Tag: temporary foreign workers
Foreign-worker restrictions panned Lukaszuk, Duncan dismiss new federal rules
EDMONTON – Edmonton-Strathcona candidate Linda Duncan is getting widespread support for her call to fix the federal migrant worker program. A new federal policy forcing people who immigrate under the […]
Read more »Report on Temporary Foreign Workers in Alberta (Dec 2010)
Report on Temporary Foreign Workers in Alberta (December 2010) The AFL Round Table on Temporary Foreign Workers – On November 18, 2010, the AFL gathered over 50 participants for a […]
Read more »Report on Temporary Foreign Workers finds Alberta’s problems remain unsolved: AFL consultations find continued inaction on unscrupulous recruiters and employers
Edmonton – The Alberta Federation of Labour released a report on the results of a consultation workshop on Temporary Foreign Workers today. For full report…. The report details the proceedings […]
Read more »Workshop calls temporary foreign worker program a ‘disaster’
A human rights expert is the keynote speaker at a workshop today, holding up Alberta’s temporary foreign worker program as a failure. Karl Flecker, director of anti-racism and human rights […]
Read more »Janitors share complaints against Bee-Clean: University of Alberta contractor disputes accusations, suing union for defamation
A group of University of Alberta janitors spelled out their complaints against Bee-Clean Building Maintenance in front of a crowd of about 80 concerned students, professors, and labour group members […]
Read more »Worker’s body stuck in Alberta: Confusion over who should pay to get body of foreign worker home
The death of a temporary foreign worker in Alberta is raising questions about who should pay to ship his body home. Aruna Shantha Peiris, 37, died of a heart attack […]
Read more »Apprentices willing to leave home, but can’t find work
Ben Stacey of Grand Bank is a journeyman pipefitter and pipe insulator, who travels back and forth between Newfoundland and Alberta for work. He’s been doing this since 2007, working […]
Read more »Janitors allege deportation threats, withheld cash
A group of Edmonton janitors is suing a cleaning company for $42,435 over allegations that overtime money is being held back and that they have been threatened with deportation. The […]
Read more »Temporary foreign workers program reviewed
While the province moves to reform the temporary foreign worker program, the Alberta Federation of Labour says scrap it. The labour group says the program is failing foreign workers and […]
Read more »Alberta workers still fighting for rights: Province lags behind on workplace safety, farm worker rights and temporary foreign workers
While Albertans enjoy this Labour Day weekend, recent news reports reveal there is still much to be done to protect vulnerable workers in the province. “The Alberta government has once […]
Read more »Temporary Foreign Worker program should be scrapped, not reformed: Program is failing foreign workers, Alberta workers and Alberta employers, says AFL
The Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW) program is so dysfunctional that it needs to be scrapped, rather than reviewed and reformed, says the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL). “We welcome the […]
Read more »Alberta to review impact of temporary foreign worker program on province
CALGARY – Alberta is taking advantage of an economic lull to examine how a flood of temporary foreign workers has affected the province and how to prepare for the next […]
Read more »Province gives more money to help foreign workers
The provincial government is giving $850,000 to agencies that provide services for temporary foreign workers as they adjust to life in Alberta. Dennis Salvador arrived in Canada two years ago. […]
Read more »Two immigration programs suspended
The Alberta Federation of Labour is commending Alberta’s labour minister for suspending two immigration programs it says were being used inappropriately to fill job gaps. Alberta Employment and Immigration Minister […]
Read more »Alberta suspends immigrant fast-track programs
Faced with a drop in demand for labour in the province, the Alberta government has suspended a pair of programs meant to fast-track immigration applications for foreign workers. The province […]
Read more »Foreign worker program reassessed: Airlines benefit most, minister jokes
EDMONTON – Canada’s temporary foreign worker program is no longer working for Alberta, the province’s employment and immigration minister said Tuesday. “In my opinion, it was a program that had […]
Read more »Major labour shortage predicted for oilpatch by 2014
CALGARY – Canada’s oilpatch may once again be a magnet for workers from across the country and around the world, an economist said Monday after a study predicted a major […]
Read more »Temporary foreign worker numbers soar
There are nearly twice as many temporary foreign workers in Alberta now as there were at the height of the economic boom. Newly-released figures from Citizenship and Immigration Canada show […]
Read more »Service Alberta’s survey on employment agencies (primarily for temporary foreign workers)
Complete Service Alberta survey and submit by Friday, April 30, 2010 Apr 21, 2010 Issue: Service Alberta’s survey on employment agencies (primarily for temporary foreign workers) Action Requested: Complete Service […]
Read more »Critics contend temporary foreign worker program ‘inherently exploitative’
As the high season for temporary foreign workers in Canada kicks off, critics argue the program is broken, serving the short-term needs of the labour market while acting as an […]
Read more »April 2010: Auditor General Report on Occupational Health and Safety; Temporary Foreign Workers; Pensions; Phone now to save union jobs
Lives of workers put at risk by government The government’s shocking failure to enforce its own workplace safety laws is putting thousands of workers at risk, according to a new […]
Read more »Alberta stats confirm frontline evidence of foreign worker abuse
TORONTO, ONT–The violation of the workplace rights of many Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs) in Alberta “reinforces what we’ve reported for years now,” says Wayne Hanley, the National President of UFCW […]
Read more »Connecting the Dots with Jason Kenney: Why food sovereignty can solve the climate crisis and how Canada’s immigration policy serves our free trade interests
… In Vancouver, No One is Illegal (NOII), a grassroots anti-colonial immigrant and refugee rights collective, aligns its goals with those of La Via Campesina. Immigration is not a topic […]
Read more »How we’re creating an illegal workforce
Foreigners in Canada on temporary work permits are being pushed into Toronto’s underground economy by the recession and a controversial federal program that leaves them vulnerable to abuse, a Star […]
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