25 APRIL 2009 - Steelworkers Join Independent Workers Ass'n in Demanding Changes to Caregiver Program

TORONTO - The United Steelworkers (USW) has endorsed the call by the Independent Workers Association (IWA) for serious changes to the Live-in Caregiver Program. The USW and IWA will let Citizen and Immigration Minister Jason Kenny know that the Live-in Caregiver Program is fatally flawed at the April 26th public consultations in Toronto. The Independent ... more

9 MARCH 2009 - Steelworkers Saddened by Loss of Caregiver Rights Activist: Juana Tejada The Driving Force Behind Campaign to Change Law

Juana Tejada signing the first iWorkers membership card last summer. Juana passed away Sunday, March 8, 2009 at age 40. TORONTO – United Steelworkers (USW) Ontario/Atlantic Director Wayne Fraser said Monday that the union is deeply saddened by the loss of Juana Tejada, the live-in caregiver whose struggle to remain in Canada under the federal ... more

26 FEBRUARY 2009 - iWorkers Welcome Federal Committee Deliberation Over Changes to Immigration Law

TORONTO – iWorkers, the Independent Workers Association-Homeworkers Section, has welcomed the start of deliberation on changes to the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP) by the federal Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. The changes, put forward by NDP MP Olivia Chow, will among other things ensure a fair immigration process ... more

25 JUNE 2008 – Rally For Home Worker June 27

TORONTO – Cancer patient Juana Tejada, after twenty-four months of serving Canadian society through domestic work, Juana is now eligible to apply for permanent residency. Since 2006 when her cancer was first discovered in a medical exam for her application for permanent residence, CIC continues to deny Juana her right to stay in Canada. A CIC ... more