Fundamental Rights for Household and Farm Workers
Household and farm workers are valued members of our communities and make essential contributions.
For those working in Canada with temporary immigration status, restrictive measures —like closed work permits— violate their rights to liberty, security of person, equality, and access justice.
RHFW works to end that injustice. Let us clear a fair path together.
Our Mission
Our Work
Impact Litigation
RHFW’s End Migrant Worker Unfreedom constitutional class action aims to end policies that tie migrant workers to specific employers—and obtain compensation for the harms caused by these policies.
Advocacy
Through campaigns, submissions and meetings with elected representatives, RHFW amplifies the voices of household and farm workers to demand public policies that respect their dignity and human rights.
Research-Action
Bridging the gap between the academic and activist sectors, RHFW works on concrete, actionable research to inform its advocacy initiatives.
Education-Mobilization
Through trauma informed approaches, RHFW is dedicated to raising awareness and mobilizing for the rights of household and agricultural workers. We believe in the power of informed and engaged communities to create meaningful change.
Our Priorities
The End Migrant Worker Unfreedom Class Action
An historical legal action to take on the structural issues that produce migrant worker unfreedom and which restrain their ability to quit their employer, exercise their rights, negotiate better conditions and be protected under Canadian law. Learn more.
The Labour Im·migration Justice for All movement
Participate in a consultative process aimed at developing a declaration of fundamental rights and principles to guide the drafting of a proposal on labour migration to be presented to Parliament.
We believe your voice is crucial, and we are committed to providing a safe, confidential, and trauma informed space for participants to share thoughts, critiques and experiences. We wish to acknowledge the systemic realities that have forced many to remain silent regarding migrant worker unfreedom in Canada by rendering this survey accessible and confidential to all, including those who may be at risk of persecution or retribution.
Reference Services
RHFW does not specialize in individualized legal advice and support services.
For resources, please consult our Reference Services page.
Land Acknowledgement
While RHFW works towards increased recognition of migrant household and farm workers’ rights in Quebec and the rest of Canada, we recognize that the work and life conditions we seek to improve take place on unceeded indigenous territory. We further wish to acknowledge that our headquarters are situated on the unceeded traditional territory of First peoples.
Tiohtiá:ke (Montréal) has long served as a place for gathering and exchanging for many First Nations, in particular the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk), a founding nation of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) People. We respect the continued connections with the past, present and future in our ongoing relationships with Indigenous and other peoples within the Montreal community. We stand in support of indigenous efforts, for the protection of their land and for recognition of their rights.
DTMF | RHFW
Association for the Rights of Household and Farm Workers
info@dtmf-rhfw.org
514-379-1262