Temporary foreign workers have better work ethic, some employers believe

[Newsjock]

Source: CBC News

Some Canadian employers are willing to incur the added costs of hiring temporary foreign workers because they believe they have a better work ethic than Canadian workers, says the president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

... The issue of temporary foreign workers has again become a subject of controversy following a CBC Go Public story that revealed that restaurant chain McDonald’s is under federal investigation over possible abuses of the Temporary Foreign Worker program at a franchise outlet in B.C.

The government probe began after a McDonald's employee told Go Public that the fast food outlet is bringing in Filipino workers while cutting local staffers’ hours and turning away dozens of seemingly qualified Canadians seeking jobs.

... But Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, strongly rejects claims that Canadian workers are less productive than temporary foreign workers. He said the difference is that many foreign workers are compliant, out of fear of losing their job. "Is it a bad thing that Canadians stand up for themselves and don't allow themselves to be pushed around by their employers in low-wage service sector jobs?"

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/temporary-foreign-workers-have-better-work-ethic-some-employers-believe-1.2600864

[Duer 157099]

1. "Is it a bad thing that Canadians stand up for themselves..."

Depends who you ask. TPTB would answer a resounding "YES! It is bad. Very bad."

[notadmblnd]

2. I was going to say, that usually it is out of ignorance of their rights.

I've noticed that many employers hire foreign workers because they know that can exploit them.

[Skittles]

3. LOL

oh please

[Nye Bevan]

4. A recent immigrant desperate to earn money to send to his impoverished family in his home country,

and whose visa status is dependent upon keeping his job, is, indeed, likely to work harder than a trust fund baby who got a job because Daddy told him to.

This is not a new thing at all.

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. exactly

[lumberjack_jeff]

5. Is public policy written to benefit the public or the businesses?

I don't give a shit why they do things that hurt citizens. It's enough to know that it does.

[shanemcg]

6. You know who has the best work ethic of all I bet?

Slaves

[joeybee12]

7. Because in the long run the "added costs" of hiring them are saved

through the lower wages and lack of benefits.

Better work ethic my ass...some might, some might not...it's just the rationalization these business phuckers use to save themselves some money.

[Larry the Cable Dude]

9. "some employers believe"

That implies that others believe that not to be the case.