Tag: temporary foreign workers

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 […]

The controversy over the outsourcing of dozens of Canadian jobs by the Royal Bank of Canada has put the spotlight on the much bigger issue of how Canada’s Temporary Foreign […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Backgrounder: ‘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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

Edmonton – A $1.5-million fine to oil giant Sinopec will do nothing to deter them from practices that endanger workers, according to the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL). At a […]