This is the story of one migrant worker town and how people are learning to get along. The number of migrant farm workers in Leamington has surged in the last decade, mostly because of the exponential growth of the greenhouse operations here. Farms were able to continue to operate because of migrant workers’ labour, allowing locals to keep their higher-class jobs in management, sale and procurements, he said. In response, Justicia for Migrant Workers sent a sharply worded open letter to the mayor, saying “the open hostility that your council has shown towards migrant workers represents the most blatant displays of anti-migrant sentiments we have ever witnessed.” The group said his “remarks pertaining to ‘lewd behaviour’ of migrant workers cannot be taken in good faith. “The only thing they want are their hands and their bodies to make a profit,” says Chris Ramsaroop, an activist with Justicia for Migrant Workers.

Source: thestar October 09, 2017 11:15 UTC