The Immigrant Workers Centre (IWC) is a social justice organization based in Montreal, Québec, Canada.
[9] In 2008, the IWC allied with the UNITE HERE union to help laid off workers of manufacturing company Golden Brand get compensation.
[10] The company eventually agreed to give $3.5 million to its 540 previous employees but, while this was a historic victory in the clothing industry, most of them still face unemployment [11] On June 12, 2009, the IWC and former textile workers organized a rally at the National Assembly of Quebec to meet with Minister of Employment Sam Hamad and asked for better regulations and retraining programs.
[12] Although Hamad promised to remedy the situation and find employment for the laid off immigrant workers, no solutions were actually put in place.
[13] The Immigrant Workers Centre has conducted research, mostly based on real cases brought to them, including the Report on Systemic Discrimination: Employment and Poverty in 2000.