TAWA Women’s Committee (TAWA-WC)

Mayworks Festival: Celebrating Worker Victories and Cultural Solidarity

Our annual Mayworks Festival celebrates our yearly victories for our various campaigns lead by our workers councils and committees across Quebec. This year we shared the cultural stage with the International Migrants Alliance and the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines. We started the evening with presentations from our various workers' committees,  such as the women's committee, the Tresor and Newrest former workers committee, the warehouse workers committee,... Read more →

Striving for Equality: Ensuring Basic Labor Protections for Immigrant Workers in Québec

By: Isaac Patroulis Lessig In January, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) introduced new guidelines to shield migrant workers “who experience or witness workplace labor or civil rights violations” from deportation or a loss of work status. The protective measure marks a positive step towards the empowerment of migrant workers in the country and should be seen as a win for workers everywhere. Similar protections for immigrant workers... Read more →

TAWA Women’s Committee (TAWA-WC)

<h4><em>The TAWA Women's Committee aims to shed light on the specific issues that women with precarious immigration status face in the workplace. The Committee is fighting for the regularization of immigration status, access to healthcare, and access to justice for all.</em></h4> <h1>Origins of the TAWA Women's Committee</h1> <img class="alignleft wp-image-5778 size-thumbnail" src="https://iwc-cti.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1631035639062blob-480x270.png" alt="" width="480" height="270" /> <span style="font-weight: 400;">In 2014, the Temporary Agency Workers Association (TAWA) establ</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">ished the... Read more →