Sara Mojtehedzadeh

Nov 27, 2024 | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Sara Mojtehedzadeh

A well-known Caribbean restaurant chain is accused of owing almost $95,000 to a group of GTA workers that it allegedly failed to pay minimum wage — and, in some cases, did not pay at all. Twelve former employees allege Sunrise Caribbean repeatedly issued bounced or incomplete paycheques to its cashiers, servers and chefs, some of whom have now been out of pocket for almost a year. Most of them are refugee claimants or international students, the labour advocates representing them say.

Nov 27, 2024 | therecord.com | Sara Mojtehedzadeh

A well-known Caribbean restaurant chain is accused of owing almost $95,000 to a group of GTA workers that it allegedly failed to pay minimum wage — and, in some cases, did not pay at all. Twelve former employees allege Sunrise Caribbean repeatedly issued bounced or incomplete paycheques to its cashiers, servers and chefs, some of whom have now been out of pocket for almost a year. Most of them are refugee claimants or international students, the labour advocates representing them say.

Nov 14, 2024 | wellandtribune.ca | Sara Mojtehedzadeh

It seemed like the perfect match. Martin Ramos had nearly two decades of experience as a mechanic in Mexico. The Etobicoke truck repair shop couldn’t recruit one locally. In filling the job, Ramos would get a good wage and a two-year work permit. Instead, Ramos would spend most of those two years in a complex legal battle, forcing him to turn to cash gigs to survive amid deportation fears — even after coming to Canada through a government-approved channel.

Dec 28, 2023 | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Sara Mojtehedzadeh |Rachel Mendleson

RCMP Const. Yahsif Israel Mane Monter sat down to interview a witness in a major police operation called Project OHELIX. It was late 2019 and investigators had just dismantled what they alleged was a large labour trafficking ring in the Hamilton area. Already a Subscriber? Sign in As many as 80 foreign workers from Mexico were housed in bug- and vermin-infested conditions while being sent to workplaces across southern Ontario, police said at the time.

Dec 28, 2023 | niagarafallsreview.ca | Sara Mojtehedzadeh |Rachel Mendleson

RCMP Const. Yahsif Israel Mane Monter sat down to interview a witness in a major police operation called Project OHELIX. It was late 2019 and investigators had just dismantled what they alleged was a large labour trafficking ring in the Hamilton area. Already a Subscriber? Sign in As many as 80 foreign workers from Mexico were housed in bug- and vermin-infested conditions while being sent to workplaces across southern Ontario, police said at the time.