OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 14, 2012) - A group of unions and non-government organizations will hold a news conference on Tuesday, May 15 regarding the government's recently announced changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP).
The changes, which will fast track employer applications for migrant workers and allow employers to pay migrant workers up to 15% less, are unfair and misguided. The government has included those changes in a large omnibus budget bill that is being pushed through Parliament.
| WHO: | Hassan Yussuff, Secretary-Treasurer, Canadian Labour Congress |
| Naveen Mehta, General Counsel and Director of Human Rights, United Food and Commercial Workers | |
| Heather Neufeld, Immigrant Rights advocate, Canadian Council for Refugees | |
| Alfredo Barahona, Migrant and Indigenous Rights Program Coordinator, KAIROS | |
| Connie Sorio, Migrante Canada | |
| WHAT: | News conference about changes to Temporary Foreign Worker Program |
| WHEN: | Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 11:30 a.m. |
| WHERE: | Charles Lynch Room, 130 S Centre Block |
| House of Commons |
The Canadian Labour Congress, the national voice of the labour movement, represents 3.3 million Canadian workers. The CLC brings together Canada's national and international unions along with the provincial and territorial federations of labour and 130 district labour councils. Website: www.canadianlabour.ca. Follow us on Twitter @CanadianLabour.
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