TY - CPAPER T1 - Temporary Migrant Workers: Labour Rights and Organizing Strategies CY - SFU Harbour Centre Vancouver, BC PB - Simon Fraser University N2 - In Canada, and around the world, temporary migrant workers are increasingly being used for seasonal and permanent jobs. Their rights and legal protection, however, are highly circumscribed, their employment is insecure, and abuse of the temporary foreign worker programs by employers and some governments is widespread. Their rights, moreover, to a healthy, safe workplace are non-existent or greatly inferior to Canadian norms. This two-day conference will be of interest to all those working on the issue of temporary foreign workers, especially union and community organizers already engaged in or needing to find out more about these programs A1 - Melancon, Claude A1 - Genier, Guillaume A1 - Fernandez, Lynne A1 - Byl, Yessy A1 - Cooper, Kaity A1 - Gauthier, Jodie A1 - Read, Arthur A1 - Paz Ramirez, Adriana A1 - O'Hagan, Patricia A1 - McGrady, Leo A1 - Reimers, Mia Y1 - 2015/10/15/ UR - http://www.mbwlaw.ca/pdfs/Conference%20on%20Temporary%20Migrant%20Workers.pdf Y2 - 2016-09-13 T2 - Conference on Temporary Migrant Workers ER -