Tired of being exploited, international students shame ‘wage thieves’
Tired of being exploited, international students shame ‘wage thieves’
International students protest against exploitation in Cambridge, Ontario Photo: Pradip Rodrigues
October 27, 2021
By Pradip Rodrigues
After asking and negotiating failed, a grassroots group of international students in Cambridge, Ontario is turning to shaming tactics to push unscrupulous employers into paying owed wages. While some in the community question the tactics, the group is undeterred. NCM’s Pradip Rodrigues reports.
In a gritty industrial area of Cambridge, Ontario, an unusual protest was staged outside the Al-Madina Halal Meat Shop. More than 40 protestors armed with banners and a loudspeaker distributed leaflets in an attempt to shame the business owners into settling their debts with a former employee.
The protestors, with the Naujawan Support Network, were there to demand payment of more than $8,000 in alleged unpaid wages to Rohit Uppal, a butcher at the shop.
Prior to the protest, a few of the demonstrators had met with owner Shaheen Quereshi and his son Arsalan to try and negotiate a last minute settlement. But talking got them nowhere, so they began a campaign of actions to embarrass the owners.
The Quereshi family told New Canadian Media they did not want to comment on the matter.
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