Organizing for Immigrant Rights: Policy Barriers and Community Campaigns

Hanley, Jill; Shragge, Éric

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“…The burden also interferes with the decision to file a complaint against the abuser, whether it be an employer, co-worker, or otherwise, and may lead to heightened vigilance of the women's own behaviors. Similarly, given temporary foreign workers' precarious migration and employment status (McLaughlin and Hennebry 2013), service providers will weigh the impact of their actions and think twice about opening up any claim of violence or abuse (Hanley and Shragge 2009), as they are also effectively powerless to change such unequal structures or protect their clients from retribution.…”

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“…In both provinces, caregivers are, in principle, covered by labor norms providing them access to minimum wage, hours of work protection, paid overtime, vacation pay, statutory holidays, and leave of absence (Ontario Ministry of Labour 2018; CNESST 2016c). However, these workers may not be compensated for health costs and loss of wages due to work-related injuries or illness, because the labor commissions do not include domestic work within this coverage (Hanley and Shragge 2009;FTQ 2017). In addition, Quebec women's federation (Fédération des femmes du Québec, FTQ) have highlighted the inequity in the implementation of labor norms for Quebec caregivers who need to register themselves to access coverage (FTQ 2017).…”

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“Caught in the Same Webs”—Service Providers’ Insights on Gender-Based and Structural Violence Among Female Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada

Robillard

McLaughlin

Cole

et al. 2018

Int. Migration & Integration

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Drawing on the experiences of service providers supporting live-in caregivers and migrant agricultural workers in two Canadian provinces (Ontario and Quebec), we explore how structural violence shapes the precarious conditions of female temporary foreign workers. Service providers emphasized how transnational social pressures on women to maintain employment, the captivity involved in women's employment contracts, the limits on unionization, and women's isolation and lack of privacy, act together to create an unbalanced relationship between the employer and female worker. In turn, this leads to precarious migration and work conditions that foster a vulnerability to violence and abuse while at the same time limiting access to and delivery of services and social support to female temporary foreign workers. Amid these restrictions, service providers focus on making a difference where they can through initiatives such as human rights education workshops, offering support, understanding Canadian regulation, and empowerment workshops. Greater Canadian national options for permanent residency status could provide a basis for adequate services to temporary foreign workers as part of their universal human rights. Temporary foreign workers contribute to Canadian society, making it encumbant upon the Canadian state to ensure the respect of their universal human rights.

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“Caught in the Same Webs”—Service Providers’ Insights on Gender-Based and Structural Violence Among Female Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada

Robillard

McLaughlin

Cole

et al. 2018

Int. Migration & Integration

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“…Post-national citizenship invokes the "de-territorialisation of citizenship practices and identities" (Lister & Pia, 2008) and has been proposed in response to: experiences of exclusion, violation or lacking access to rights (Carens, 2008), especially experienced by agricultural migrant workers (Basok, 2003;; 2006a;;; the active role of citizens and global organizations in improving global wellbeing (Basok, 2006b);; and the role of advocacy at the international level in the quest towards rights and justice for migrant workers (Basok, 2009;; Hanley & Shragge, 2009). Advocates of post-national citizenship question the actual validity of borders and consider the trade-offs of opening borders (Carens, 1987;; Sharma, 2012).…”

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The effect of lack of citizenship on the wages of low-skilled non-permanent resident workers in Canada

Palacio¹

2021

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This dissertation explores the effects of lack of citizenship on the wages of low-skilled Non-Permanent Residents (NPRs) in Canada—a category that includes temporary foreign workers, refugee claimants, and people with temporary resident visas on humanitarian grounds. The dissertation uses the 2006 census and quantitative methods (cross-tabulation and regression analysis) to evaluate wage differences between low-skilled workers without citizenship and low-skilled workers with citizenship or permanent resident status. Differences are calculated at the industry sector level and occupation level. The analysis further considers a set of intrinsic characteristics of low-skilled workers (including sex, level of education, official language ability and country of birth) and their occupations (provincial location, rural/urban setting). Empirically, this dissertation confirms that there is a penalty attached to lack of citizenship for low-skilled workers. In absolute terms, low-skilled NPRs earn low wages. In relative terms, these NPRs earn less than both the Canadian-born and immigrants low-skilled workers employed in the same occupations. Among low-skilled NPRs themselves, the Canadian labour market exhibits a hierarchy of wages and labour experiences on the lines of workers' country of birth, province of residence, and rural/urban place of work. Among low–skilled workers born in the same country, wages improve when either citizenship or the rights attached to permanent residence are acquired. From a policy perspective, the dissertation identifies the policy origins and drivers of low wages among low-skilled non-citizens. The thesis makes the case for the relevance of quantitative outcomes analyzed through a critical social lens. From a theoretical perspective too, the dissertation also shows how the state as a biased broker (towards capital) facilitates the implementation of non-citizenship as a means to accessing cheap labour.

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“…Within Montreal, the organizing efforts of the Immigrant Workers Centre (IWC), our community partner on this project, using transportation nodes for outreach to workers, are well-documented (Hanley and Shragge, 2009;Henaway, 2012). They identify metro stations with high traffic of migrant workers, identify ends of shifts and do regular flyering and outreach there.…”

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Transportation and temp agency work: Risks and opportunities for migrant workers

Hanley

Cardona

Henaway³

et al. 2020

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Access to transportation has long been recognized as key to people’s employment outcomes. Being able to get to work affordably, safely and on time makes all the difference in terms of job security and satisfaction. Recently, the rise of temporary placement agencies, especially as a gateway into the labour market for many newcomers to Canada, raises new questions. In this article, we present the findings of a 3-year longitudinal study that followed 42 (im)migrant temp agency workers in 5 sectors to explore the trajectory of their experiences. We analyze the role of transportation within their employment and make the argument that access to transportation—and especially the lack of it—is an important factor in temp agencies’ control and exploitation of workers. At the same time, those seeking to help workers can look into their work commute as a place of intervention.

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Organizing for Immigrant Rights: Policy Barriers and Community Campaigns

Cited by 10 publications

References 17 publications

“Caught in the Same Webs”—Service Providers’ Insights on Gender-Based and Structural Violence Among Female Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada

“Caught in the Same Webs”—Service Providers’ Insights on Gender-Based and Structural Violence Among Female Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada

The effect of lack of citizenship on the wages of low-skilled non-permanent resident workers in Canada

Transportation and temp agency work: Risks and opportunities for migrant workers

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