Assumption UniversityAssumption University called for permanent solutions to ensure a safe and healthy working environment for migrant workers in Canada.

Assumption University calls for safe working environment for migrant workers

In an official statement released this week, the board of governors of Assumption University called for permanent solutions to ensure a safe and healthy working environment for migrant workers in Canada.

The document notes the role these workers have in supplying fresh food in Windsor-Essex, but that their living conditions have resulted in the spread of COVID-19 among them.

“We call upon the employers of migrant workers to provide their employees with a complete set of personal protective equipment. We further call upon employers to ensure that living conditions are significantly improved in order to eliminate the spread of COVID-19,” the statement reads in part.

Assumption University is the Roman Catholic institution federated with the University of Windsor. Read the entire statement.