs towards Canada’s Employment Insurance scheme. A1 - StabroekNews,  Y1 - 2012/12/24/ UR - http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/12/24/tell-canada-dont-be-a-scrooge-restore-migrant-workers-rights-to-benefits/ Y2 - 2013-01-10 JA - StabroekNews.com ER - TY - RPRT T1 - UFCW CANADA and CONOFAM Sign Migrant Workers Protection Pact A1 - UFCW/TUAC Canada,  Y1 - 2012/11/07/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_multicategories&view=article&id=3095:ufcw-canada-and-conofam-sign-migrant-workers-protection-pact&Itemid=98&lang=en Y2 - 2012-11-14 T3 - UFCW Social Justice press releases ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Brief Paper: Labor Migration From Colombo Process Countries Good Practices, Challenges and Ways Forward IS - NO.1 PB - International Organization for Migration (IOM) N2 - Since 2005, the Colombo Process (CP) Member Countries have taken concrete, proactive steps to manage labour migration by, for example, amending existing regulations or adopting new legislation, creating new government structures dedicated to managing labour outflows, signing bilateral agreements (BAs) and memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with key destination countries and launching innovative programmes and activities at various levels of government. Despite successes in key areas, challenges remain, especially surrounding implementation. There is often a gap between the stated aims of policy measures and their application on the ground, particularly in four key areas: dissemination of information, the recruitment process, welfare support to migrants (at all stages of the migration cycle) and maximizing the benefits of labour migration. Indeed, policymakers in CP Member Countries face a formidable task: creating efficient and equitable migration systems that benefit labour migrants and their families while contributing to long-term economic growth and development in both source and destination countries. Governments have many options as they work to meet these and other challenges. This brief highlights 10 potential areas of focus, such as (1) improving pre-departure orientation programmes, (2) developing and harmonizing recruitment regulations between origin and destination countries and (3) enhancing welfare support at destination. Success requires serious investments in building capacity to fill critical information gaps. To this end, we recommend a three-pronged strategy: developing knowledge based on policy-relevant research, formalizing practical policy dialogues and forging meaningful partnerships among the major actors in labour migration. A1 - Agunias , Dovelyn Rannveig A1 - Aghazarm, Christine Y1 - 2012/// KW - policy KW - recruitment process KW - welfare support to migrants KW - benefit of labor migration UR - http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/ColomboProcessBrief.pdf Y2 - 2012-11-02 JA - Migrationpolicy ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Full Paper: Labor Migration From Colombo Process Countries Good Practices, Challenges and Ways Forward IS - No.1 PB - International Organization for Migration (IOM) N2 - Since 2005, the Colombo Process (CP) Member Countries have taken concrete, proactive steps to manage labour migration by, for example, amending existing regulations or adopting new legislation, creating new government structures dedicated to managing labour outflows, signing bilateral agreements (BAs) and memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with key destination countries and launching innovative programmes and activities at various levels of government. Despite successes in key areas, challenges remain, especially surrounding implementation. There is often a gap between the stated aims of policy measures and their application on the ground, particularly in four key areas: dissemination of information, the recruitment process, welfare support to migrants (at all stages of the migration cycle) and maximizing the benefits of labour migration. Indeed, policymakers in CP Member Countries face a formidable task: creating efficient and equitable migration systems that benefit labour migrants and their families while contributing to long-term economic growth and development in both source and destination countries. Governments have many options as they work to meet these and other challenges. This brief highlights 10 potential areas of focus, such as (1) improving pre-departure orientation programmes, (2) developing and harmonizing recruitment regulations between origin and destination countries and (3) enhancing welfare support at destination. Success requires serious investments in building capacity to fill critical information gaps. To this end, we recommend a three-pronged strategy: developing knowledge based on policy-relevant research, formalizing practical policy dialogues and forging meaningful partnerships among the major actors in labour migration. A1 - Agunias , Dovelyn Rannveig A1 - Aghazarm, Christine Y1 - 2012/// KW - policy KW - recruitment process KW - welfare support to migrants KW - benefit of labor migration UR - http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=758 Y2 - 2012-11-02 JA - International Organization for Migration (IOM) ER - TY - RPRT T1 - SAME – Building Bridges Between Communities A1 - UFCW/TUAC Canada,  Y1 - 2012/10/24/ UR - http://ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3077%3Asame-building-bridges-between-communities-&catid=6%3Adirections-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2012-11-01 T3 - UFCW Canada Human Rights Department Release ER - TY - RPRT T1 - UFCW Canada and Michoacán's SEMIGRANTE sign new agreement A1 - UFCW/TUAC Canada,  Y1 - 2012/10/12/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3067:e-news-vol5-issue-38&catid=76:e-news-2012&Itemid=347&lang=en Y2 - 2012-10-15 T3 - AWA/ATA E-News ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Exploitation of seasonal migrant workers feared by unions CY - British Columbia A1 - The Globe and Mail,  A1 - Stueck, Wendy Y1 - 2012/09/25/ KW - migrant workers KW - Union KW - Migrant Workers KW - Migrant workers UR - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/exploitation-of-seasonal-migrant-workers-feared-by-unions/article4565970/ Y2 - 2014-04-16 JA - The Globe and Mail ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Les TUAC Canada assistent à une session de formation au Michoacán sur les centres municipaux d'aide aux migrants A1 - UFCW/TUAC Canada,  Y1 - 2012/// UR - http://www.tuac.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2996:ufcw-canada-attends-michoacans-training-session-for-municipal-migrant-support-centers&catid=6:directions-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=fr Y2 - 2012-09-14 T3 - UFCW Social Justice press releases ER - TY - RPRT T1 - AWA celebrates Mexican, Central American and Caribbean Independence Days A1 - AWA/ATA,  Y1 - 2012/09/13/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3011%3Ae-news-vol5-issue-33&catid=76%3Ae-news-2012&Itemid=347&lang=en Y2 - 2012-09-14 T3 - AWA/ATA E-News ER - TY - RPRT T1 - UFCW Canada training workshop strengthens ties with Mexican state of Guerrero A1 - AWA/ATA,  Y1 - 2012/09/10/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_multicategories&view=article&id=3007:ufcw-canada-training-workshop-strengthens-ties-with-mexican-state-of-guerrero-&Itemid=98&lang=en Y2 - 2012-09-14 T3 - AWA/ATA E-News ER - TY - RPRT T1 - UFCW Canada supports migrant workers in Guatemala A1 - UFCW/TUAC Canada,  Y1 - 2012/08/24/ UR - http://ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2971%3Aufcw-canada-supports-migrant-workers-in-guatemala&catid=6%3Adirections-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2012-09-01 T3 - UFCW Canada Human Rights Department Releases 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 - 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 - EJOUR T1 - Proposals by the Presidential Candidates on the Issue of Mexican Migrant Agriculture Workers in Canada PB - AWA/ATA A1 - AWA/ATA,  Y1 - 2012/06/26/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2884%3Ae-news-vol5-issue-23&catid=76%3Ae-news-2012&Itemid=347&lang=en Y2 - 2012-07-01 JA - AWA/ATA E-News ER - TY - NEWS T1 - La vraie valeur de votre salade jardinière PB - Université de Sherbrooke A1 - Espin, Tery-Tanya Y1 - 2012/06/06/ UR - http://www.lecollectif.ca/la-vraie-valeur-de-votre-salade-jardiniere/ Y2 - 2014-02-18 JA - Le Collectif vol XXXV, no 17 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Visas Inc: Corporate Control and Policy Incoherence in the U.S. Temporary Foreign Labor System CY - New York PB - Global Workers Justice Alliance N2 - Executive Summary According to the best guess of the U.S. government, somewhere between 700,000 and 900,000 foreign citizens are working in the United States on temporary visas.1 They work in every field, from low-skilled, low-wage jobs in agriculture, to specialty occupations in health care or information technology. They may be in the public sector, employed as teachers in an under-served school district, or in the most private sphere of the private sector, as domestic workers living in their employer’s home. The temporary foreign labor system that brings in these workers consists of dozens of visa categories and sub-categories, for apparently distinct purposes – cultural and educational exchange, employee relocation by multinational enterprises, U.S. based training programs and more. But the problems become apparent when we examine the structure as a whole – and in particular, its vulnerability to extreme misuse by employers eager to use foreign labor in ways that undermine established wages and working conditions in the U.S. As far as many of these employers are concerned, the entire framework is one undifferentiated avenue to source cheaper and more easily controlled labor: ——U.S. employers have substantial economic incentives, built into the visa framework, to hire foreign workers in place of a potential or existing U.S. workforce. These incentives may be embodied in regulations that exempt employers of certain visa workers from payroll taxes, for example – or a lack of regulation, enabling employers to pay foreign workers far lower wages than established for U.S. workers. ——Foreign workers are wholly dependent on their employer for their fragile status in the U.S. As a general matter, if they are fired, they must leave the country quickly, or face deportation. Combined with other tools of control, this creates a culture of fear that effectively prevents workers from reporting any abuse or exploitation. The temporary worker visa system is utterly chaotic, constantly metastasizing to develop more visa categories or carve-outs, in response to employer demands. While there is extensive evidence of self-interested employer lobbying to expand the system, or employer misuse of the existing system, the ultimate responsibility lies with the U.S. government. The United States made a deliberate choice to shape a foreign temporary labor system that is heavily privatized, with a minimal role for public regulation and oversight. The U.S. government’s delegation of control over the temporary foreign labor scheme to employers – in spite of the many critical public interests at stake – has had dire consequences. The U.S. government has long been aware of the enormity of the situation: for nearly every relevant visa category, internal governmental reviews document exploitation of foreign workers, and displacement of U.S. workers.. Unfortunately, regulatory reforms have typically been meager, in proportion to the problems. For example, while the U.S. State Department has acknowledged that many foreign domestic workers entering the U.S. in the employ of diplomats have been exploited, and even enslaved, it has failed to address the core vulnerability of these workers through provisions for better enforcement and monitoring. Today, the State Department merely requires that domestic workers have a written contract with the employer before they can be granted a visa to enter the U.S. Governmental oversight is further hobbled by diffusion of responsibility. Regulation and enforcement is distributed among multiple agencies – the State Department, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Labor – in seemingly haphazard ways that are not consistent across visa categories, and do not provide for coordination among the agencies. In the case of the majority of these visas, the one agency mandated to protect U.S. and foreign workers – the Department of Labor – has been excluded or pushed to the margins.. The absence of clear data further undermines both coordination and public accountability. Under the current framework, no one within the U.S. government – let alone the U.S. public – is in a position to grasp the dimensions of the temporary foreign labor system, or to analyze its impact. The fragmentation of oversight is linked intrinsically to the fragmentation of the framework. Rather than developing a coherent, unitary system, the U.S. government, responding piecemeal to employer demands, created a patchwork of visas subject to distinct rules. Although it is clear that employers have learned to exploit the interconnections between these visas, the government continues to treat them as entirely distinct of each other. This refusal to regulate the temporary foreign labor system in an integrated way is perhaps the most substantial obstacle to meaningful reform and oversight. In the absence of comprehensive attention, employers treat these visas interchangeably, substituting reliance on one for another as circumstances – such as increased oversight here, or additional fees there – dictate. Analysis and reform must therefore happen holistically, if abuse and misuse are to be reined in, with the recognition that these individual visas constitute a de facto temporary foreign labor system. The abuse and misuse associated with temporary foreign labor are closely linked to the larger crisis of decent work in the U.S. The shift away from full-time, living wage jobs as the standard for American workers, to ever more precarious employment, is only accelerating. The use of temporary foreign labor is not responsible for the crisis, but it is both a contributing factor and an alibi. Allowing foreign workers in the U.S. is premised on the absence of willing, qualified and available U.S. workers. In reality, however, U.S. workers are actively edged out, as this report documents, in several ways: ——Individual U.S. workers are not hired, or are fired on a pretext. A foreign worker is then hired instead. ——Employers exploit visas that were intended for other purposes, and thus do not require a prior effort to hire U.S. workers. As a result, in many cases, U.S. workers may not even be aware of their exclusion. ——U.S. workers are pushed out of entire industries and regions by the systematic erosion of wages and underlying work conditions. This is followed by the recruitment of foreign workers. Foreign workers, in turn, are vulnerable to abuse throughout their involvement with temporary work in the U.S. The problems begin prior to departure, and extend beyond their return to their home countries: Prior to departure, workers are in the power of recruiters, who promise them employment opportunities in the U.S. in exchange for a substantial fee. In the absence of U.S. government regulation of recruiters (through provisions holding U.S. employers liable for any abuses by their recruiters, for example), there is total impunity. Many workers have been defrauded by recruiters who take their fees and then disappear. Other problems include gross discrimination: women workers accounted for only 3.7% of visas issued for agricultural labor in 2010,2 though advocate interviews suggested that women could represent up to 40% of the pool of job-seekers. ——On arrival, workers face economic exploitation at the hands of employers who know that individuals on temporary work visas have no recourse against either abuse or retaliation. Illegal deductions and wage theft are extremely common. ——While working, occupational health and safety violations are frequent, especially among “unskilled” workers. The problems arise, in part, from the very fact that the U.S. government allows risky work to be categorized as “unskilled. —The impact of exploitation and abuse in the U.S. can be life long. For example, injured workers find it nearly impossible to access workers’ compensation benefits once they return to their home countries. The U.S. insistence on treating the temporary foreign labor framework as a series of private employment arrangements, rather than a governmental program, means that there are no agreements in place with foreign governments to enable social protection schemes, even though workers may have a legal entitlement. There are several measures that the U.S. government should take to fix the system: ——There are short-term steps that could translate into immediate improvements in oversight and governance. The Department of Labor must be integrated into regulation and enforcement of all visa categories that enable temporary work in the U.S. It must have the resources and powers to assess the potential displacement of U.S. workers, as well as to enforce appropriate wages and working conditions for foreign workers. In order to promote greater accountability to the public, the U.S. must release consolidated and consistent data in a timely manner about the use of these visas, including the names of employers currently recruiting foreign workers. ——In the medium term, the U.S. government should undertake a systematic and sustained review of the temporary foreign labor visas to bring them in line with broader U.S. labor market policy. A helpful model would be the “permanent, independent Commission on Foreign Workers,”proposed by former Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall and the Economic Policy Institute,4 to collect data on labor shortages, the use of temporary work visas, and the economic impact of temporary foreign workers in the U.S. ——The long-term goal of reform should be a single visa system with uniform oversight, to replace the current patchwork of visas, each subject to separate regulations. Consistent public administration, rather than the delegation of essential responsibilities to private entities, is critical. The U.S. should engage systematically with foreign governments whose citizens work here, and should conclude agreements that (1) provide for cooperation on preventing abuse, and (2) enable access to social security benefits and workers’ compensation schemes. The size and reach of the temporary worker visa system is evidence that U.S. immigration policy has moved away from its roots in permanent labor migration. This has happened largely without public debate or political acknowledgment. At a minimum, it is time to renew the national conversations related to broad issues of immigration and labor in the U.S. A1 - Sukthankar, Ashwini Y1 - 2012/06/03/ UR - http://www.globalworkers.org/our-work/publications/visas-inc Y2 - 2012-06-13 T3 - Global Workers Justice Alliance Reports ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Very first AWA centre celebrates 10th Anniversary in Leamington A1 - Agriculture Workers Alliance,  Y1 - 2012/// UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2839%3Avery-first-awa-centre-celebrates-10th-anniversary-in-leamington&catid=6%3Adirections-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2012-06-01 T3 - AWA/ATA E-News ER - TY - ADVS T1 - In defense of public legal education and information (PLEI) for migrant workers in British Columbia A1 - Contreras-Chavez, Angela A1 - RED Legal Network,  Y1 - 2012/05/18/ ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Nouvelle unité de négociation agricole au Québec / New agricultural bargaining unit A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2012/04/13/ UR - http://www.tuac.ca/index.php?option=com_multicategories&view=article&id=2761%3Anew-agricultural-bargaining-unit-in-quebec&Itemid=98&lang=fr Y2 - 2012-04-14 T3 - Un communiqué du Service des droits de la personne des TUAC Canada 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 - RPRT T1 - La Cour suprême de la C.-B. s’est vu demander de museler la commission des relations de travail de la C.-B. face aux preuves incriminant le Mexique pour des pratiques d’exclusion PB - TUAC A1 - UFCW/TUAC Canada,  Y1 - 2012/03/24/ UR - http://www.tuac.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2736:bc-supreme-court-asked-to-muzzle-bc-labour-board-regarding-mexico-blacklisting-evidence&catid=6:directions-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=fr Y2 - 2014-02-20 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Students Seek Greater Recognition For Farm Workers Who Feed Our Country A1 - UFCWCanada,  Y1 - 2012/03/23/ T3 - UFCW Canada Human Rights Department Release ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - NUPGE solidarity adds to Migrant Workers Family Support Fund A1 - NUPGE,  Y1 - 2012/02/19/ UR - http://www.nupge.ca/content/4818/nupge-solidarity-adds-migrant-workers-family-support-fund Y2 - 2012-02-20 JA - NUPGE Press releases 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 - Migrant worker advocates speak out against recruiters PB - Migrants Canada N2 - In front of a packed room and numerous local journalists, migrant worker organizations wrapped up a two day conference on temporary foreign workers, holding a press conference this morning in Guatemala City. A1 - Solidarity Across Borders Montreal,  Y1 - 2012/02/14/ UR - http://migrantscanada.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/migrant-worker-advocates-speak-out-against-recruiters/ Y2 - 2012-02-15 T3 - News and info about migrants in Canada ER - TY - GEN T1 - Migrant workers conference kicks off in Guatemala A1 - Nieto, Roberto Y1 - 2012/02/12/ UR - http://migrantscanada.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/migrant-workers-conference-kicks-off-in-guatemala/ Y2 - 2012-02-13 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 - RPRT T1 - Stop the Blacklisting of Migrant Workers PB - UFCW Canada N2 - UFCW Canada and the Agriculture Workers Alliance are calling on all activists to support an international campaign to stop the Mexican government from reaching across Canada's border to violate our labour laws, our Charter, and the human rights of Mexican migrant workers in Canada. A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2011/12/19/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2564:stop-the-blacklisting-of-migrant-workers&catid=6:directions-newsletter&Itemid=342&lang=en Y2 - 2011-12-23 T3 - Issues ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Halte à l’exclusion de travailleurs migrants! PB - UF N2 - Les TUAC Canada et l’Alliance des travailleurs agricoles invitent tous les militants et militantes à appuyer une campagne internationale visant à empêcher le gouvernement mexicain de venir violer, au-delà de nos frontières, nos lois du travail, notre Charte et les droits de la personne des travailleurs migrants mexicains au Canada. A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2011/12/19/ UR - http://www.tuac.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2564:stop-the-blacklisting-of-migrant-workers&catid=6:directions-newsletter&Itemid=342&lang=fr Y2 - 2011-12-23 T3 - Issues ER - TY - ADVS T1 - “Be it for few months or years. Almost every temporary... PB - Justice for Migrant Workers N2 - “Be it for few months or years. Almost every temporary foreign worker who comes to Canada wants to settle here permanently. And that’s not an easy task to accomplish. Government is continually raising the bar for them to qualify for the permanent residency in Canada. A pre-Christmas party for the temporary foreign workers was held in Edmonton. Babar Tahirkheli spoke with some of them about their concerns.” A1 - J4MW,  Y1 - 2011/12/07/ UR - http://j4mw.tumblr.com/post/13909104623 Y2 - 2011-12-08 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - "Stop the Blacklisting" protesters hold mock funeral outside Mexico Consulate in Vancouver PB - UFCW Canada N2 - VANCOUVER, BC - November 14, 2011 – About a hundred community and labour activists gathered outside the Mexico Consulate in Vancouver on Monday with coffins, tombstones and crosses, along with a petition to "Stop the Blacklisting" of Mexico migrant workers in Canada by the Mexico government. A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2011/11/23/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2562:qstop-the-blacklistingq-protesters-hold-mock-funeral-outside-mexico-consulate-in-vancouver&catid=6:directions-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2011-12-23 T3 - Media & News ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Des manifestants tiennent des funérailles symboliques devant le consulat du Mexique à Vancouver dans le cadre d’une campagne dénonçant la mise à l’index de certains travailleurs migrants venant du Mexique PB - UFCW Canada N2 - VANCOUVER (C.- B.) – 14 novembre 2011 – Près d’une centaine d’activistes communautaires et de militants syndicaux se sont rassemblés lundi dernier devant le consulat du Mexique à Vancouver avec des cercueils, des pierres tombales et des croix ainsi qu’avec une pétition demandant que le gouvernement mexicain mette fin à l’exclusion dont sont victimes certains travailleurs migrants mexicains au Canada. A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2011/11/23/ UR - http://www.tuac.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2562:qstop-the-blacklistingq-protesters-hold-mock-funeral-outside-mexico-consulate-in-vancouver&catid=6:directions-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=fr Y2 - 2011-12-23 T3 - Media & Nouvelles 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 - RPRT T1 - Les TUAC Canada abordent la question des droits des migrants lors d’un atelier tenu au Mexique N2 - Récemment, dans la municipalité mexicaine de Tulcingo de Valle, qui est située dans l’État de Puebla,les TUAC Canada ont raconté leur expérience en matière de collaboration avec les migrants au Canada lors d’un atelier sur le thème « Connaissances et outils de base sur la migration ». Cet atelier faisait partie d’une série organisée par l’Observatoire citoyen des politiques gouvernementales sur les migrants de l’État de Puebla. A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2011/10/31/ UR - http://www.tuac.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2546:ufcw-canada-addresses-migrants-rights-at-mexico-workshop-&catid=6:directions-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=fr Y2 - 2011-11-11 T3 - UFCW Media and News ER - TY - RPRT T1 - BC activists protest Mexico claim of immunity from blacklisting charges N2 - An October 17 media conference outside of Vancouver's Mexico Consulate drew dozens of UFCW Canada and AWA activists along with community allies — all calling for Mexico to stop hiding behind diplomatic immunity and face the charges that agencies of the Mexico government, as well as its Vancouver consulate, conspired with two agriculture operations in the Lower Mainland to blacklist migrant agricultural workers from returning to Canada because they were union sympathizers. A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2011/10/26/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2541:bc-activists-protest-mexico-claim-of-immunity-from-blacklisting-charges&catid=6:directions-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2011-10-28 T3 - UFCW Canada Human Rights Department Release ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Manifestation de militantes et de militants de la Colombie-Britannique contre la prétention du Mexique à l’immunité le protégeant des accusations de mise de travailleurs à l’index N2 - Le 17 octobre dernier, une conférence médiatique se tenant devant le consulat du Mexique à Vancouver a rassemblé des dizaines de militantes et de militants des TUAC Canada et de l’ATA ainsi que des alliés communautaires. Toutes et tous étaient là pour demander au Mexique de cesser de se dérober en invoquant l’immunité diplomatique et pour exiger qu’il se justifie des accusations selon lesquelles des agences du gouvernement mexicain, de même que sa représentation à Vancouver, se seraient entendues avec la direction de deux exploitations agricoles de la vallée du Bas-Fraser, en Colombie-Britannique, afin de mettre à l’index des travailleurs agricoles migrants (ce qui les empêcherait de revenir au Canada) en raison de leurs sympathies syndicales. A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2011/10/26/ UR - http://www.tuac.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2541:bc-activists-protest-mexico-claim-of-immunity-from-blacklisting-charges&catid=6:directions-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=fr Y2 - 2011-10-28 T3 - UFCW Canada Human Rights Department Release ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Participation des TUAC Canada et de l’ATA à une foire sur la santé pour travailleurs migrants asiatiques N2 - Les TUAC Canada et l’ATA ont récemment participé à un programme de sensibilisation doublé d’une foire sur la santé destiné à améliorer et à accroître l’accès des travailleurs agricoles étrangers temporaires d’origine asiatique aux services de santé, dans le cadre du Projet de promotion de la santé des travailleurs agricoles migrants d’origine asiatique. A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2011/10/24/ UR - http://www.tuac.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2536:-ufcw-canada-a-awa-at-health-fair-for-asian-migrant-workers-&catid=6:directions-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=fr Y2 - 2011-10-28 T3 - UFCW Canada Human Rights Department Release ER - TY - RPRT T1 - UFCW Canada & AWA at Health Fair for Asian migrant workers N2 - UFCW Canada and the AWA recently participated in an outreach program and Health Fair to improve and increase access to health care services for Asian temporary foreign agriculture workers in Ontario, as part of the Asian Migrant Farm Workers’ Health Promotion Project. A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2011/10/24/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2536:-ufcw-canada-a-awa-at-health-fair-for-asian-migrant-workers-&catid=6:directions-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2011-10-28 T3 - UFCW Canada Human Rights Department Release ER - TY - RPRT T1 - New no-cost life insurance benefit for AWA members N2 - English: In addition to the many benefits of Agriculture Workers Alliance (AWA) membership, AWA members are now also automatically covered, at no cost, by a new life insurance plan. As of September 6, 2011, a $2,500 benefit will be paid to the family of an AWA member who dies while contracted to work in Canada. Français: Outre les nombreux avantages de l’adhésion à l’Alliance des travailleurs agricoles (ATA), les membres de ce syndicat bénéficient désormais d’une couverture automatique que leur donne gratuitement un nouveau régime d’assurance-vie. À compter du 6 septembre 2011, une prestation de 2 500 $ sera versée à la famille d’un membre de l’ATA qui décède pendant qu’il travaille à contrat au Canada. A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2011/09/23/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2482:new-no-cost-life-insurance-benefit-for-awa-members&catid=6:directions-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2011-09-23 T3 - UFCW Canada Human Rights Department Release ER - TY - RPRT T1 - New video petition calls on governments to Stop Migrant Exploitation Now! N2 - English: The 2011 Summer of S.A.M.E continues with a new video petition that is all about making a stand for human rights by calling on the country’s provincial and federal governments to “Stop Migrant Exploitation Now!” Français: L’organisation étudiante contre l’exploitation des migrants (Students Against Migrant Exploitation ou le groupe SAME) poursuit ses activités de l’été 2011 en présentant une pétition en vidéo, dont le but essentiel est de lutter en faveur des droits de la personne. Ainsi, dans cette vidéo, on exhorte les gouvernements provinciaux et le gouvernement fédéral à mettre immédiatement fin à l’exploitation des migrants. A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2011/09/19/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2454%3Anew-video-petition-calls-on-governments-to-stop-migrant-exploitation-now-&catid=6%3Adirections-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en UR - http://www.tuac.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2454%3Anew-video-petition-calls-on-governments-to-stop-migrant-exploitation-now-&catid=6%3Adirections-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=fr UR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_aCYICkrQU&feature=player_embedded Y2 - 2011-09-23 T3 - UFCW Canada Human Rights Department Release ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Agriculture Workers Alliance now 10,000 members strong – and growing N2 - The Agriculture Workers Alliance (AWA) celebrated a major milestone at this year’s Labour Day Parade in Toronto. After four years of community outreach and non-stop organizing, the AWA recently surpassed the 10,000 member mark – confirming its role as the largest and most dynamic farm worker organization in Canada. A1 - UFCW Canada,  Y1 - 2011/09/13/ UR - http://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2494:agriculture-workers-alliance-now-10000-members-strong--and-growing&catid=6:directions-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en Y2 - 2011-09-16 T3 - UFCW Media and News ER - TY - RPRT T1 - El Camino Hacia la Libertad PB - J4MW N2 - “El Camino hacia la Libertad” fue una peregrinaje histórico organizada por un grupo de trabajadores migrantes temporales de la zona de Leamington. Los trabajadores involucrados en la organización de la marcha eran en su mayoría mujeres de Tailandia y las Filipinas, aunque en el día de la marcha se unieron trabajadores Mexicanos y del Caribe de otras regiones de Ontario. A1 - Justicia for Migrant Workers,  Y1 - 2011/08/30/ UR - http://j4mw.tumblr.com/post/9612145147 Y2 - 2011-08-31 T3 - J4MW Pilgrimage Background in Spanish 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 - RPRT T1 - Pilgrimage to Freedom Caravan, 2011 N2 - Last year, over 150 migrant workers and their allies made history by marching over fifty kilometres, an equivalent of 12 hours, from Leamington to Windsor, Ontario demanding justice, respect and dignity for the hundreds of thousands employed under the auspices of Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Programs. After years of harassment, intimidation and exploitation, migrant workers organized and took to the streets to stand up to these abuses. A1 - Justicia for Migrant Workers,  Y1 - 2011/08/19/ UR - http://j4mw.tumblr.com/post/9116389952 Y2 - 2011-08-19 T3 - Justice For Migrant Workers ER - TY - GEN T1 - Simcoe Migrant Worker Health Fair-Volunteers Needed N2 - Call out for Volunteers- looking for Spanish as well as non Spanish speakers to help out with Simcoe migrant farm worker community health fair on Friday August 12. A1 - Justicia for Migrant Workers,  Y1 - 2011/08/04/ UR - http://j4mw.tumblr.com/post/8477495575 Y2 - 2011-08-05 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Labor Migration to Jordan from the Philippines and Sri Lanka Faces Significant Protection Gaps Despite Comprehensive Regulatory Systems, New MPI Report Concludes CY - WASHINGTON PB - Migration Policy Institution Y1 - 2011/07/28/ KW - recruitment agencies KW - Sri Lanka KW - Exploitation KW - the Philippines UR - http://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/2011_7_28.php Y2 - 2012-11-03 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Upcoming migrant Worker Health Fair in Simcoe A1 - J4MW,  Y1 - 2011/07/26/ UR - http://j4mw.tumblr.com/post/8098792587 Y2 - 2011-07-27 T3 - J4MW Press releases 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 - 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 - JOUR T1 - Foreign Worker Recruitment and Protection: The Role of Manitoba’s Worker Recruitment and Protection Act IS - Spring/printemps CY - Montréal PB - Association for Canadian Studies / Association d'études canadiennes A1 - Allan, The Honorable Nancy Y1 - 2010/// UR - http://canada.metropolis.net/pdfs/cdn_issues_CITC_mar10_e.pdf Y2 - 2011-09-23 JA - Canadian Issues/Thèmes canadiens SP - 29 M2 - 29 SP - 29-32 ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Pakistan PB - UNPD N2 - Migration is considered the road to prosperity by many Pakistanis. According to the Pakistan Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment, 4.2 million Pakistani workers have registered for overseas employment since 1971, travelling to more than 50 countries. There are a lot of migrants workers abroad who are undocumented. Many receiving countries have passed stringent laws and deport large numbers of undocumented Pakistanis each day for illegal border crossing and over staying visas. In addition, documented migrants who test positive for HIV in the semi-annual HIV testing conducted in many destination countries are deported, often without any information on the reason for this action. Pakistan is a source, transit, and destination countries for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. Remittance sent by Pakistanis working abroad constitute the country’s largest single source of foreign exchange earnings, and are a major source of income to bridge huge trade deficits. For example, total migrant workers remittance was US$3.87 billion for the year 2003-2004,equivalent to 4.46 percent of Gross National Product (GNP). Migrant workers are among the groups considered vulnerable to HIV, as specified in the National HIV and AIDs strategic Framework (2001-2006). This article is also about pre-departure orientation, international convention that Pakistan has ratified and has not ratified, regional and bilateral Agreements, national policies and legislation and government agencies and networks. Y1 - 2009/// KW - national polices KW - migration KW - Pakistan KW - remittance KW - HIV KW - International Convention KW - regional and bilateral agreement KW - legislation KW - government agencies and networks UR - http://asia-pacific.undp.org/practices/hivaids/documents/HIV_and_Mobility_in_South_Asia_web_Pakistan.pdf Y2 - 2012-11-03 JA - UNDP ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - Sri Lanka PB - UNDP N2 - The article is about the migration pattern, occupational profile of migrants, gender and migration, human trafficking, remittance, HIV/AIDs situation, national response to HIV/AIDs, mandatory testing of the HIV in the destination countries, pre-departure orientation, polices, legislation, and International Conventions, regional and bilateral Agreements, government agencies and networks. Y1 - 2009/// KW - International Convention KW - HIV/AIDs KW - national laws KW - regional and bilateral Agreements UR - http://www.aidsdatahub.org/dmdocuments/HIV_and_Migration_-_Sri_Lanka.pdf Y2 - 2012-11-03 JA - UNPD ER - TY - THES T1 - The Temporary Foreign Worker Program: Canada’s Unconscionable Labour Mobility Strategy CY - Montreal PB - McGill University N2 - Advocating for the labour rights of all workers, including the many who quickly discover their own class susceptibilities as they toil in precarious employment situations, brings with it many unique and interesting challenges; however, when the element of one’s immigration status is introduced into the context, an entirely different saga emerges. The demographic of precarious status migrant workers in Canada is composed of individuals with a plethora of subjective migratory experiences, having arrived amidst different contexts, each equipped with a unique legal status, and therefore resulting in different (often restricted) opportunities for social and economic participation in Canadian life. In focussing nevertheless on just one subset of this demographic – migrants arriving under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) – it is an analysis of their disconcerting commonalities, namely: non-permanent status, the consequent grave vulnerability to social and labour abuses, over-representation in “low-skilled” remedial labour circumstances, and the significant barriers they face towards attaining permanent residency, which has urgently demanded the current review. My Independent Study Project (SWRK690) focuses on the existing immigration programs available to “temporary foreign workers” arriving to Canada, namely how these potentially exploitative programs have interfered with: the exercise of reclaiming one’s labour and/or human rights, the access to health and social services for participants’, and the resulting implications that ensue for clinical and community social workers, policy stakeholders, and researchers. I will address the program’s current foundation, while providing an expanded clarification of the legislation itself and a summary of the most likely vulnerabilities awaiting its workforce, by tracing the pulse of the argument from community groups and individuals opposed to the program. As the TFWP evidently gains in popularity, the outlook for the program’s longer-term sustainability will be juxtaposed against the (lack of) opportunities available to workers wishing to transition from temporary to permanent resident status. The present exposé will serve to summarize the predominant objections to the TFWP, with a commitment not to dismiss the firsthand practical experiences felt by workers’1, as past reports of this nature have risked doing. A1 - Rivard, Andre Y1 - 2009/// VL - M.SW. T2 - Social Work SP - 50 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - UFCW to back Mexican state's Canadian ag workers N2 - A major union in Canada's food processing sector has signed a pact with a Mexican state to represent its residents while they work on Canadian farms. A1 - Alberta Farmer,  Y1 - 2009/02/26/ UR - http://www.albertafarmexpress.ca/news/ufcw-to-back-mexican-state-s-canadian-ag-workers/1000089705/?issue=02262009&PC=FBC Y2 - 2011-06-20 JA - Alberta Farmer ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Harvest pilgrims : Mexican and Caribbean migrant farm workers in Canada N1 - photographs and text by Vincenzo Pietropaolo. ill. ; 27 cm. CY - Toronto PB - Between the Lines N2 - Like migratory birds, most of Canada’s 20,000 “guest” farm workers arrive in the spring and leave in the autumn. Hailing primarily from Mexico, Jamaica, and smaller countries of the Caribbean, these temporary workers have become entrenched in the Canadian labour force and are the mainstay of many traditional family farms in Canada. Many of them make the trip year after year after year. Vincenzo Pietropaolo has been photographing guest workers and recording their stories since 1984 – in the process travelling to forty locations throughout Ontario and to their homes in Mexico, Jamaica, and Montserrat. The resulting photographs have been highly acclaimed internationally through many publications and exhibitions, including a travelling show curated by the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography that opened in Mexico City. With a foreword by Naomi Rosenblum, this beautiful and timely book of photography and exposition aims to shed light on a subject about which many Canadians know all too little. (From http://www.btlbooks.com/bookinfo.php?index=195) A1 - Pietropaolo, Vincenzo Y1 - 2009/// UR - http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Vincenzo+Pietropaolo,+Harvest+Pilgrims%3A+Mexican+and+Caribbean+Migrant...-a0298292681 Y2 - 2011-08-04 ER - TY - EJOUR T1 - NATIONAL LABOUR MIGRATION POLICY FOR SRI LANKA MINISTRY CY - Colombo PB - International Labor Organization (ILO) N2 - The Sri Lanka National Policy on Labour Migration is developed by the Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare. Its aim is to articulate the State Policy regarding Sri Lankan citizens engaged in employment in other countries and to recognise the significant contribution of all Sri Lankan migrant workers to the national economy through foreign exchange remittances and other mechanisms. The policy has the goals of developing a long-term vision for the role of labour migration in the economy, enhancing the benefits of labour migration on the economy, society, the migrant workers and their families, minimizing its negative impacts and, finally, working towards the fulfilment and protection of all human and labour rights of migrant workers. Over the years, Sri Lanka has instituted a number of programmes and schemes that cover issues of governance in the process of labour migration, the protection and welfare of migrant workers and their families. Most notably, the Sri Lanka Bureau for Foreign Employment (SLBFE) has been instituted since 1997, providing services and a regulatory framework for interested migrants. In 2007, this was brought under the purview of the Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare (MFEPW). The operations of these initiatives have been within the framework of principles of decent work, dignity of labour and the protection of all human rights and freedoms of migrant workers and their families. Despite these initiatives, Sri Lanka continues to face a number of challenges in the field of foreign employment such as the vulnerability of workers who migrate under risky and unsafe conditions and the predominance of low-remittance, low-skilled jobs mainly for women with heavy social costs for families. Thus, the delicate balance between the promotion of foreign employment and the protection of national workers abroad is a continuous challenge. The current national policy is designed to address this and other challenges. Overall, the national policy aims to promote opportunities for all men and women to engage in migration for decent and productive employment in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity. It is intended to do so through the institution of policies, laws, regulations, services and facilities for migrant workers and their families. Special emphasis is laid on the development of skills as a main and effective means of protection for migrant workers and their families. The policy is developed in three sections; namely, governance of the migration process, protection and empowerment of migrant workers and their families, and linking migration and development processes. Additionally, six appendices describe the comprehensive framework and consultative process within which the policy was developed. Y1 - 2008/// KW - Sri Lanka KW - National Policy on Labour Migration KW - the institutional framework KW - the legislative framework KW - the regulatory framework and the social dialogue and consultative framework UR - http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/migrant/download/mpolicy_srilanka_en.pdf Y2 - 2012-11-03 JA - ILO 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 - Hard-working hands are lent a hand N1 - Same as in years past, hundreds of Latin American migrants again this summer are working the rich, dark soil of our city's market-garden belt just south of Montreal Island. Look carefully across the flat fields of produce that line Highways 209, 221 and other area roads. Far in the distance, you may see them, tiny figures silhouetted against the horizon. But this summer, things are different. Sure, those fertile fields are blessed as ever with the black earth on which Montrealers depend for locally grown lettuce, tomatoes, broccoli, carrots, onions and other fresh, crisp vegetables. And the daily routine of sun, rain and toil for these migrants continues to feature an abundance of sweat and soil. But now, these labourers have an extra place to turn should they run into any kind of problems - whether over working conditions, the treatment they receive from the big-farm operators that import and house them for five or six months of the year, or anything else. Beginning at 3 p.m. yesterday, these workers now have a place of their own in St. Rémi de Napierville, about 30 kilometres south of Montreal. It's a modest office that will also provide French-language lessons and help with income-tax forms. The first such rural office for migrants established anywhere in Quebec, it replaces an old recreational vehicle that had been periodically driven into the area in recent summers. Little wonder, then, that for these labourers yesterday was a time for quiet celebration. Dozens of them, largely but not exclusively from Mexico and Guatemala, packed the sweltering, second-floor walkup next to the Canada Post office in downtown, 5,700-population St. Rémi to inaugurate the Patricia Pérez Migrant Worker Support Centre. Pérez wasn't there, at least not in the flesh. The life of the Montreal migrant-rights activist was cut short by cancer last fall, at age 52. A plaque now hangs in the centre, both to embody her spirit and oversee the expansion of her work. A modest photo of Pérez is accompanied by the Spanish phrase "Si, se puede!" In case anyone hasn't been following the campaign of U.S. presidential aspirant Barack Obama, it's a soul-stirring slogan that means, in English, "Yes, we can!" Several times during the dedication, Mario Delisle, his soul one of many in the room clearly stirred by the occasion, needed an extra few seconds to damp his tears. "Patricia is the person," Delisle declared, "who taught me the meaning of commitment." Delisle is a vice-president of Local 501 of the United Food and Commercial Workers union, which is bankrolling the summer office. The national union already operates seven similar offices in four other provinces, most notably in the market-garden belt of Southern Ontario . Quebec "is 'home' to the second-largest temporary migrant population in Canada," Giselle Valarezo said in her detailed, 129-page master's thesis for Queen's University on the migrants of St. Rémi, completed last September. The situation of migrants in this province "has not received the attention it warrants," Valarezo added: "Temporary migrant workers face a double disadvantage because they are employed in sectors that are defined as precarious and lack access to citizenship rights." The food-workers' union continues its fight to acquire collective-bargaining rights for these farmworkers, said Pierre Gingras, president of 11,000-member Local 501. "This is the same as our battle with Wal-Mart," he said. "This is about respect, dignity and quality of life. "For everyone." Binicio Leal Inzunza, 39, for instance. He first met Pérez four summers ago, during a session where she explained his rights, during his initial sojourn in Canada. He's been back every year since, between April and October. "She was not allowed to hold her workshops (explaining migrant rights) at the farms," Leal Inzunza recalled, so instead Pérez chose "the sidewalk in front of Provigo and IGA." He succinctly explained the economics behind his annual six-month stint at a big lettuce farm in the area, where he said he considers himself well-treated. At home in Sinaloa, Mexico., he makes $7 a day when he harvests tomatoes or pumpkins. "Here, I make $8.52 an hour." He is literally exiled into rural Quebec and away from his family half of every year. How does that make him feel? "Proud that I am taking care of my family," he responded, explaining that the $8,000 he can clear in an average harvest year goes a long, long way at home. Although Leal Inzunza left middle school at age 16, he said, that won't be the fate of the five children he shares with his wife, Virginia Rivas Aguirre - Josué, 20, Vianey, 17, Alejandro, 13, Jazmín, 9, and Omar, 6. They'll get a higher education, he vowed. "Their lives will be different." "Patricia lives in my heart. "She was part of our family." On the Web: Report on the Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada, 2006-2007, at http://ufcw.ca/migrantreport janr@thegazette.canwest.com N2 - Same as in years past, hundreds of Latin American migrants again this summer are working the rich, dark soil of our city's market-garden belt just south of Montreal Island. A1 - Ravensbergen, Jan Y1 - 2008/06/23/ UR - http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=2fc39885-8550-4293-8a56-972738b0710e Y2 - 2011-05-27 JA - Montreal Gazette ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Le combat des migrants du Sud CY - Montréal A1 - Tendland, Amélie Y1 - 2008/01/01/ KW - travailleurs étrangers KW - conditions de travail KW - conditions de vie KW - vulnérabilité KW - dépendance KW - Code du travail UR - http://journal.alternatives.ca/spip.php?article3135 Y2 - 2014-03-31 JA - Alternatives SP - 5 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Migrant workers can unionize CY - Winnipeg PB - Info Media N2 - Migrant workers at Mayfair Farms in Portage la Prairie won the right to join the union of their choice in a potentially critical ruling issued Tuesday by the Manitoba Labour Relations Board. The ruling is the first of four to be made involving migrant workers in Canada. The others involve migrant farm workers at three Quebec farms and together, they could change the lot of migrant workers everywhere by triggering similar votes on farms in other provinces. Y1 - 2007/06/27/ KW - Union KW - temporary migrant workers JA - Winnipeg Free Press SP - 999 ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Le Code du travail s'applique aux ouvriers agricoles mexicains CY - Montreal N2 - Le Code du travail - qui prévoit le droit à la syndicalisation - s'applique aux milliers de Mexicains qui viennent travailler chaque année dans les fermes du Québec, ont soutenu les représentantes du procureur général du Québec devant la Commission des relations du travail, hier. Une position que contestent les employeurs. A1 - Noël, André Y1 - 2007/05/18/ JA - La Presse SP - 13 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 - JOUR T1 - Increasing the delivery of health care services to migrant farm worker families through a community partnership model IS - 4 N2 - The Farm Worker Family Health Program (FWFHP) is a 13-year community partnership model designed to increase delivery of health care services for migrant farm worker families. During a yearly 2-week immersion experience, 90 students and faculty members provide health care services, including physical examinations, health screenings, health education, physical therapy, and dental care for 1,000 migrant farm workers and migrant children. Students and faculty members gain a deeper appreciation of the health and social issues that migrant farm worker families face by providing health care services in the places where migrant families live, work, and are educated. Although the model is not unique, it is significant because of its sustained history, interdisciplinary collaboration among community and academic partners, mutual trust and connections among the partners, and the way the program is tailored to meet the needs of the population served. The principles of social responsibility and leadership frame the FWFHP experience. This community partnership model can be replicated by others working with at-risk populations in low-resource settings. [References: 15] A1 - Connor, A. A1 - Rainer , L.P. A1 - Simcox, J.B. Y1 - 2007/// KW - Farm Worker Family Health Program KW - FWFHP UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17553025 Y2 - 2011-05-27 JA - Public Health Nursing VL - 24 SP - 355 M2 - 355 SP - 355-60 ER - TY - MGZN T1 - Justice for Migrant Farm Workers: Reflections on the Importance of Community Organising A1 - Justicia for Migrant Workers,  A1 - Encalada Grez, Evelyn Y1 - 2006/// KW - migrant workers KW - Association KW - Migrant Workers KW - Migrant workers KW - Union KW - Working conditions KW - health KW - living conditions KW - rights KW - dangerous tasks UR - http://www.socialistproject.ca/relay/relay12.pdf Y2 - 2014-04-07 JA - Relay VL - 12 SP - 23 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Justice for Migrant Workers: Reflections on the Importance of Community Organizing A1 - Encalada Grez, Evelyn Y1 - 2006/// UR - http://www.justicia4migrantworkers.org/justicia_new.htm Y2 - 2011-05-27 JA - Relay VL - July/August SP - 23 M2 - 23 SP - 23-25 ER - TY - THES T1 - Activism at the grassroutes: Working for change with migrant agricultural labourers in Canada CY - Canada PB - York University (Canada) N2 - Over the course of the four decades that the Seasonal Agricultural Workers' Program has operated as an international labour recruitment initiative for Canadian farmers, a variety of community groups, churches, and non-profit organizations have mobilized around the causes of the Mexican and Caribbean migrant workers who call rural Canada their temporary home. This paper explores and analyzes the activities of one urban-based social justice collective dedicated to building a politicized movement that is driven by migrant workers themselves, and that brings together individuals from various sending countries. From internal ideological struggles to large-scale structural barriers, the collective as a whole and its individual members must grapple with a range of challenges. These challenges and the strategies employed to overcome them demonstrate the complexities of civil society organizing and political activism in the context of one of Canada's most infamous managed migration programs. A1 - Shapiro, Maya Y1 - 2006/// ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Labor migration in Asia: Protection of migrant workers, support services and enhancing development benefits CY - Geneva, Switzerland PB - International Organization for Migration N2 - Three countries, Pakistan, the Philippines and Sri Lanka are used as case studies in this book. The book will examine legal and structural frameworks for regulating recruitment activities, licensing and supervision of agencies, monitoring of recruitment agencies, processing and documentation of workers, benchmarks for fixing minimum standards of overseas employment contracts, role of private recruitment agencies in labor migration, regulation and mechanisms for regulating recruitment of vulnerable workers, malpractice by private recruitment agencies, malpractice by employers, illegal recruitment and unlawful emigration, redress for violation of rights of migrant workers, efforts at enforcing minimum standards in Employment contracts, other mechanism t check abuses by recruitment agencies and good practices and lessons learned on regulation o recruitment. Y1 - 2005/// KW - Role of recruitment agencies KW - malpractice of recruitment agencies and employers KW - contracts improvement UR - http://www.iom.int/jahia/webdav/site/myjahiasite/shared/shared/mainsite/published_docs/books/labour_migration_asia.pdf Y2 - 2012-11-02 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 - TUAC ouvrira le premier centre d'appui pour les travailleurs et travailleuses agricoles migrants au Québec A1 - Le CCN Matthews,  Y1 - 2004/06/10/ JA - CCN Matthews ER - TY - NEWS T1 - Les travailleurs agricoles mexicains au Canada N2 - L'industrie agricole canadienne est complètement dépendante du labeur d'une main d'oeuvre qui provient de pays pauvres. Afin de pouvoir continuer de produire des quantités importantes de fruits et de légumes, le Canada fait venir des travailleurEs agricoles temporaires grâce au Programme agraire saisonnier des travailleurs mexicains. Les travailleurs étrangers sont souvent pauvres et ont vraiment besoin de ce travail qui permet de faire vivre leur famille dans leur pays d'origine, mais les conditions de travail laissent souvent à désirer et leurs droits sont parfois violés. A1 - Solidarity Across Borders,  Y1 - 2004/// KW - syndicalisation KW - travailleurs étrangers KW - conditions de travail KW - conditions de vie KW - vulnérabilité KW - dépendance KW - SAWP JA - Solidarité sans frontières SP - 7 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Migrant Workers Issues PB - Diocese of London A1 - London Diocesan Migrant Workers Committee,  Y1 - 2004/// UR - http://wp.dol.ca/webportal/diocese/content/1/7/Migrant%20Workers/97 Y2 - 2011-05-27 T3 - Migrant Workers 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 - A review of migration issues in Pakistan CY - Dhaka, Bangladesh PB - Collective for Social Science Research N2 - This paper aims to provide a strategic overview of issues relating to migration and poverty in Pakistan. According to 1998 census records, some 10 million people, or 8% of the population of Pakistan, consisted of internal or international migrants. Savings remitted by Pakistani migrants abroad constitute the largest single source of foreign exchange earnings for the country. In the early 1980s, this flow was equivalent to 10% of GNP. Currently, remittances are US$2.4 billion, or 4% of the GNP. A1 - Gandar, Haris Y1 - 2003/// KW - remittance KW - Migration issues KW - poverty in Pakistan KW - internal and international migrants UR - http://www.eldis.org/vfile/upload/1/document/0903/Dhaka_CP_4.pdf Y2 - 2012-11-02 T2 - Development and Pro-poor Policy Choices in Asia ER - TY - BOOK T1 - International Labor migration institutions of Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka in Ferment the Philippines as Catalyst CY - Dhaka, Bangladesh PB - International Organization for Migration (IOM) N2 - International labor migration is an age old phenomenon. Due to the profound economic political and social factors, inter alia, of rapid population growth in many developing countries, failing development plans, increasing urbanization and environmental degradation, the management of this phenomenon has become more complex in the face of new challenges brought about by globalization. To the extend that international organizations like the ILO, IOM have had to consign international labor migration concerns to the “back-burner” due to the dilemma wrought by its inherent characteristics and the complex and sensitive nature of national sovereignty. Moreover, countries who conform to certain international rules not because the abide by the principles attached to these rules but because it is within their interests to conform to them. Thus, many labor sending and receiving member states of the ILO have failed to ratify various ILO Conventions, despite the fact that these instruments are designed to promote universal norms and standards and to protect the interest of workers when employed in other countries. IOM Dhaka commissioned this study to compare the institutional capacity of Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines only to realize that there were hardly any previous works done to provide a basis for such a comparison. The report strongly suggests that what happens within countries can turn out to be part of a much broader international process of political and economic change, that the unilateral decisions and actions of nations can influence events in the international arena in spite of the view of how international the world has become. It is further suggested that international labor migration institutions need more practical assistance than the rhetoric of intentions that past studies and manuals can provide. These countries need assistance in transforming the knowledge derived from studies into practical ways and means and for throughput processes to shepherd them through. All these are dealt with using the experience of the Philippines Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) to demonstrate how it managed to provide mechanisms to protect and promote the welfare of migrant of migrant workers despite the absence of international agreements and conventions. A1 - Achacoso, Tomas D Y1 - 2002/// KW - Fragmented Approach KW - Good governance KW - Bilateral labor arrangement KW - Policy making bodies KW - Intervention into actions UR - http://www.iom.org.bd/publications/11.pdf Y2 - 2012-11-03 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Are migrants chasing after the “Golden Deer”? CY - Dhaka, Bangladesh PB - Bengal Com-print N2 - The book is divided into 6 chapters. Chapter 1 is about international migration to labor-importing countries of Gulf Cooperation Countries. Chapter is about Contextual analysis of the flow of Bangladeshi workers to the Middle East and its-macro-economic impacts. Chapter 3 is about post migration situation analysis of migrant. Chapter 4 is about benefits and costs of working abroad. Chapter 5 is about remittance and development. Chapter 6 is about addressing policy issues. A1 - Yunus , Rita Afsar Mohammad A1 - Islam , A B M Shamsul Y1 - 2002/// KW - Development KW - remittance KW - Bangladesh KW - benefits and costs of migration KW - poverty UR - http://www.iom.org.bd/publications/3.pdf Y2 - 2012-10-29 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Implementing a community-based social marketing project to improve agricultural worker health N2 - The Together for Agricultural Safety project is a community-based social marketing project working to reduce the adverse health effects of pesticide exposure among fernery and nursery workers in Florida. In 3 years, the collaboration between university and community researchers has embodied many of the principles of community-based research while completing multiple stages of formative data collection required for a social marketing project. This hybrid approach to developing a health intervention for a minority community has been successful in its early stages because the community partners are organized, empowered, and motivated to execute research activities with the assistance of academic partners. However, this work has also been labor intensive and costly. This article describes the lessons learned by project partners and considers the limitations of this approach for agricultural health research. [References: 26] A1 - Flocks, J. Y1 - 2001/// UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240566/pdf/ehp109s-000461.pdf Y2 - 2011-05-27 JA - Environmental Health Perspectives VL - 109 ER -