The workers centre is acting on behalf of more than 400 people since 2021 who it says were falsely promised they would be given work permits and legitimate jobs in Canada.
Ottawa is simplifying the process to bring temporary foreign workers to Canada. Federal officials in Delta announced new measures to cut the red tape. With the country suffering an acute labour shortage, the news was welcomed by many. Janet Brown reports – Aug 8, 2023An international aviation catering company and a Quebec recruitment firm allegedly lured foreign workers to Canada under false pretences and exploited them, according to a proposed class-action lawsuit.
“The defendants treated the members of the class like objects: controllable, disposable, replaceable and exploitable. These experiences were profoundly degrading and dehumanizing for the members of the class and undermined their dignity, their psychological security and their self-esteem,” says the request for authorization filed by lawyers with Montreal law firm Trudel Johnston & Lespérance.
Benoit Scowen, with the Immigrant Workers Centre, said a small number of the plaintiffs received permits after working for the companies for several months. Others, he said, worked for nearly a year without ever receiving a permit. The workers, who were paid by Trésor, often received less than minimum wage, were not properly paid overtime hours and were not given workplace and health insurance, the suit says.Temporary foreign workers allege abusive conditions at N.B. lobster plant
“We’re an agency that has operated completely legally since 2013. We have never offered a job to someone who doesn’t have permits,” said Montiel, who is named in the suit.Newrest did not respond to a request for comment on Tuesday.
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