International Union of Painters and Allied Trades said in a statement it discovered financial abuse of migrant workers at a British Columbia painting company
Earlier this year, the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades began looking into allegations of exploitation of Indonesian migrant workers hired as painters for Concord Painting and Wallcovering Ltd.
The union said a number of TFWs – including the one who was eventually granted an open work visa – were The worker was granted confidentiality by The Globe because he did not want to jeopardize his immigration status or raise red flags with his current employer. Work permits obtained through the TFW program are closed, meaning that the employee can only work for the employer they were hired by through the program.
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