Migrant Workers

By Yumna Iftikhar | The Independent As Newfoundland and Labrador continues to rely on newcomer and migrant workers in various sectors, human rights …

By Emily Baron Cadloff Nova Scotia Labour Minister Nolan Young is rejecting a recommendation to grant immediate access to public health care for …

Women migrant workers in Nova Scotia’s agriculture and seafood processing industries face poor housing conditions, barriers to healthcare access, exploitative working conditions …

A new report says Nova Scotia is failing to adequately protect female migrant workers employed on farms and seafood plants in the …

By J.P. Antonacci | The Hamilton Spectator With Jamaica’s airports still closed in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, hundreds of Jamaican farm workers …

By David Baxter An Ontario migrant farm worker says there is “wickedness” in a federal government proposal that could allow employers to charge …

Justice for Migrant Workers (J4MW) has launched a campaign aimed at exposing workplace abuses faced by migrant workers in Ontario and addressing …

By Kate Swanson, Dalhousie University; Alyssa Weeks, Dalhousie University, and Elizabeth Fitting, Dalhousie University Every year, thousands of migrant workers arrive in …

A total of 170 migrant workers at Highline Mushrooms’ four factory farms in Abbotsford, B.C., have unionized, joining the United Food and …