Canada: Migrants on Temporary Worker Program are afraid to raise complaints amid employer intimidation in agri-food sector
요약
보고된 날짜: 2023년 10월 10일
위치: 캐나다
기업 페이지
Lebreton Fisheries - Employer영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 80
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 3 - 멕시코 , 식음료 , Men , Documented migrants )토픽들
비사법적 구제절차에 대한 접근성 , 불안정한/불적합한 생활환경 , 비정규직 , 위협 , 임금 착취 , 생활 임금 , 정신 건강 , 이동 제한 , 식량권결과
응답 요청 여부: 예, Journalist에 의해 요청됨
시행된 조치: SaltWire contacted Kathlin Lebreton, one of the owners of Lebreton Fisheries, but received no response. The allegations contained in the court filing have not been tested in court. After The Canadian Press contacted LeBreton about the lawsuit, a spokesman who did not provide his name returned the call to say the company had no comment.
출처: News outlet
“Canada’s temporary migrant worker program fails both labourers and employers, Senate committee hears”
The temporary migrant workers’ program is not working for labourers or for employers in many cases…
…senators visited P.E.I. and N.B. last month to investigate concerns about temporary migrant workers from them, employers and advocates.
They visited multiple farms and fishery plants — the two main industries for temporary foreign workers — to hear concerns on the living conditions of migrant workers such as housing, working conditions and well-being…
She also noted workers’ complaints about a lack of affordable and liveable housing, low work hours and alleged ill-treatment…
…three foreign temporary workers from Mexico have spoken out about their experience working for lobster company LeBreton Fisheries, in Campbellton, N.B. Javier Montaño de Dios, one of the people in this group, said LeBreton gave their 80 migrant workers termination letters after they voiced their concerns regarding the prolonged lack of work and their living condition…
SaltWire contacted Kathlin Lebreton, one of the owners of Lebreton Fisheries, but received no response….
an organizer with Migrant Workers Alliance for Change in N.B. in the fishery worker sectors, said this is not a problem with a single employer, but with the whole industry…