Canada: Migrants on Temporary Worker Program are afraid to raise complaints amid employer intimidation in agri-food sector
摘要
日期: 2023年10月10日
地点: 加拿大
企业
Lebreton Fisheries - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 80
外劳和移民工人: ( 3 - 墨西哥 , 食品和饮料 , Gender not reported )议题
Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 剥夺言论自由 , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Irregular Work , 恐吓和威胁回应
已邀请回应:是,由Journalist
后续行动: SaltWire contacted Kathlin Lebreton, one of the owners of Lebreton Fisheries, but received no response.
信息来源: 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…