{"id":6320,"date":"2015-07-01T14:10:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T18:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/?p=6320"},"modified":"2015-07-10T14:20:49","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T18:20:49","slug":"reparations-for-noe-justice-for-migrant-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/reparations-for-noe-justice-for-migrant-workers","title":{"rendered":"Reparations for No\u00e9, Justice for Migrant Workers!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"reparations\"<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/702832409862282\/<\/p>\n

Rally<\/b>
\n Sunday, 19 July at 2pm<\/b>
\n corner of Queen Mary and C\u00f4te des neiges (in the park)<\/b><\/p>\n

Fundraiser (indiegogo)<\/b>
\nhttps:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/justice-pour-noe-et-tous-les-travailleurs-migrants#\/story<\/a><\/p>\n

Our comrade and friend No\u00e9 Arteaga Santos has struggled for almost 7 years to get justice from Savoura, his former employer. Savoura is a Quebec-based tomato producer which relies on the labour of temporary migrant workers.<\/p>\n

No\u00e9 came to Quebec in 2008 under the Temporary Foreign Workers programme, to work picking tomatoes for Savoura. After No\u00e9 participated in the organization of a very short strike to demand that a sick co-worker receive medical care, Savoura abruptly fired him. No\u00e9 was then forced to return to Guatemala.<\/p>\n

Returning to Canada, No\u00e9 brought a human rights complaint against Savoura. More than six years later, the tribunal decided in his favour: Savoura fired No\u00e9 without just and sufficient cause. Moreover, Savoura contravened articles 10 and 16 of the Charter of rights and freedoms, discriminating against its workers on the basis of their ethnic origin and language (read the entire decision here:\u00a0http:\/\/canlii.ca\/t\/gfqbm<\/a>).<\/p>\n

This constitutes a huge victory, not only for No\u00e9 but for all temporary migrant workers and all farm workers, almost invisible in our society. Working in precarious conditions, often exploited by their employers, they provide us with food.<\/p>\n

However, in spring 2015, before an agreement on compensation for No\u00e9 was reached, Savoura declared bankruptcy. However, the Savoura label continues.<\/p>\n

We are launching a compaign in solidarity with No\u00e9 and all temporary migrant workers, to demand that Savoura and the Quebec Minister of Labour, Sam Hamad, assume their responsibilities in this affair and that they end the exploitation of migrant workers.<\/p>\n

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\nJustice for No\u00e9 Committee
\nsupported by Immigrant Workers Centre, Mexicans United for Regularization, Solidarity Across Borders, le Comit\u00e9 pour les droits humaines en Am\u00e9rique latine, and the Industrial Workers of the World. <\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/big><\/big><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/702832409862282\/ Rally Sunday, 19 July at 2pm corner of Queen Mary and C\u00f4te des neiges (in the park) Fundraiser (indiegogo) https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/justice-pour-noe-et-tous-les-travailleurs-migrants#\/story Our comrade and friend No\u00e9 Arteaga Santos has struggled for almost 7 years to get justice from Savoura, his…<\/p>\n

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