Migrant Workers : The Permanent Workers

The current criteria for migration in Canada was established during 1960s called the ‘point system’. The system requires assigning points to interested migrants for their education level, labor experience in specific occupations where the country faces shortages, and the ability to speak national language, to name some important features. The potential migrants- if meet the criteria- are allowed for admission to Canada (Kelley & Trebilcock 36-39). In this way, Canadian government ensures that migrant workers have necessary language skills and work experience so they can serve in the labor market without presenting

A common biased opinion on immigration is that immigrants coming to the United States are taking American jobs. According to the Immigration Policy Center, “research indicates there is little connection between immigrant labor and unemployment rates of native-born workers.” The jobs that immigrants are taking are the low-budget jobs that Americans do not want. They not only get less pay, but also less benefits in comparison to American workers. In fact, according to Forbes, “illegal immigrants actually raise wages for documented/native workers.” America is considered to be more productive when we have more trading partners, Undocumented workers with limited English skills allows more American workers

Cundal and Seaman discuss the many ways in which the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) is abused and the effects of this misuse on the workers. Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW) are working jobs that should be classified as long term positions, not short term. This incorrect classification affects a worker’s salary, healthcare plan, pension, vacation pay, and sick days. Cundal and Seaman also address the ways in which TFW are more susceptible to employer abuse than other workers. Temporary Foreign Workers must apply for a Labour Market Opinion (LMO) before switching employers, which can take up to five months; most workers cannot afford to live without a source of income for this length of time. This usually compels workers to keep serious issues private. Many workers are also uninformed about their basic rights, which often leaves them exposed to mistreatment or abuse by employers. Cundal, an immigration lawyer in Calgary and Seaman, a human rights and civil liberties researcher wrote an unbiased and fact based article using a wide variety of sources including articles, reports, and newsletters. Cundal and Seaman provided an extensive reference list in addition to footnotes to support their writing. The authors not only address the human rights issues faced by TFW’s, they also identify ways in which these issues can be resolved. Cundal and Seaman however, fail to provide information on how many TFW are affected by employer abuse and exploitation. This information is

In this documentary about Mexican’s workers experience in Ontario, Canada, Min Sook Lee addresses the issue of the Foreign Temporary Worker program. Specifically, El Contrado demonstrates how Mexicans come to Canada in order to work during several months under bad working conditions. Those workers have to leave their family constantly in order to help them financially. They work 8 months a year, which means that they are home in Mexico only for 4 months (El Contrado). Maximo left his family behind; unfortunately, he cannot even for four months in order to see his son as he is illegal in Canada. As those Mexican workers, Maximo experienced bad working conditions. Here he briefly talks about working conditions and explains how he wanted to get

People work very hard to provide the fresh produce that can be so easily purchased at the grocery store. This is explained in the articles: "The Migrant Experience" by Robin A. Fanslow and "Young Migrant Workers Toil in U.S. Fields" by Karen Fanning. In the 1930s, migrant workers had to go through some pretty rough times in order to support themselves. Today, migrant workers work extremely hard to support their families while, at the same time, sending their kids to school. However, the world in the 1930s was very different than it is today.

In this Academic article written by Sandra Elgersma, she explains employers need to go through a whole process to hire a migrant worker. Migrant workers are hired for a specific job, location and employer. Employers need to obtain an LMIA which is a confirmation letter from a department in the federal government in Canada. Before they do, they need to show how many Canadian employers applied to the certain job, how many had interviews they’re had and why the Canadian worker wasn’t hired. As of June, 20th 2014 the cost of making a request to receive an LMIA moved from 275$ to 1000$ for each request made. (Elgersma, 2014) These changes happened because so many Canadian employers wanted migrant workers to come work for their business since they can pay them at a lower rate for extreme work because they don’t have a union or the same working rights as us Canadians do. Another reason that the prices went up for employers was to reduce having so many migrant workers found inside of a work place because the employer had to pay a lot more just for a request. Now since the new change has been brought into place there has been a cap on low-waged temporary workers, since this change there has been about 10% of low-waged workers found in each work place. (Elgersma, 2014)

Late nineteenth century and early twentieth century marks the time period for massive immigration from around the world to come to the United States. The United States was the land of opportunity and development for all the people. The industrial development after the Civil War increased due to expansion of railroads which, led to increase in demand for labor. Many immigrants came to the United States with the aim of working on American farms and railroads and in American factories. Many people moved to the United States from various countries to find better opportunities and develop their living standards. The majority of jobs were at the industries. The industrial labor composed of skilled laborers and unskilled laborers. Immigrants, due

Migrant farm workers in America go through struggles that middle class and privileged people of any race couldn’t even begin to comprehend without deep research. The types of pain that migrant farm workers endure on a day to day basis is incredible. As the consumers in a modern capitalist society, middle-class Americans are the reason that migrant farm workers have to raise their kids preparing them to work in servitude. The migrants don't want to work in the harsh conditions but they have to in order to have a “steady” income. Migrant farm workers in America are some of the most vulnerable of the oppressed groups because they work hard for endless hours at a time to provide to

Migrant agricultural work in Canada has been practised in Canada for over forty years, to help support and benefit Canadian farmers (Brem, M., 2006). Unfortunately, allowing the migrant agricultural workers in Canada permanent citizenship is a sensitive and controversial outstanding issue. Canadians who oppose the option for migrant agricultural workers to be granted paths to citizenship complain that these workers are not Canadian by birth, that the migrant workers intentions are to just take pre-existing Canadians money, the migrant agricultural workers are looking for a “free pass” into Canada or they presume that migrant workers put a burden on services paid for by taxes. Proponents for allowing migrant agricultural workers paths to Canadian

Thousands of migrants from Mexico have come across the border to the U.S in search of work but, is it having any effect. Today the impact of unauthorized Mexican migrants has a noticeable effect on the U.S workforce and economy. First off, low-skilled Mexican immigrants are making the U.S labor force more efficient. Secondly, the pure numbers of unauthorized Mexican migrants is having an effect on the economy. Lastly, unauthorized Mexican migrants are having largely positive but negative effects on the U.S workforce and economy. These could also be responsible for the efficiency of the unauthorized Mexican workforce.

The Joads arrive in California and are disappointed when they realize that there aren’t as many opportunities as they had hoped for. Floyd goes on to explain just why that is. Since many of the migrant workers are disorganized and don’t put any emphasis on improving their pay, they allow owners to continue to take advantage of them leaving them powerless. By fighting with each other they naturally weed out a few workers to the owner’s benefit. The competition between the workers permits owners to worsen working conditions and provide lower wages. At this point, the best thing for the workers to do is ban together and

The Canadian government has implemented measures to increase the availability of in home care givers in Canada. The laws that have been created have allowed for many people to become fully pledged Canadian citizens. Many of the people coming into Canada to fill in in house care givers vacancies have been predominantly Pilipino women. These women are given the promise of become a Canadian citizen. After an extensive and costly application process these women from the Philippines are placed in the homes of their employer. The migrant work must live within the employers home for a period no shorter than two years, and must maintain only one employer in the two year waiting .l period. Only once the two year commitment is fulfilled is the migrant worker allowed to apply to Canadian citizenship. Many of these workers come to canada with the promise of have social upwards mobility through the program. However, although the program sounds promising the reality of the program is to

Canada is a country that is known as a "mosaic" of people and cultures, meaning; it opens it arms to immigrant families and gives them the freedom to express their own cultural values, ideas, beliefs and customs. It is this system that welcomes thousands and thousands of immigrants a year with open arms and the idea of a better life. This idea however, is sometimes not always as easy as it is thought to be. Though Canada is an amazing country for immigrants to start a new life and get better education, health care, and job opportunities, immigrant families are met with many challenges before they are able to become accustom to their new life. It is important to understand the true difficulty of the "Immigrant Experience" and the impact it has on families including adults as well as children. If it is easier to understand the difficulties immigrant families go through in search of a better life in Canada there can be more resources made to help them. It is important to take into consideration each individual difficulty that is faced and properly research each factor in order to have a better understanding on how to make the complete economic and societal integration of immigrants happen faster. There is a number of categories that relate to the integration of immigrants into society and a number of steps they must take to be a part of Canadian society. In order to understand these steps they have to be thoroughly researched.

Researchers focus on the marketization of older care in western countries, including Northern European countries, Italy, Spain, and the UK (Bettio et al., 2006; Shutes and Chiatti, 2012). Meanwhile, there are findings revealing the difficulties of care workers recruitment and retention, as well as potential labour shortage in the care sector and demand for migrant workers (Shutes, 2014). The migrant workers they concerned are foreign-born migrants who are undertaking care work for the older people in the input countries. The employment of migrant care workers in European countries is influenced by state policies towards care and the intersection with immigration policies (Williams, 2012; Shutes and Chiatti, 2012). The care service for older people has been shaped by the increasing role of the market. The marketization of care and the implications of the processes of marketization for who provides care and under what conditions need further researches (Daly and Lewis, 2000). Based on date of the employment of migrant care workers in the familial care in Italy and in the residential care services in the UK, Shutes and Chiatti (2012) argued that different institutional contexts produce similar outcomes as regards the employment of migrant workers in care work for older people. The marketization of care and immigration controls contributed to the recruitment of migrant workers in both contexts

Approximately 10-12 million Filipinos work as migrants abroad; the number of people leaving the country to find work is so high that migration is a regular part of life in the Philippines (Pardis, 121). Due to deeply embedded structural flows of capital and labor present in postcolonial/neocolonial economic arrangements, the Philippines depend on migrant labor as a significant export (Pardis, 123). The combination of neoliberal policies and globalization result in push and pull forces across portions of societies and national borders that motivate migration in search of employment or safety, such as increasing poverty and anemic development, causing the Philippines to rely significantly on migrant labor to strengthen the domestic economy. (Pardis, 143). The heavy reliance on migrant labor has created, in some instances, a situation of forced migration that renders potential migrants at risk of being a trafficked person prone to exploitation as cheap labor, bonded workers, or prostitutes (Saat, 137). Aspirant migrants depend on others to facilitate their movement, making them susceptible to criminal intentions of those offering work opportunities abroad and organizing travel requirements (Kempadoo, 74). The logistics of migration (recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons) do not constitute trafficking when carried out formally and the person is fully informed of the conditions of work and understandings of payments and obligations