This week on rabble radio, Gabriela Calugay-Casuga sits down with Gabriel Allahdua, an outreach worker working with migrant workers across Ontario. The two discuss the harsh realities of Canada’s farm labour system and how Canadians can take action to create fairer working conditions for all.
“Migrant workers are made invisible. We are made invisible, and that’s not an accident – that is by design. From the very foundation of Canada, from the Chinese railroad workers … Canada continues to use unjust immigration and unjust labour laws to work in tandem, to keep migrant workers vulnerable. To keep migrant workers in precarious situations. To exploit migrant workers, essentially. That’s not something new to Canada.” – Gabriel Allahdua.
About our guest
Gabriel Allahdua is a former migrant farm worker from Saint Lucia and is now an outreach worker working with migrant workers across Ontario. Allahdua is also the University of Guelph’s first Activist-in-Residence. He is the author of Harvesting Freedom: The Life of a Migrant Worker in Canada.
Harvesting Freedom is available through Between the Lines Publishing, here.
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