International Union of Painters and Allied Trades said in a statement it discovered financial abuse of migrant workers at a British Columbia painting company
The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades says employer abuse of foreign workers is running “rampant” in the construction sector and Ottawa should pause the temporary foreign workers program entirely until an independent audit is conducted to investigate the scale of fraud and misuse within the program.
The union said a number of TFWs – including the one who was eventually granted an open work visa – were being forced to perform unpaid work in the evenings and on weekends, in addition to being charged above-market rents for rooms in a house owned by their employer. The worker was granted confidentiality by The Globe because he did not want to jeopardize his immigration status or raise red flags with his current employer.
He told The Globe that he was disappointed and angry at the situation, but his choices on a closed work permit were to tolerate the situation or return home. “These bad actors in the industry must be held accountable and stripped of the right to use the program,” Mr. Jajic said.
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