News
Chelsea Nash
| All travellers coming to Canada must obtain a negative COVID-19 test prior to departure, but the requirement means migrant workers must pay hundreds for the test out of pocket. |
Blog
Shane Martínez
| Why is there a widespread refusal to acknowledge or depict migrant farmworkers in representations about agricultural produce? |
Blog
Maya Bhullar
| Activists are working to demand changes to improve the lives of workers in the food production industry across Canada. |
News
Chelsea Nash
| Volunteers have to be extremely careful when dropping off fresh produce to workers, for fear that employers will fire and deport workers caught interacting with outsiders. |
News
Chelsea Nash
| Two activists with Justicia for Migrant Workers say without permanent status, the rest is just a band-aid fix. |
Blog
Dennis Gruending
| The elderly, long-term care workers, grocery store clerks and migrant farm workers in Canada are among those who have experienced the harshest injustices during the pandemic. |
News
Karl Nerenberg
| Justin Trudeau has cracked open the door to a path to citizenship, in a way none of his predecessors ever did. Now, those who advocate for migrant workers will have to push hard on that door. |
Blog
Doreen Nicoll
| The COVID-19 pandemic has placed front and centre the need for meaningful structural and financial reforms across employment sectors dominated by women and migrant workers. |
Blog
Raluca Bejan
| Either migrant workers should have access to permanent residency so they can benefit from the same rights as the resident population, or the TFW program should be scrapped altogether. |
Podcast
Scott Neigh
| Hector Balderos Campos and Natalia Sudeyko talk about the work of the Dignidad Migrante Society, an organization which supports migrant agricultural workers in Canada. |
Blog
Raluca Bejan
| If people are good enough to work they should be good enough to be cared for. |
Podcast
Marc Belanger, Derek Blackadder
| RadioLabour's Canada Report May 3 - 10, 2019 -- The UFCW wants abused temporary migrant workers to be able to change employers, The LabourStart Report, and more. |