Dec 05

Annual General Meeting- Sunday December 7, 2008

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 meet us and see how you can be part of the movement for justice for immigrant workers.

When: Sunday, December 7th, 3pm-5pm.

Where: 6767 Cote-Des-Neiges 6th floor (métro Cote-Des-Neiges, bus 165 north).

There will be food,drinks and childcare available.

No Refuge in Fortress Canada: On World Refugee Day, We Refuse Hypocrisy

Today, as politicians in Ottawa issue hollow statements about “welcoming refugees” and celebrating Canada’s “humanitarian values,” we at the Immigrant Workers Centre refuse to join in their hypocrisy. World Refugee Day is not a celebration—it is a moment of mourning and rage. While the government waves its diversity flag abroad, it continues to build a fortress at home. This year, the new government of Prime Minister Mark Carney—a former banker... Read more →

Quebec Declares War on Workers: IWC Denounces Anti-Labour Bill 89

89 as an outright attack on working-class power and a gift to corporate bosses. Passed in defiance of mass opposition, this legislation criminalizes collective resistance, muzzles strike action, and threatens every worker’s basic human right to organize and fight back. “This is class warfare. Bill 89 isn’t reform — it’s repression,” said Mustafa Hanawi, community organizer with the IWC. “Immigrant and precarious workers are being pushed further into silence, exploitation,... Read more →

Mass Protest Shuts Down CANSEC Over Israel-Gaza Genocide Allegations

Ottawa, Hundreds of demonstrators have blocked access to CANSEC, North America’s largest weapons and military technology expo, in protest against what they call Canadian complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The protesters gathered early this morning at the entrances of the EY Centre in Ottawa, confronting delegates from Canadian and Israeli arms companies and military officials. Their message: end the arms trade that enables mass atrocities. Among the demonstrators... Read more →

A Tribute to Eric Shragge: A Legacy of Service and Compassion

After more than two decades of unwavering dedication to migrant workers and their families, Eric Shragge is stepping down from his role as head of our center, marking the end of an era defined by compassion, professionalism, and selfless service. Professor Shragge brought to our center not only his academic credentials from Concord University but also a heart deeply committed to social justice and human dignity. For 25 years, he... Read more →