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¿Tu jefe no te paga cuando no estás trabajando?
¿Sabes qué hacer cuando te maltratan en el trabajo?
Únase a nosotros el 29 de septiembre a las 7 p.m.
¡En este taller, aprenderá cómo actuar cuando está sufriendo abusos en su lugar de trabajo!
En este taller, aprenderás lo siguiente:
Conozca cómo los trabajadores de Lebreton se organizaron e iniciaron una demanda contra su antiguo empleador.
Infórmese sobre sus derechos en el trabajo
Aprenda a recopilar pruebas y realizar un seguimiento de sus horas utilizando el libro de trabajo que hemos creado para asegurarnos de que se le pague.
Pregúntele a un abogado sobre sus derechos en el trabajo.
Al mantener a l@s trabajador@s migrantes bajo el control de programas temporales, el gobierno Canadiense niega a l@s migrantes el poder que necesitamos para defender nuestros derechos, protegernos y estar junto con nuestras familias. ¡No es justo!
En lugar de otorgar un estatus permanente, en 2019 el gobierno introdujo permisos de trabajo abiertos no renovables para trabajador@s migrantes que puedan demostrar que estan viviendo abuso en el trabajo.
Pero todo el programa de trabajadores extranjeros temporales tiene sus raíces en el abuso y la explotación. Aquellos que solicitan Permisos de Trabajo Abiertos para Trabajador@s Vulnerables (OWPVW) corren el riesgo de convertirse en personas indocumentad@s cuando estos permisos expiran.
Mientras luchamos por un estatus permanente para tod@s y la regularización para personas indocumentadas, hacemos un llamado al gobierno canadiense para que realice cambios inmediatos en el proceso de solicitud y el permiso de OWPVW.
Estas son nuestras demandas:
Los permisos de trabajo abiertos para trabajadores vulnerables (OWPVW, por sus siglas en inglés) deben tener una validez de al menos cuatro años.
OWPFVW deben ser renovables.
L@s trabajador@s con OWPFVW son denunciant@s y se les debe conceder la residencia permanente.
L@s familiares de l@s trabajador@s con OWPFVW deben recibir permisos de trabajo y estudio.
L@s empleador@s de trabajador@s migrantes con OWPFVW deben ser investigad@s automáticamente por los gobiernos federales y provinciales, y l@s trabajador@s deben recibir apoyo para obtener reparaciones.
Las solicitudes de OWPFVW deben procesarse en un plazo de cinco días hábiles.
Las normas de Inmigración Canadá para procesar las solicitudes deben hacerse públicas, aplicarse de manera uniforme en todo Canadá y los datos sobre aprobaciones y negaciones deben hacerse públicos.
L@s migrantes que se han vuelto perdido su estatus o han salido de Canadá deben poder solicitar OWPFVW.
La presentación de la pruebas debe invertirse: l@s empleador@s deben demostrar que no ha ocurrido ningún abuso, en lugar de que l@s trabajador@s tengan que proporcionar pruebas.
Las aprobaciones deben incluir apoyo para acceso a vivienda y laboral.
No se deben expedir permisos de trabajo cerrados, atados o sectoriales a l@s empleadores o a las agencias de trabajo temporal.
Se debe conceder la residencia permanente a la llegada a tod@s l@s migrantes, y se debe regularizar a todas las las personas indocumentad@s.
The Migrant Workers Alliance for Change (MWAC) is an organization for and by migrants. We are uniting to win rights at work and immigration justice.
By becoming a member, you will learn more about your rights as a worker, have access to support, build your leadership skills and be part of our movement to ensure rights and justice for all. Members participate in monthly meetings, as well as online and in-person activities and become part of a supportive community of workers & friends.
Members believe in building our collective power and being in solidarity with workers speaking up for justice anywhere in the world. See below for the list of responsibilities and benefits of becoming a member!
Membership Form
Member Responsibilities
Attend at least 6 out of 12 meetings per year (either in-person or online);
Receive regular communication and respond to them
Participate in regular trainings, events and activities;
Outreach to other workers, and invite them to be part of our movement; and
Represent the collective voice of migrants and Migrant Workers Alliance for Change.
Member Benefits
You join a community of migrant leaders fighting for change;
Get invited to special events and receive support from others in a similar situation;
Opportunities to speak to elected officials, decision-makers and the media;
Get priority support (attention) if you are facing problem or if you are being treated unfairly;
Get free workshops and training on topics such as workplace rights; immigration issues; taxes and Employment Insurance; accessing health care and social support systems; and collective organizing 101.
En la Alianza de Trabajador@s Migrantes por un Cambio luchamos por la dignidad y la justicia migrante, esto incluye unidad familiar, mejores condiciones en el trabajo y la vivienda e igualdad de derechos. Hemos creado este cuestionario para Trabajador@s del Sector de Mariscos, para que comparta como le fue en la temporada de el 2023 y si tiene pedido la siguiente en el 2024. Por ejemplo: ¿Le regresaron antes de que termine su contrato? ¿Trabajo menos horas este año?
¡Merecen un trato justo, seguridad laboral e igualdad de derechos!
¿Está de acuerdo?
Complete este formulario para compartir su historia y aprender cómo podemos lograr el cambio juntos. Todo lo que comparta es privado y confidencial.
Every year, migrant farm and fishery workers face a grave injustice – tens of thousands of dollars in wages stolen by bad bosses. Trapped in a system of indentureship where speaking up means risking homelessness, poverty, deportation, and a ban from returning, workers rarely fight back. When they do – they are often denied their rights because they don’t have “evidence”.
Our Solution: Worker Rights Hand Book
We’re launching a Worker Rights Handbook and Video Series for migrants to know their rights, and gather evidence of exploitation.
Where your contribution will go
Legal Consultation: Ensuring workers have the best legal support when they speak up.
Video Development: Creating informative and empowering content,
Handbook Design: A comprehensive way to learn rights and track hours and wages.
Translation: Making our handbook available in many languages.
Distribution: Directly to migrants workers in farms and fish plants in rural communities across Canada.
Every dollar matters
$20,000: We will create and distribute the handbook with videos in English and Spanish to over 4,000 workers.
$40,000: We will add Thai, Vietnamese, Tagalog and Indigenous languages, and create additional videos.
$60,000: We will turn the handbook into an app that workers can use to gather evidence, learn their rights and connect with others.
To contribute
Via credit card: On this page
Interac: info@migrantworkersalliance.org
Cheque: Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, 720 Spadina Avenue, Suite 223, Toronto, ON M5S 2T9
You can use the answers below to be inspired or you can copy and paste in the Federal government survey.
Section 1
Questions 1 to 5
These first five questions are personal questions such as: Have you ever been a temporary foreign worker in Canada? The year you worked in Canada, the type of job you did, and where you worked (province and city).
Section 2
Question 6
Asks you if you are in a union.
Section 3
Questions 7 to 24
In this section you will find questions about your experiences in Canada, such as infomation about your rights as a migrant worker you know, where did you find said information. Were you able to exercise your rights, living and working conditions, send a report to ESDC, open work permit for vulnerable workers.
Remember to think of your worst experience in Canada when answering these questions. When you find a box use that opportunity to say why you want permanent resident status because it protects you from exploitation. Give examples of where you were mistreated.
Section 4
Questions 25 to 35
This section asks demographic information such as level of education, country of origin, language you speak, gender. Please respond acordingly.
Section 5
Question 36 to 39
This part is about your interest in coming back to Canada, and if you would apply for Permanent Residency.
Use this section to reiterate why you want permanent residency for all and why you cannot apply, because there are no access to PR for some groups of migrant workers such as Farmworkers.
Section 6
Send the survey – This is where you will find the Submit button for the survey.
Let’s unite together and make sure Canada does the right thing and grants Permanent Status For All – including people without papers and those who arrive in the future. Sign the petition
Do you want to stay informed about upcoming changes, events, and actions send us a WhatsApp message now and save our number in your phone contacts (This is a private and confidential list, and will not risk your job or status in any way):
Farmworkers (ENG): 905-324-2840
Trabajadores Agrícolas: 647-807-4722
Care workers: 647-782-6633
Fishery workers (English and Spanish): 506-251-7467
Migrant Welcome UN Slavery Rapporteur Call for Permanent Resident Status for All
Toronto, September 6, 2023 – The Migrant Workers Alliance for Change (MWAC) welcomes the statement in Ottawa from United Nations Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery Professor Tomoya Obokata today in which he called for “paths to longterm or permanent residency be open to all migrant workers”.
The UN Rapporteur was in Canada on a country mission where he met with migrants including 40 members of (MWAC), Indigenous people, people with disability and incarcerated people, persons of African descent and other groups facing exploitation. In his End of Mission press conference today, Professor Obokata said that was “disturbed” that “certain categories of migrant workers are made vulnerable to contemporary forms of slavery in Canada by the policies that regulate their immigration status, employment, and housing in Canada, and he is particularly concerned that this workforce is disproportionately racialized, attesting to deep-rooted racism and xenophobia entrenched in Canada’s immigration system”.
He also reiterated that “Newcomers who enter Canada outside of TFWP experience similar precarity. International students who work in excess of the permitted 20 hours per week, asylum-seekers awaiting their work permits, undocumented migrant workers, and those that have lost status are vulnerable to many of the same abusive practices, as they may not report abuses for fear of deportation. Employers who are aware of their status may exploit them under threat of denouncing them to immigration authorities.”
The UN Rapporteur also echoed a call for regularization of all undocumented people, a call that was also made in June 2023 by the UN Rapporteur on Migration.
“The United Nations Rapporteur has yet again stated what we all know, and migrants have been saying for decades – a two-tier system of immigration where over 1.2 million new temporary permits are being issued each year breeds exploitation, exclusion and violence. All migrants, including undocumented people, migrant students, workers and refugees, must have permanent resident status to protect themselves and ensure a fair society,” said Syed Hussan, executive director, Migrant Workers Alliance for Change.
Prime Minister Trudeau promised regularization of undocumented people and permanent resident status for migrant students, workers and families in a mandate letter commitment in December 2021, 20 months later, migrants continue to suffer.
Migrant Workers Alliance for Change is a migrant-led, membership based organization of farmworkers, fishery workers, careworkers, undocumented people and current and former international students uniting for immigration and labour justice.
Do you agree that all migrants deserve to be together with your family and loved ones? Join us on Sunday, September 10 at 4pm (Toronto time) to learn about current immigration rules that keep us apart – and how farm and fishery workers are uniting together to win change to unfair laws!
Many migrant workers were forced to leave the country on August 26 for trying to organize for their rights. They’ve been in the country since April but have not been working and are starving. Read their story below and add your name to send a message.
