UFCW Canada is joined by Mexican officials in calling for increased protections for migrant farm workers
TORONTO and MEXICO CITY, Dec. 11, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW Canada) held a virtual press conference on Thursday, December 10 to present Mexican officials, policy leaders, and members of the media with the union’s
a report, and to call for urgent reforms to Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP).
At the conference, UFCW Canada National President Paul Meinema outlined recommendations from the 46-page report that could help improve the TFWP, reduce the vulnerability of migrant farm workers labouring in Canada, and provide migrant workers with pathways to permanent residency. President Meinema explained that the report’s 14 recommendations are based on direct input from migrant agricultural workers, as well as UFCW’s thirty years of advocacy on behalf of these workers.
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TORONTO and MEXICO CITY, Dec. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Canada s food workers union, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Canada), will be holding a virtual press conference in Mexico City tomorrow at the state legislature.
The purpose of tomorrow s press conference is to present Mexican officials, policy leaders, and members of the media with the union s
2020 Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canadareport.
The 2020 report details the need for urgent reforms to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), and is based on the direct input of TFWs and the union s 30 years of advocacy on behalf of migrant agricultural workers.
In British Columbia, foreign workers are protected from unfair
employment practices under the
Temporary Foreign Worker
Protection Act (the Act ). Since the Act was
enacted in 2018, the BC government has taken additional measures to
extend protections to foreign workers. This includes the creation
of two separate registries: one for employers that hire foreign
workers in British Columbia, and one for foreigner worker
recruiters. Employers who hire temporary foreign workers under the
Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) in British Columbia are
required by the Act to register with the provincial government
before December 15, 2020.
The BC government is now retaining a public registry of