Description: The Alberta Federation of Labour says documents show the federal government knew temporary foreign workers were being underpaid in 2013. Source: CBC Date: 08/15/2014 Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/temporary-foreign-worker-program-misuse-sanctioned-by-harper-government-union-says-1.2737422 Related links: The Alberta Federation of Labour The AFL’s TFW campaign The TFW program Earlier update Questions for discussion: Consult your text: what is a labour federation? Who… Read more »
Posts Tagged: foreign workers
New foreign worker rules anger UFCW
Description: The general counsel for the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada union is calling changes to the federal government’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program a “smokescreen” and adds that one provision is “absolutely unconscionable.” Source: The Toronto Star Date: 01/03/2014 Link: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/01/03/new_regulations_to_temporary_foreign_worker_program_called_a_smokescreen.html Related links: Globe and Mail story Global TV story UFCW The Temporary Foreign… Read more »
Temporary foreign worker case opens in Federal Court
Description: A Federal Court in Vancouver is hearing arguments concerning the hiring of more than 200 temporary Chinese workers for a mine in northeastern B.C. Source: CBC Date: 04/09/2013 Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2013/04/09/bc-mine-foreign-temporary-workers-chinese-hd-mining.html Related links: RBC apologizes in foreign worker controversy Earlier update Union safety complaint The Temporary Foreign Worker Program The International Union of Operating Engineers,… Read more »
After four years, foreign workers receive settlement
Description: Latin American workers who helped build a Vancouver rapid transit line have finally received the money awarded to them in a 2008 human rights ruling. Source: Canadian Press/Globe and Mail Date: 04/02/2013 Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/foreign-workers-who-helped-build-vancouvers-canada-line-win-wage-fight/article10701631/ Related links: Story from November, 2012 Story from 2008 The Construction and Specialized Workers’ Union Local 1611 SNC-Lavalin B.C. Human… Read more »
