Tag: temporary foreign workers

Entrenching Exploitation: Canada’s Shameful Record on TFWs In its latest report on the working and living conditions of Temporary Foreign Workers, the AFL’s Foreign Worker Advocate reports that things are […]

In recent years, Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) has been opened up to make it easier for Canadian employers to hire foreign workers to fill labour shortages in their […]

Say No to Old Dutch Chips Rather than bargain fairly, Old Dutch Chips on March 30 locked out 170 workers at its Calgary plant. The workers are simply looking for […]

When Yessy Byl arrived in Canada from the Netherlands, she was just a toddler. Her father found work as a bush pilot, bringing his family with him around the country […]

The Alberta Federation of Labour today released Entrenching Exploitation, the second report of its Temporary Foreign Worker Advocate. The report provides an update on the living and working conditions of […]

AFL Convention Continues through Weekend As part of its ongoing convention, the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) will be releasing the second report from its Temporary Foreign Worker Advocate. Release […]

The death of two foreign workers from China at a sprawling oilsands project in northern Alberta has led to the most charges ever laid in a single workplace accident in […]

The president of the Alberta Federation of Labour says the dozens of charges laid Tuesday in the deaths of two foreign workers aren’t enough.Gil McGowan says while the charges are […]

Union leaders questioning the entry of foreign workers into Canada are potentially inciting public opinion against newcomers, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said yesterday. The statements angered Alberta Federation of Labour […]

Alberta’s temporary foreign worker program has no oversight and is mired in so much bureaucracy that employers are allowed to treat hopeful immigrants like indentured labour. That’s what a federal […]

Entrenching Exploitation: The Second Report of the Alberta Federation of Labour Temporary Foreign Worker Advocate In November 2007, the AFL Temporary Foreign Worker Advocate released “Alberta’s Disposable Workforce” which examined […]

Rights for Farm Workers! The AFL is joining with UFCW Canada in a campaign to include farm workers in Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety Act. The campaign is a result […]

When the Economic Party is Over… Someone has to clean up the mess. The latest Labour Economic Monitor, the AFL’s digest of economic statistics and analysis, is out – and […]

Unions in B.C. and Alberta are demanding changes be made to the temporary foreign worker (TFW) program to allow for permanent residency. However, this pathway to citizenship has already been […]

Last November, The Alberta Federation of Labour released a report exposing the widespread abuse of foreign workers. Problems included: job promised being radically different or disappearing upon arrival lower wages […]

The stereotype is a young woman forced to work in a brothel, strip club or massage parlour. Reality cuts across all walks of life. Nannies. Construction workers. Seasonal farmers. “Nobody […]

Unite to prevent exploitation, improve conditions for Canada’s rising number of temporary workers Last fall, in a dingy boardroom in Ottawa, a group of union leaders sat uncomfortably with migrant […]

Journal of Commerce, Aug 20 2008Byline: Richard Gilbert Unions and contractors in Alberta disagree about the merits of a new federal government immigration program. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Diane […]

Applicants could address Alberta skills shortage This week, federal Immigration Minister Diane Finley announced plans to fast-track immigration applications from skilled temporary foreign workers already employed in Canada — and […]

REGINA — A pilot program to allow foreign workers to work temporarily in the hospitality industry in Saskatchewan and to potentially receive landed immigrant status has received business support but […]

Temporary foreign workers and international students with recognized skills will be able to apply for permanent residency from within Canada under a new immigration class announced yesterday. Immigration Minister Diane […]

OTTAWA – Temporary foreign workers and international students with recognized skills will be able to apply for permanent residency from within Canada under a new immigration class announced yesterday. Immigration […]

EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour today strongly criticized the federal government’s proposed new measures to fast-track citizenship for only certain classes of temporary foreign workers in Canada. “By […]

CALGARY – Temporary foreign workers are streaming into Alberta at breakneck speed to meet labour shortages – and are, for the first time, surpassing the province’s yearly intake of permanent […]