Resisting Precarity Forum
Resisting Precarity: An Immigration-Labour Policy Forum. Introducing the Migrant Workers-Alliance for Change. June 1, 2011 10am – 12:30pm 280 POD, Jorgenson Hall, Ryerson University 380 Victoria Street...
View ArticleVigil: Celebrate Migrant Workers on December 18th
Migrant Workers Alliance for Change invites you to Vigil: Celebrate Migrant Workers http://www.facebook.com/events/302043009829811 5pm, December 18, 2011 Chinese Railway Workers’ Memorial (Map:...
View ArticleEqual Pay for Equal Work! Call for Action. Rally against migrant worker wage...
The Conservative government has given employers in Canada more rein to exploit migrants. Employers can now pay migrant workers 15% below the average wage. This is an outrage! To discriminate on wages...
View ArticleCreative Action at Ministry of Labour: Make ‘em pay to work!
Join us as we charge Ontario Ministry of Labour employees fees to go to work. Strange? Not at all. Migrant workers have to pay thousands of dollars to work in Ontario, and its legal. If recruiters can...
View ArticleFeast for Fairness
Join the event on facebook Join us on Saturday October 12th at 1030, as the Campaign to Raise the Minimum Wage, in collaboration with the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, hosts a Feast for Fairness...
View ArticleInvitation to Report Launch from Metcalf Foundation
There are over 338,000 migrant workers in Canada. This number has more than doubled since 2006. In Toronto, the number of migrant workers increased 237% between 2006 to 2012. As Canada increasingly...
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‘Immigration Not Deportation’– Migrant Worker Solidarity Picket
On Thursday, June 19th, join us at 12pm at 316 Bloor West (Bloor and Spadina) at the headquarters of the Canada Food and Restaurants Association, an employer lobby group, to demand immigration not...
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Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers: Migrant Worker Speaking Tour
You’ve heard a lot about Temporary Foreign Workers, now come hear from them! Join 3 migrant workers – a Live-In Caregiver, a Farmworker, and a Restaurant worker – to learn about their struggles, their...
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Migrants and allies seed justice
Toronto – Over a 100 migrant workers and supporters in Toronto planted seedlings and food at Immigration Canada headquarters to insist that migrant workers are rooted in our communities. The...
View ArticleTalking Immigration
* Are you a strong community advocate or service provider that hosts regular meetings? * Have you had a hard time understanding what exactly is happening in immigration policy? * Do you have opinions...
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Toronto Rally for Migrant Worker Rights #StatusNow
1pm, May 30, 2016 South-East corner of Bloor and Spadina, march to MP Chrystia Freeland’s office For decades migrant workers in Canada have been denied the most basic freedoms. The freedom to change...
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Join the Migrant Worker Contingent at IWD 2017, Toronto
IWD 2017: Migrant Workers Part of the Resistance! Part of the Fight! Join migrant workers and allies in the 2017 International Women’s Day March in Toronto Meet at 12:45pm Saturday March 11, 2017 155...
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Free Legal Information Session for International Students
Are you on a study permit? Do you have questions about your study permit or other immigration matters? Is your boss not paying you enough? Do you have problems with school administration? Then this...
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This Thanksgiving, remember migrant farmworkers
As you sit down with your family and friends for a Thanksgiving meal this weekend, take a moment to think about who grew your food, who caught the turkey, who picked the grapes. The migrant farmworkers...
View ArticleEqual Pay for Equal Work! Call for Action. Rally against migrant worker wage...
The Conservative government has given employers in Canada more rein to exploit migrants. Employers can now pay migrant workers 15% below the average wage. This is an outrage! To discriminate on wages...
View ArticleCreative Action at Ministry of Labour: Make ’em pay to work!
Join us as we charge Ontario Ministry of Labour employees fees to go to work. Strange? Not at all. Migrant workers have to pay thousands of dollars to work in Ontario, and its legal. If recruiters can...
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