3. Temporary worker system is a mechanism set up to benefit Canadian
Capitalist We will argue through wage discrimination and exploitation of
workers …… and living condition that capitalist benefit few at the cost of
taking advantage of the circumstance of workers from Mexico and Jamaica.
4. Wage disparities and discrimination is a major
impact on migrant workers.
5. Migrant worker Came to Canada to fill the labour market and found how
discriminatory the SAWP system really is.
According to the Employment Agreements, the migrants are to be paid no
less than Canadians performing the same type of work — what is called the
“prevailing wage rate”. Pg.7 Brem, Maxwell Migrant workers in Canada
◦ Hourly wage
◦ Days 6-7
◦ Vacation - paid when workers goes back to country of origin
◦ Long hours in over time do not receive over time payment
◦ Withholding pay
6. Revenue generate by the SWAT program:
Employment Insurance
Canada Pension
Massive contribution to society
CSAWP workers in Ontario paid $3.4 million in EI premiums in 2001,
although in practice the migrants cannot claim regular EI benefits, which are
designed, (Pg 8 Maxwell).
7. Socioeconomic (SES)
Accommodation
Very poor living condition
But the commission was blunt about the exploitation involved; "Without ready access to migrant workers, many
Quebec employers would be forced to improve unsatisfactory working conditions for these kinds of jobs.“(Harris,
David) Worthy of Their Hire
A foreign worker who does decide to make a complain may risk getting fired, at which he or she would be unable
to change jobs without a new permit, (Pang). Temporary Foreign Workers.
Indeed, such programs have typically been designed to regulate the admission of desperately needed non-White,
foreign labour in occupations offering working conditions and wages shunned by the native-born population.
Siemiatycki, Myer Marginalizing Migrants: Canada's Rising Reliance on Temporary Foreign Workers
Once the worker enters the hidden abode of production, s/he is no longer free, for the
reproduction of capital depends on the capitalist controlling the process of production and
compelling the labourer to work beyond the necessary labour time. Pg 1071 Robert Michael
Bridi Labour Control in the Tobacco Agro-spaces: Migrant Agricultural
Workers in South-Western Ontario
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Tobacco Agro-spaces: Migrant Agricultural Workers in South-Western Ontario Department of Geography,
York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
9. Conflict theory would argue the inequalities the workers experienced is
structural ,systemic and investigate why this stratification exist. Feminist
theory would be in line with conflict theory and argue that gender contribute
to inequalities and discrimination in salaries disparities.
However, structural Functionalist theory believe in the status quo and
consider this to be normal based on the task the person is doing and the
persons qualification. Thus, functionalist ideology addresses society's need
all the functions for society to work.
Furthermore, micro perspective would look at the issue from and individual
point and would further investigate the individual condition, motives and
behaviour of the individual.
In addition, Karl Marx theory indicates the workers are the mode of
production and their surplus are going to the capitalists to maximize their
profit.
The Domestic Worker Program was introduce and many young women from the
Caribbean came to Canada in hope for a better future, to work hard and to send
remittance to their families to their country of origins.
10. Immigration Canada aught to make sure employers comply with the
policies and guidelines in which all worker are treated fairly and to
eliminate the polarization discourse, “we” and “they”. Rosalie Abell
Invented two function, equality and equity , employers and immigration
should practice these principles in order for the workers not to feel
excluded and alienated while working in Canada. This includes fair
treatment equal payment and processing of permanent status
