Harper government deals another blow to vulnerable migrant workers
"This is the Great Tory Ripoff of migrant workers," says UFCW Canada leader
TORONTO, ON - December 10, 2012 - Some of the most vulnerable workers in Canada have been once again viciously attacked by the Harper government which summarily announced that seasonal migrant workers will no longer have key coverage under Employment Insurance (EI), in spite of the fact that migrant agriculture workers alone pay approximately $25 million annually into the EI fund.
UFCW Canada activists from across Eastern Canada joined nearly 1,700 participants in the annual Atlantic Region Light the Night Walk at the Halifax Commons in Halifax to raise money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada (LLSC).
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