rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/join-the-call-for-open-work-permits-now?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-join-the-call-for-open-work-permits-now' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Canadian Council for Refugees | Conseil canadien pour les réfugiés https://actionnetwork.org/groups/ccr https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg Migrant workers are important members of our communities and perform essential work in many industries. Many of these workers are issued employer-specific work permits, which make it extremely difficult to change jobs, restricting their labour mobility within the country. This is a violation of their fundamental human right to freely change employers. Migrant workers and their allies have long demanded that the government put an end to the employer-specific work permit and implement policies that would respect workers’ right to freely change employers. While the federal government has tried to address the harm created by the employer-specific work permit with a variety of different approaches, none have had any substantial impact on the structural vulnerability of migrant workers to the systemic abuse by employers. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/join-the-call-for-open-work-permits-now