“A breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery.”
That’s how a statement from a UN special rapporteur described Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program last week, focusing particularly on low-wage and agricultural workers.
The TFWP allows Canadian employers to bring in workers from abroad if they couldn’t fill a position domestically, and Canada has ... Show More
Yesterday
Gunshots, arson, threats: B.C.’s extortion crisis
<p>After meeting on the sidelines of the G20 in South Africa, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have announced they would restart trade talks.</p><p><br></p><p>It’s a long way from where the two countries have been for the last several years. Rela ... Show More
31m 37s
Jul 2023
The Great Resignation is Over
<p> Tens of millions of Americans changed jobs over the past two years, a rare moment of worker power as employees demanded higher pay, and as employers, short on staff, often gave it to them.</p><p>The tidal wave of quitting became known as the “great resignation.” Now, as the p ... Show More
24m 16s
Dec 2021
Stories from the Great American Labor Shortage: An Update
<p><i>This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran.</i></p><p><i>This episode contains strong language.</i></p><p>Bartenders, sous chefs, wait staff — back in August, managers in ... Show More
26 m
Sep 2022
The fight for domestic workers’ rights
Millions of people, mainly women, sign up for jobs as domestic workers overseas. Yet much of this work is informal, with households enforcing their own terms behind closed doors - leaving the workers vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. In this episode, Laura Heighton-Ginns meet ... Show More
17m 51s
Aug 2021
Stories From the Great American Labor Shortage
<p><i>This episode contains strong language. </i></p><p>Bartenders, sous chefs, wait staff — at the moment, managers in the U.S. hospitality industry are struggling to fill a range of roles at their establishments.</p><p>Managers blame pandemic unemployment benefits for the deart ... Show More
41m 45s
Mar 2023
A New Child Labor Crisis in America
<p>Slaughterhouses, construction sites, factories. A Times investigation has found that migrant children have been thrust into jobs in some of the most demanding workplaces in the United States.</p><p>How did this crisis in child labor develop? And now that it has been exposed, w ... Show More
32m 50s