After catching COVID-19 in a massive outbreak that killed his bunkmate and losing his job for raising safety concerns, Gabriel Flores Flores thought he’d found reprieve. He had won a reprisal ruling against his former employer at Ontario’s labour board, and received an open work permit for migrant workers who experience abuse. “It’s a situation of total chaos,” said Karen Cocq of Migrant Workers Alliance for Change. He also successfully applied for a one-year open work permit available to migrant workers who have documented abuse. “The government said last year that they were going to do something for migrant workers.

Source: thestar February 18, 2021 23:48 UTC