N.B. seafood foreign workers faced awful conditions during COVID-19: study
The study, which will be published on the online platform for Migrant Workers in the Canadian Maritimes, says that while workers paid recruitment fees of up to $2,000, they earned $13 per hour and made $300 a week.Bejan says workers described problems such as overcrowded, dirty housing with limited space to refrigerate and cook food, no internet access, low water pressure, and insufficient heating.
She says workers were afraid to report employer abuse — which included deportation threats — adding that they were widely unaware of the support and resources available to them.
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