An evening of food, culture and testimonials Saturday, November 23, 2019, 4 pm - 6 pm Immigrant Workers Centre, 4755 Ave Van Horne Suite 110, Montréal https://www.facebook.com/events/2678167875566768/ The Immigrant Workers Centre would like to invite you to participate in the launch of our report which was based on a two-year investigation on the conditions faced by warehouse workers in Montreal. There will be an event on Saturday, November 23rd at... Read more →
Press release Immigrant Workers Centre, Mouvement Action-Chômage de Montréal, Association of Progressive Jurists (AJP) Montreal May 24, 2019 On May 10th, 2019, the Tax Court of Canada made a historic ruling in recognizing that temporary foreign workers can be eligible to receive employment insurance (EI) benefits, even if they have worked without a valid work permit. Accompanied by the Immigrant Workers Centre, a group of approximately... Read more →
Radha D’Souza in conversation with Dolores Chew (CERAS) Devlin Kuyek (GRAIN) Aziz Choudry (Immigrant Workers Centre/McGill University) 18H30, Wednesday 2 MayImmigrant Workers Centre 110-4755 Avenue Van Horne Metro Plamondon (Plamondon exit) Radha D’Souza has worked as an organizer and lawyer for labour movements, democratic rights and social movements in the Asia Pacific region. As a legal scholar, she has written extensively on the politics, human rights and social... Read more →
Organized by the Coalition against Precarious Work in front of the Labour Standards Commission 500 Rene-Levesque West , Montreal Tuesday May 1st @ 5pm-6pm This May 1st, the Coalition Against Precarious Work (Pinay, Immigrant Workers Centre, Migrant Workers Association of Quebec, Temporary Agency Workers Association and Mexican United for Regularization) will hold a gathering in front of the CNESST on 500 Rene Lévesque between 5pm and 6pm. The rally... Read more →
Press Release Supporters call on Minister Hussen to Bring Lucy Home Montreal, 16 April -- Lucy Francineth Granados arrived in Guatemala late on April 13th with only the clothes on her back after a turbulent final morning in Canada. Prevented from removing Lucy from the Laval Immigration Detention Centre by around 50 community... Read more →
Press Release Montreal, 11 April 2018 - Supporters of Lucy Francineth Granados demand recourse for rights violations as well as appropriate medical attention for the single mother of three, who is facing deportation to Guatemala on April 13th, after living in Montreal for nine years. On Monday, the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) refused to grant an administrative stay of deportation to Lucy; on Tuesday, the agency opposed her motion... Read more →
Press Release Abuse Human Rights Complaint against CBSA actions at Quebec Commission des droits de la personne in preparation 5 April 2018, Montreal -- Friends and health professionals today provided disturbing details of the CBSA’s treatment of Lucy Francineth... Read more →
Communiqué de presse -- Pour publication immediate Le regroupement régional chargé des consultations locales sur la discrimination systémique et le racisme annonce qu’il se retire du processus gouvernemental Saguenay, 3 novembre 2017 – Le regroupement régional d’organismes chargé de mener les consultations locales dans le cadre de la « Consultation sur la discrimination systémique et le racisme au Québec », devenue le « Forum sur la valorisation de... Read more →
New on-line book celebrates IWC’s first decade of advancing and defending im-migrant workers’ rights
Hard to believe, but the Immigrant Workers' Centre (IWC) is about to celebrate 10 years of working to defend and advance the rights of immigrant and migrant workers. There are so very many stories to tell since the doors first opened in 2001, so it's with great pride that we announce the on-line publication of a book celebrating the IWC's first decade. Entitled, "The untold story of the IWC", the... Read more →
Media Advisory, Montreal, Quebec, Friday, August 6, 2010 The first Montreal International Women’s Conference hosted by the Committee of Women of Diverse Origins is set to get underway August 13-16, 2010 in Montreal, Quebec. For close to a decade a group of Montreal-based women have been working tirelessly to improve women’s lives here and abroad. They are the Committee of Women of Diverse Origins, and as the name suggests, their... Read more →