Foreign Workers: Arnisito Gaviola

Adnan Chaudhary Dept: Adnan Chaudhary, owner of the Shell station in Thompson, pleaded guilty last week to misrepresentation and illegally hiring the temporary foreign workers, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The fine likely won't send a message to other employers who rely on cheap foreign labour, says an advocate for foreign workers in Manitoba and tHE owner of a Thompson gas bar has been fined $12,000 for illegally hiring foreign workers who paid a recruiter thousands of dollars for low-paying jobs in Canada and then were kicked out. Antonio Laroya, Arnisito Gaviola and Ermie Zotomayor were dubbed the "Three Amigos" by supporters in Manitoba's Filipino community. The middle-aged men were laid off from jobs in Alberta and offered work at the gas bar in northern Manitoba. They said their employer promised to update their work permits but didn't. The Filipinos were arrested and lost the income their families back home depended on. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.