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Fast-food chains abusing foreign workers program, says labour leader
Program intended to address shortages in high-skill jobs A federal program intended to fast-track skilled workers into Canada is instead being used by a “who’s who” of fast-food chains and […]
Read more »Who hires temporary foreign workers? You’d be surprised
Todd Bender doesn’t seem like he’d be in the market for temporary foreign workers: He’s executive director of CityKidz, a faith-driven group working with young people in inner-city Hamilton. His […]
Read more »Labour federations call for freeze on temporary foreign workers program
The B.C. Federation of Labour has joined its counterpart in Alberta in a call for an immediate freeze on the country’s accelerated process for temporary foreign workers applications. “The fast […]
Read more »Tories looking at review of foreign worker program
OTTAWA—The federal government is investigating the possible abuse of the temporary foreign workers hiring program by Canadian companies and is expected to overhaul it to put greater onus on businesses […]
Read more »RBC iGate scandal: Ottawa urged to publicize Canadian employers using foreign temps
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 […]
Read more »Will work for less: a primer on temporary foreign workers
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 […]
Read more »Rise in foreign temp workers questioned by labour groups
Labour economist says program allows firms to keep wages low The Alberta Federation of Labour called for an inquiry Tuesday after it obtained a government list of more than 4,000 […]
Read more »Will work for less: a primer on temporary foreign workers
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 […]
Read more »Rise in foreign temp workers questioned by labour groups
The Alberta Federation of Labour called for an inquiry Tuesday after it obtained a government list of more than 4,000 companies given approval to hire temporary foreign workers last year, […]
Read more »B.C. and Alberta labour unions push for TFW program reforms
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 […]
Read more »List of ‘accelerated’ TFW approvals reveals widespread abuse of program
Alberta Federation of Labour calls for inquiry in light of growing evidence of fraud Edmonton, April 9 – A list of fast-tracked temporary foreign worker applications shows that scandals at […]
Read more »Labour group says foreign worker program wrongly used to fill low-skill jobs
/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 […]
Read more »Labour group says foreign worker program wrongly used to fill low-skill jobs
/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 […]
Read more »Fast food chains using loophole to hire foreigners, says labour group
Fast-food chains and convenience stores are using a loophole in Canada’s temporary foreign worker program to keep labour costs down, says an Alberta labour group. Labour spokesperson Gil McGowan says […]
Read more »Foreign worker program wrongly fills low-skill jobs, labour group says
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 […]
Read more »FOIP A-2012-00448 SS_ALMOs under the TFW program_2013Feb04
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 […]
Read more »2013 Backgrounder_‘Accelerated’ TFW approvals reveals widespread abuse of program
Backgrounder: ‘Accelerated’ TFW approvals reveals widespread abuse of program
Read more »Advisory-List of ‘accelerated’ TFW approvals reveals widespread abuse of program
Alberta Federation of Labour to call for inquiry in light of growing evidence of fraud Edmonton – A list of fast-tracked temporary foreign worker applications shows that scandals at Royal […]
Read more »Foreign workers easier route than Canadian apprentices: AFL
/The latest federal budget is “an insult to Canadians,” says Alberta Federation of Labour president Gil McGowan, who says the government’s promise to promote Canadians over the Temporary Foreign Worker […]
Read more »Federal budget skills training plan embraced by Alberta business groups
CALGARY – Alberta business groups say a rejigged skills training program included in the most recent federal budget could offer some relief for the province’s tight labour market. Travis Davies […]
Read more »Hiring of temporary foreign workers raises hackles in Alberta
Significant numbers of temporary foreign workers continued to move to Alberta even as the economy shed jobs during the recession, says a new report from the province’s largest labour group. […]
Read more »Alberta issues record setting fine to Chinese state-owned oil firm
/An Alberta judge has ordered the Canadian arm of a Chinese state-owned oil company to pay the biggest workplace safety fine in the province’s history after the death of two […]
Read more »Sinopec $1.5 million penalty for workplace deaths a ‘slap on the wrist,’ says union
/A Canadian subsidiary of Sinopec, a Chinese state-owned oil corporation, was ordered to pay $1.5-million fine Thursday, approximately six years after a collapsing tank roof killed two Chinese workers at […]
Read more »Sinopec Oil Sands Workers’ Deaths: Energy Giant To Pay $1.5 Million
/ST. ALBERT, Alta. – A firm linked to a Chinese state-owned company was ordered Thursday to pay $1.5 million in penalties in the deaths of two foreign workers at an […]
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