Migrant workers to receive EI parental benefits

Migrant workers to receive EI parental benefits

By Gerald V. Paul “It’s good news but more must be done,” Christopher Ramsaroop of Justice for Farm Workers told The Camera as the EI Commission reviewed more than 100 cases and agreed to meet demands for parental benefits owing to migrant workers. Ramsaroop said called the original denial arbitrary and unjust. The Federal Court […]

Injured farm worker — we're treated like slaves

By Jasminee Sahoye A Jamaican farm worker, who was injured on three separate occasions, the last leading to an amputated leg, had a rare opportunity to share his concerns during a consultation on the temporary foreign workers program with federal ministers of Citizenship and Immigration and Human Resources last week. Winston Morrison, 37, who worked […]