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Allegations of abuse under Canada’s “migrant” home support and childcare program not new

by the Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians (CPFC) How can we really end the cycle of exploitation of “migrant care workers Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker’s Program (TFWP) has long existed as a vehicle to recruit and cheapen transnational workers’ labour. The particular category of caregiver/domestic work schemes currently under the TFPW, from the early West… Read More Allegations of abuse under Canada’s “migrant” home support and childcare program not new

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Call to scrap Canada’s Caregiver Program more necessary than ever as regressive rebranding leave thousands without permanent resident status

Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians (CPFC) February 19, 2018 Toronto, ON – Recent statistics brought to light in a February 3, 2018 Toronto Star article regarding the impacts of the Caregiver Program reforms made in 2014 have angered  thousands as a mere 555 of 2,730 permanent residency (PR) applicants have received permanent status in the… Read More Call to scrap Canada’s Caregiver Program more necessary than ever as regressive rebranding leave thousands without permanent resident status

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We say no to the “4 in 4 out” revolving door policy!

Statement prepared by SIKLAB National (Advance and Uphold the Struggles of Filipino Canadian Workers) April 22, 2015 Toronto, ON— The enactment of the “4 in 4 out” rule this past April 1st, affecting tens of thousands of workers under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), is a telling message exposing the Canadian Government’s intensifying attacks… Read More We say no to the “4 in 4 out” revolving door policy!

SIKLAB Ontario

Regressive rebranding of the Live-in Caregiver Program consolidates the neoliberal agenda for temporary, cheap, vulnerable, and disposable labour

National Alliance of Philippine Women Canada National Statement December 4, 2014 Toronto, ON—With the Federal Government’s announcement of the recent changes to the Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP), the National Alliance of Philippine Women in Canada (NAPWC) continue to challenge the inherently violent and abusive mechanisms of the program that, at the very core, has remained… Read More Regressive rebranding of the Live-in Caregiver Program consolidates the neoliberal agenda for temporary, cheap, vulnerable, and disposable labour

Philippine Women Centre of Ontario

Resist the “Divide and Rule” tactics against the working class in Canada!

Resist the “Divide and Rule” tactics against the working class in Canada Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians National Statement April 7, 2014   The recent report in CBC’s news segment Go Public about temporary foreign workers  (TFW) in Canada highlights, once again, the vulnerability of the working class in Canada against the relentless offensive of… Read More Resist the “Divide and Rule” tactics against the working class in Canada!

Magkaisa Centre

Cosmetic reforms to the Temporary Foreign Workers Program a disservice to all workers in Canada

National statement For immediate release May 13, 2013 Toronto, ON—The Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians (CPFC) stands firm against the Conservative government’s hypocrisy in masquerading concern for the job security of all workers in Canada through their recent reforms to the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP), despite hitting workers with their prevailing agenda to continue… Read More Cosmetic reforms to the Temporary Foreign Workers Program a disservice to all workers in Canada

SIKLAB Ontario

Filipino janitorial and maintenance workers triumph over deportation threat in Halifax

For immediate release May 2, 2013 Toronto, ON—SIKLAB Ontario (Advance and Uphold the Struggles of Filipino Canadian Workers) and the member organizations of the Magkaisa Centre commend the strength and courage of the janitorial and maintenance workers in Halifax, Nova Scotia in speaking out and standing up against the unscrupulous practices held by their employer,… Read More Filipino janitorial and maintenance workers triumph over deportation threat in Halifax

SIKLAB Ontario

Harper government’s scapegoating of RBC: a futile attempt at washing their hands clean of anti-worker agenda

For immediate release April 18, 2013 Toronto, ON—The Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians (CPFC) admonish the Conservative government’s hypocrisy in putting on a façade of righteousness amidst the controversial lay-offs by the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) of citizen workers and their subsequent replacement by temporary foreign workers. As the leading brokers and agents who… Read More Harper government’s scapegoating of RBC: a futile attempt at washing their hands clean of anti-worker agenda

SIKLAB Ontario

Once again, Minister Jason Kenney is no Santa Claus to temporary foreign workers in Canada under the LCP

National Statement For immediate release November 28, 2011 Toronto, ON – With the recent announcement by Immigration Minister Jason Kenney to slash approvals of over 7,000 permanent residency applications made through the Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP), progressive Filipino Canadians firmly maintain that under the Conservative government’s policy-imposed age of austerity for all working-class Canadians, no… Read More Once again, Minister Jason Kenney is no Santa Claus to temporary foreign workers in Canada under the LCP

Magkaisa Centre

Progressive Filipino Canadian women once again denounce the Live-in Caregiver Program

Progressive Filipino Canadian women once again denounce the Live-in Caregiver Program PWC-ON supports caregivers’ wage theft campaign Toronto, ON – June 2, 2011 – The Philippine Women Centre of Ontario (PWC-ON) offers its support to Vivian de Jesus and Lilliane Namukasa’s struggles as overworked and underpaid workers under the modern-day slavery Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP).… Read More Progressive Filipino Canadian women once again denounce the Live-in Caregiver Program

Philippine Women Centre of Ontario