“We stand in solidarity with the 120000 Treasury Board workers who overwhelmingly voted for a strike mandate.
Workers at the Treasury Board have been without a contract for more than a year while the cost of living soars.
Canadian Press: NDP calls on federal government to allow open work permits for temporary workers
The committee’s report found that system creates conditions that can lead to exploitation and abuse.
NDP MPs Jenny Kwan and Matthew Green say the government needs to take this a step further by allowing all temporary workers access to open work permits in an effort to prevent abuse.
“The reality is, if you’re tied to one specific employer, you are really at their behest to do what they demand of you,” Kwan said.
“No matter what the abuse is, no matter if you’re faced with wage theft, with harassment, with violence, for women, with sexual harassment — you just have to live with it.”
She said the least the federal government can do to curb abuse in the temporary worker system is end the closed work permit system.