A St. Laurent company lauded by the provincial government for its treatment of minorities – and a recipient of nearly $124,000 in government assistance this year to hire, train and keep mainly immigrant workers – unexpectedly closed shop this fall.

Now, the 50 employees who lost their jobs at the beginning of October when Cellulab Inc. [...]

photo by freda guttman

Family of four cruelly deported
Immigration Canada rushed to expel family before agreement with US expired

Link To photos from Rally on October 29th to stop the deportation of
the Des Roy Family
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La Commission des relations du travail refuse d’entendre par visioconférence un travailleur agricole guatémaltèque

Montréal (Québec), 8 octobre 2009 – La Commission des relations du travail, tribunal administratif chargé entre autres d’entendre les recours des travailleurs victimes de pratiques interdites, vient de refuser la demande d’un travailleur agricole migrant qui habite au Guatemala d’être entendu par [...]

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Dear friend,

It’s been nine years since the Immigrant Workers Centre (IWC) first opened in Montreal. In those nine years, we have grown from strength to strength. Our modest office [...]

September 16, 2009

We at the Immigrant Workers’ Centre in Montreal, Quebec would like to extend a message of support and solidarity to the workers of Triumph International Philippines and thailand, the Bagong Pagkakaisa ng mga Manggagawa sa Triumph International (New Unity of Workers in Triumph International-Philippines) and Triumph Labour Union Thailand in their denunciation of [...]