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RBC iGate scandal: Ottawa urged to publicize Canadian employers using foreign temps
Apr 10, 2013

The RBC scandal is the “tip of the iceberg,” a unionist says; taxpayers have a right to know who’s benefiting and where the real labour shortages are. The RBC scandal […]

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Will work for less: a primer on temporary foreign workers
Apr 10, 2013

Earlier this week, news broke that RBC plans to hire 45 temporary foreign workers through iGate, an IT contractor, to fill positions of employees who say that, in fact, they’re […]

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B.C. and Alberta labour unions push for TFW program reforms
Apr 10, 2013

Labour unions in B.C. and Alberta are pushing for reforms to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program, as a judicial review begins in Federal Court into the process that allowed […]

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Labour group says foreign worker program wrongly used to fill low-skill jobs
Apr 9, 2013

EDMONTON – A labour group is calling for a review of a federal program designed to help employers quickly hire temporary foreign workers for high-skill jobs. The Alberta Federation of […]

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FOIP A-2012-00448 SS_ALMOs under the TFW program_2013Feb04
Apr 9, 2013

This document, FOIP A-2012-00448 SS_ALMOs under the TFW program_2013Feb04, obtained by the Alberta Federation of Labour through an Access to Information request, lists all approved TFW applications in the first […]

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Foreign worker program wrongly fills low-skill jobs, labour group says
Apr 9, 2013

EDMONTON — A labour group is calling for a review of a federal program designed to help employers quickly hire temporary foreign workers for high-skill jobs. The Alberta Federation of […]

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