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Closed work permits should be abolished. When someone enters the country on one they are unable to properly bargain with their employer for fair compensation and when some employees are unable to bargain it lowers the bargaining power of their coworkers.
Employer specific visas are a fucking terrible idea.
They sure do get shitty FIFA stadiums built though, just ask Qatar!
I will never forget or forgive our governments and these companies for screwing over both Canadians and people around the world for what they did with the TFW program. Instead of bringing highly skilled people to our country we got cheap foreign labor to suppress wages and worsen the already really bad housing crisis.
I came over on the TFW.
On a closed permit specifically?
Yes, wasn't allowed to change to a new employer without starting the process over again and getting a new work permit (which might have needed a new LMIA to be applied for and all that hassle).
Ouf, well I'm glad you made it through. I do wish that visa type didn't exist mostly because (while you were working under it) you pretty much had no ability to bargain for a promotion. If you're locked to a single employer you can't shop around for a different job or use a competing job offer as leverage for a raise... you're stuck with whatever the fuck your boss offers you.
I'd much prefer all immigrants being able to freely change jobs for everyone's benefit.
This is really disappointing to hear about. I'm glad that things worked out in the end for Cresencio, and hopefully there's a way for Pailan and the others to appeal administratively or get a new review done that lead them down the same path.