Labour, Climate, Faith & Indigenous Leaders Call for Immigration Status for All in COVID-19 Recovery During Liberal Cabinet Retreat
September 14, 2020 07:00 ET
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Migrant Rights Network
TORONTO, Sept. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This morning, as the federal Liberal cabinet meets to set their priorities for the Throne Speech, over 280 organizations that include 8 million people are...
Labour, Climate, Faith & Indigenous Leaders Representing 270 Organizations Call for Immigration Status for All in COVID-19 Recovery
September 11, 2020 13:37 ET
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Migrant Rights Network
Migrant Rights Network Media Advisory TORONTO, Sept. 11, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- National civil society organizations from across the country will join together on Monday, September 14, 2020 to...
Report calls for changes to protect migrant agricultural workers and Canada’s food supply
August 10, 2020 10:17 ET
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UFCW Canada
TORONTO, Aug. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new report from UFCW Canada, the country’s leading advocate for agricultural workers, has called for urgent changes to protect the health, safety, and...
UFCW Canada advocates for greater protections for migrant workers in Windsor-Essex County
July 21, 2020 13:30 ET
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UFCW Canada
TORONTO, July 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW Canada) recently presented to the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit to advocate for better health and...
MEDIA ADVISORY: "Caravan for Justice" heads to St. Catharines to demand immediate protections and permanent resident status for migrant workers, as COVID-19 cases spike on farms
June 12, 2020 12:39 ET
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Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, June 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fight for $15 & Fairness campaign will lead a caravan on Saturday, June 13, to demand urgent action from the Trudeau government to grant full...
Migrant workers call for permanent resident status in shocking new report on abuses
June 08, 2020 12:00 ET
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Migrant Workers Alliance for Change
TORONTO, June 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Migrant Workers Alliance for Change (MWAC) is releasing a report today of complaints made on behalf over a thousand migrant workers, warnings that were...
50 Elected Representatives from All Provinces Call on Federal Government to Support Essential Migrant & Undocumented Workers
May 04, 2020 08:30 ET
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Migrant Rights Network
OTTAWA, May 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 50 elected provincial and municipal representatives from each of Canada’s provinces are issuing a statement today calling on the federal government to extend...
Migrant worker in Quebec granted first-ever open work permit
July 31, 2019 11:59 ET
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UFCW Canada
SAINTE-MELANIE, Quebec, July 31, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With the help of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Canada), a Mexican farm worker has become the first migrant worker in Canada...
Les TUAC Canada se réjouissent de la nouvelle initiative visant à contrer les mauvais traitements infligés aux travailleurs migrants
June 04, 2019 13:45 ET
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TUAC Canada
OTTAWA, 04 juin 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Les TUAC Canada, le principal défenseur et syndicat des travailleurs migrants et temporaires au pays, se réjouit d'une nouvelle initiative gouvernementale...
UFCW Canada welcomes new initiative to counter migrant worker abuse
June 04, 2019 13:45 ET
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UFCW Canada
OTTAWA, June 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UFCW Canada, the country’s leading advocate and union for migrant and temporary workers, welcomes a new government work permit initiative to protect migrant...