overseas filipino workers

Modern day heroes, that’s what overseas Filipino workers, or OFWs, are called. But the backbreaking work they do to support their families in the Philippines can come at a price. The lives and loves of OFWs...

ATLANTA — Nine overseas Filipino workers have been stuck in Atlanta since May 2, when they left the Cayman Islands for the Philippines due to a lack of work caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. “In the...

HOT SPRINGS, VA — “It all started with a sudden termination of all J1s, majority of us J1s, so it was done informally, instead of receiving termination letters we were only informed verbally through a phone...

by Marjorie Carmona Newman, ABS CBN News Fil-Canadians offer help to those impacted by the Cargill meat processing plant COVID-19 outbreak EDMONTON — This is the town of High River in Alberta, home to more than...

While workers all over the world celebrated labor day at the start of May, up to half a million undocumented workers in Canada — live in fear of being deported because they have lost their status....

by Paul Garilao, ABS-CBN News FLORIDA — Across the U.S., Filipino J-1 visa holders have not been spared from economic hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While their visas have not yet expired and their contracts...

AMERICAN CANYON, CA —  This is the Meritage Resort and Spa in Napa, California. Like other hotels and resorts across the country — a number of workers here were let go amid the coronavirus pandemic. These...

ALBERTA, CA — A meat processing plant was greatly affected by a recent COVID-19 outbreak, where over 800 workers were infected with the virus in a span of weeks. The company employs thousands of temporary foreign...

Immigrants seeking U.S. visas have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic — from the Trump administration’s travel restrictions, to a new executive order that temporarily halts immigration. J-1 visa holders are particularly having a tough time....

ALBERTA, CANADA — Migrante is calling on the provincial government to grant healthcare access for all—including undocumented workers in this time of the pandemic. Western Canada may be going the right direction in the battle against...