The systematic exploitation of foreign and migrant workers takes place with the full participation of the Canadian state.
migrant workers
Migrant farm workers in Ontario strike against working conditions
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Migrant farm workers stage wildcat strike to demand thousands of dollars in unpaid wages: Employer responds with deportation
November 23, 2010
(Simcoe, Ontario) Over 100 migrant farm workers employed at Ghesquiere Plants Ltd. are facing imminent repatriation (deportation) after staging a wildcat strike to demanding thousands of dollars in unpaid wages.
The migrant workers from Mexico, Jamaica, Trinidad and Barbados came together across racial, linguistic and ethnic lines to organize this wildcat strike and strengthen their collective power. The workers employed by this farm described numerous rights violations and complaints about their living conditions including the following:
Immigrant workers fight back
Fight Back: Workplace Justice for Immigrants
(Fernwood Publishing,
2009;
$17.02)
"A lot of Filipinos and others are silent in their jobs....They are scared that if they do something for change, they will be deported....They feel held at the blade between life and death."
![Migrant Matters](http://rabble.ca/sites/rabble/files/imagecache/thumbnail/category_pictures/MMlogo100.jpg "Migrant Matters navigates through the interconnected issues that limit the freedom of people to move across borders (of all kinds) and stay wherever they choose. We bring into focus the individual faces and unique stories of migrant workers, "non-status" people, and racialized working-class immigrants, who are often left out of mainstream media. Airs monthly.")
Trans Film Screening Series: "Paper Dolls"
May 28 2012 - 6:30pm
May 28 2012 - 8:30pm
Location
William Doo Auditorium
45 Willcocks st.
Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Canada
Phone:
416 978 8201
43° 39' 40.4856" N, 79° 24' 3.2256" W
See map: Google Maps
==>Trans Film Night: "Paper Dolls"
==>Free Film! Free Snacks! Free Talk!
The Trans Film Screening Series hosts a FREE screening of:
"PAPER DOLLS"
Everyone welcome. Allies welcome.
Contact name:
Trans Film Screening Series
Contact email:
CLiFF
The Canadian Labour International Film Festival (CLiFF) is a chance for workers to showcase their struggles, lives, successes and working conditions. Activists have an easier time than ever accessing cameras and editing software that allows them to tell their own stories but finding a place to show these narratives is becoming increasingly difficult. CLiFF doesn't just show films, but it also encourages workers to make their own.
From unionized workers abroad to un-unionized workers in Canada, CLiFF screens the stories of youth activists, trade union members, educators, artists, allies and other workers. The festival is hosted in 50 communities across Canada.
Inside the working conditions of migrant workers: Journal seven and epilogue
In light of the recent tragic incident involving the death of 10 migrant workers in Southern Ontario, I felt it was finally time to take the wraps off of a journal I kept during a two-week trip in early 2004 to investigate the conditions of undocumented Chinese migrant farm workers. I hope this can help shed light on the kinds of conditions faced every day by the people who tend, pick and process the food we eat.
This is the seventh in a series. See here for the first entry.
Inside the working conditions of migrant workers: Journal six
In light of the recent tragic incident involving the death of 10 migrant workers in Southern Ontario, I felt it was finally time to take the wraps off of a journal I kept during a two-week trip in early 2004 to investigate the conditions of undocumented Chinese migrant farm workers. I hope this can help shed light on the kinds of conditions faced every day by the people who tend, pick and process the food we eat.
This is the sixth in a series. See here for the first entry.
