SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE SHEIKH FAMILY! DETENTION REVIEW, MONDAY, JULY 13 AT NOON. *********************** Monday, July 13, 2009 12PM Gathering 1PM Detention Review 200 Réné-Lévésque O. (metro Place-des-arts) *********************** IMMIGRATION CANADA DEPORTS THE PARENTS & LEAVES CHILDREN TO PICK UP THE PIECES OF THEIR DEVASTATED LIVES! Sabir Mohammed Sheikh and Seema Sheikh, originally from Karachi, Pakistan, were accepted as refugees in Canada in 2001. The Sheikh family of four... Read more →
Petition in support of Laid off Textile workers in Montreal! To our friends and allies of the Immigrant Workers Center. We are launching a petition as part of our campaign to seek real justice for laid off textile workers, who are mainly low-waged immigrant workers and in Montreal during this economic crisis. as they are being laid off in the thousands without any compensation or ability to pay the rent... Read more →
Manif d’information pour les travailleurs du textile mis à pied: dépannage pour les travailleurs, pas les patrons! -----------> Vendredi Avril 24 à 3pm, Piquetage mobile à partir du coin de st. Laurent et de Louvain <---------- Comme la crise économique s'approfondit, le taux de chômage à Montreal en mars a presque approche le 9,3%. A Montreal l'industrie textile représente 55% pour cent de l'industrie des textiles canadienne. Il représente presque... Read more →
The International Migrants Alliance (IMA) denounces the Canadian government in the strongest possible terms after its Canadian Border Services Agency rounded up and detained last week over 100 migrant workers considered illegal in Greater Toronto Area. The said raids, according to Canadian authorities, are a part of the three-month probe into illegal immigration after a more stringent immigration policy was imposed a few months ago. “The crackdown on our fellow... Read more →
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm 419 rue Saint Roch, Room SS13 (métro Parc) The Immigrant Workers' Centre, along with Project Genesis and the Comité d'Action Parc Extension are hosting an event to educate people about community resources for new immigrants and temporary workers faced with barriers to health care. Come learn how to defend your rights and connect with differentorganizations in the community working together to change... Read more →
March for International Women's Day Updated: Sun Mar. 08 2009 6:39:44 PM Organizers for this year's march for International Women's Day are aiming to highlight a number of local and international issues. "Every year, we march down the streets of Montreal and assert our power to fight for our futures and demand justice for all. We take to the streets to celebrate and stand in solidarity with the daily struggles... Read more →
December 18th, 2008 Montreal's Tamil community instigates awareness campaign Stefan Christoff Montreal's Tamil community wants to raise awareness about the worsening conflict in Sri Lanka as well as protect Tamil refugee applicants in Canada who face deportation back to a war zone. In recent months, the Sri Lankan military has heightened aerial bombardments and military actions in areas home to the separatist Tamil Tigers, vowing to flush them out by... Read more →
Le vigile aura lieu le 10 décembre à compter de 11h, devant le Complexe Guy Favreau, 200, ouest boul. René-Lévesque. Pour attirer l'attention du public sur la crise humanitaire qui se déroule au Sri Lanka, les Tamouls de Montréal tiendront un vigile le 10 décembre, devant le Complexe Guy Favreau. On demandera au Gouvernement du Canada d'intervenir auprès du Gouvernement du Sri Lanka pour faire cesser les bombardements des populations... Read more →
The Immigrant Workers' Centre Invites you to the centers' 9th annual general meeting. Over the past year, the center has been bustling with campaigns and victories. Please have a look around this website to learn more about our work with textile workers, domestic workers, victims of police brutality, those left out of the health care system and much more. This year we will be launching our membership drive. Please come... Read more →
Tamil press conference and vigil on International Human Rights Day in front of 200 Rene Levesque, Complex Guy Favreau, Montréal, Québec (Metro Place-des-Arts – green line or Metro Place d'Armes – orange line) December 10, 2008 11 am – 12 noon Public Forum on International Human Rights Day Speakers from the Tamil, Filipino and Palestinian communities will present on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Palestine.... Read more →
Supper, Information Session, & Discussion ========================> Wednesday December 3rd 2008 5pm-8pm 419 st Roch Room SS17, Parc-X community Centre (metro parc) <======================== Are you an immigrant? A day labourer? Are you employed? Unemployed? Having trouble at work? Do you know somebody who is being deported? Come share your story with us! The Immigrant Workers Center, along with the Jobra Center, Himalaya Seniors, and the Comite d'Action Parc Extension are presenting... Read more →
Come to a community event to LAUNCH the results of a survey on the work conditions of domestic workers Entrance free Cultural presentation on the concrete experiences of caregivers When: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 15h00 to 18h00 Where: 6767 Cote-des-Neiges, Montreal Supper will be served, plus entertainment _____________________ P I N A Y Filipino Women’s Organization in Quebec Organisation des femmes Philippines du Québec 7595 Central Ave. Lasalle, Quebec H8P... Read more →
This event is part of a world-wide response by migrant workers to counter the UN-sponsored Global Forum on Migration and Development to be held in Manila at the end of October 2008. Organized by the International Migrants Alliance - Canada Sunday, October 26, 2008 3pm - 6pm 6767 Cote-des-Neiges (Cote-des-Neiges Community Centre) Speakers: Tamil refugees, migrant farm workers, live-in caregivers and immigrant textile workers With cultural presentations, food and drink... Read more →
Some of the most exploited people in the work force are immigrants and those hoping to gain citizenship here in Canada. Some people don't know what their rights are and when they do, some don't know where to turn.That's where the Immigrant Workers Centre steps in. Debra Arbec from CTV in Montreal looks at the work of the CTI-IWC on the show My Montreal. Watch the video at //montreal.ctv.ca/cfcf/video_popup?news_id=26583
La Ligue des Droits et Libertés et la Ligue des Noirs du Québec se joignent à la Coalition Justice pour Anas pour demander que l'enquête publique du coroner sur la mort de Anas Bennis, ordonnée en juin 2008, puisse avoir lieu comme prévu. Ils continuent d'exiger une enquête publique complète et indépendante sur la mort de Anas aux mains de la police de Montréal en décembre 2005. Montréal, 21 october... Read more →
Montreal, October 8, 2008 - More than 60 former workers at a Montreal textile factory, Lamour Inc., are involved in a campaign for just compensation. Although the workers have been laid off in small groups, collectively, they believe these lay-offs should be considered collective and therefore they should be eligible for a substantial termination package. Many of them have been working for this company for more than 10 years, with... Read more →
Montreal, October 9, 2008 - The Immigrant Workers Centre went to bat again yesterday for the more than 500 Lamour Inc. textile workers who have lost jobs since 2006. Centre lawyer Alexandra Law and two of the affected employees met with a pair of aides for Employment Minister Sam Hamad at his office in Old Montreal during a noon-hour demonstration by about 60 of those workers and their supporters. The... Read more →
====================== mercredi, le 8 octobre, 2008 12:00 pm à 1:00 pm Ministre de L'emploi et de La Solidarité Sociale 800 rue Square Victoria (Métro Square-Victoria) ======================= Le lundi 8 octobre un groupe de travailleurs et travaileuses du textile va demonstrer leur solidarité devant la bureau de Ministre de L'emploi et de La Solidarité Sociale à 800 rue Square Victoria (Métro Square-Victoria) Les travailleurs de l'usine l'Amour n'ont pas reçu aucune... Read more →
Chers ami-e-s, travailleurs et travailleuses migrants, militant-e-s pour les droits sociaux, Lancement de l'Alliance internationale des migrants - section Québec/Canada! Vous êtes tous et toutes invité-e-s au lancement de l'Alliance internationale des migrants - section Québec/Canada! Quand: Samedi le 4 october 15h à 18h OU: UQAM, Pavillon Hubert Aquin salle A050 400, Ste-Catherine est, coin St-Denis, Métro Berri, Montréal, Québec Conférencière: Wahu Kaara de Kenya Rapport des groupes ayant participé... Read more →
Ex-workers challenge Lamour Want compensation. Also allege union failed in duties to members MIKE KING The Gazette Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Lamour Inc., a 55-year-old Montreal clothing manufacturer with 2,500 employees worldwide, is being challenged by about 20 workers from its local factory who lost their jobs last year. Claiming they were “unceremoniously laid off” at the end of September, the group is demanding fair compensation for their years of... Read more →
Montréal, Québec, Canada — We are a group of former workers of the apparel company, Lamour Inc. We were unceremoniously laid off in 2007. In the photo illustrating this blog, you can see some of us with our supporters during an rally we held earlier this year on a freezing cold winter day. As you can see, we did not let a little icy Montréal weather get in the way... Read more →
Access to Health for Migrants with Precarious Immigration Status Presentation
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