An independent UN human rights expert on Wednesday expressed concern over Canada's temporary foreign worker programmes, describing them as “a breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery”.
  • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    181·
    2 years ago

    Glad to see some attention brought to this. So many fast food places are run this way and they always look so overworked.

  • Pat12@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    Someone i know who works higher up in walmart said something like 50-60% of their workers were FWP

  • tal@kbin.social
    345·
    2 years ago

    Yeah, sorry, but no. That’s not slavery. If you’re present in the country illegally and working illegally and could be returned home at any time, you may not be making as much as you would if you were present legally, but you are not compelled to work. You can always terminate working and return to the country where you are legally supposed to be. If you choose to be in Country A illegally and working there rather than in Country B legally and working (for less) there, that is your choice, and you are not being compelled to work.

    Slavery entails someone being compelled to work.