Squalid Conditions: Eugene Kung

Eugene Kung: A group of tree planters, most of them immigrants or refugees of African origin, were found living in squalid conditions in a camp in Golden, B.C., in February 2010, according to Huffington Post. Eugene Kung, with the B.C. Public Interest Advocacy Centre, is the lawyer for the 50 workers who complained to the tribunal about the discrimination and VANCOUVER - Allegations of racism and sexism go before the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal today against the owners of a tree planting business. They were employed by Khaira Enterprises Ltd., and its owners, Khalid Bajwa and Hardilpreet Sidhu, who were ordered by B.C.'s Employment Standards Branch to pay the workers almost $260,000 in back wages. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.