ADVANCING THE WORKING CLASS STRUGGLE:
A CRITICAL LOOK AT CANADA’S LABOUR AND IMMIGRATION PROGRAMS
SIKLAB Ontario’s (Advance and Uphold the Struggle of Filipino Canadian Workers)
Celebration of International Worker’s Day,
featuring a panel discussion on the Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP)
and the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP)

Saturday, April 30th, 2011, 2:00 – 5:00 PM

OISE Room 5280
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
252 Bloor St. West (above St. George subway station)
Venue is wheelchair accessible

Free admission
Light refreshments will be served

Final lecture of UKPC@UofT & York’s series
Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada/Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance–Ontario @ University of Toronto and York University

In celebration of International Worker’s Day, SIKLAB Ontario, in collaboration with UKPC@UofT and York, ignites their militancy in upholding the working class struggle through a panel discussion on Canada’s labour and immigration programs from the perspective of the Filipino Canadian community.

Making up the largest community of temporary foreign workers, live-in caregivers and deskilled immigrants, majority of whom are women, the Filipino Canadian community is relegated to serve as Canada’s pool of cheap and disposable labour. Worse, neoliberalism’s attacks on public health, housing, childcare, public services and education have pushed Filipino Canadians and the rest of the working-class community in Canada even further into the margins.

Testimonials from community members will concretize and contextualize Canada’s labour and immigration policies – specifically the Live-in Caregiver Program and the Temporary Foreign Workers Program. By advancing the community’s call for a just and genuine settlement and integration and full participation in Canada, this event aims to boldly uphold the Filipino Canadian community’s place in the working-class peoples’ struggle for freedom and social transformation.

As progressive Filipino Canadians, we mark May 1st as a significant time to uphold our calls to advance the struggles of racialized and working-class peoples in Canada. We invite everyone to join us in a stimulating and productive discussion as our panel of community organizers and workers share our lived experiences and our community’s resistance in the face of neoliberalism’s escalating attacks on racialized and working-class peoples in Canada.

For more information, contact:
Kenneth Santos
416-519-2553
ukpc-on@magkaisacentre.org
www.magkaisacentre.org
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