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November 15, 2012 |
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The BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre (BCPIAC) has launched a complaint at the BC Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT) on behalf of four temporary foreign workers (TFW) from Mexico employed at two Tim Hortons locations in Dawson Creek, BC. Living two to a room, in a five bedroom home, workers were asked to pay $200.00 each at the beginning of the month, and then asked by the employer for an additional
November 6, 2012 |
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The latest unemployment figures show the continued use of Temporary Foreign Workers is unnecessary said BC Federation of Labour President Jim Sinclair. According to Statistics Canada, BC lost 10,900 total jobs and 16,200 full-time jobs last month. "These numbers reveal we don't have a temporary shortage of workers, we have a shortage of jobs," Sinclair stated. The Federation has long opposed the
November 5, 2012 |
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The BC Federation of Labour is welcoming reports that the federal government will investigate the circumstances that have allowed HD Mining to import foreign workers for mining jobs in BC. Federation President Jim Sinclair called for the suspension of temporary work permits while the investigation is underway. Sinclair also expressed concern that the same federal department that granted the Labour
The BC Federation of Labour office is located on unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) territories.
