El Contrato

Watching the El Contrato film I was immediately shocked that this kind o work still goes on in Canada. This to me is like modern day slavery and it hits closer to home because I live here. These workers are leaving their families for 8 months when leaves them with 4 months to be with them and that's not enough time at all. Then they are packed into a house with 8 other guys in which they will live with for the full 8 months in Canada. On top of that they only get paid $7.25 which is not even maximum wage. It was clear to see that these Mexican workers were being exploited by their employer due to the fact that they are not treated as they should be and not taken care of after. The supervisors don't treat the workers like human beings or with respect. That's all the workers continued to ask for and its not that difficult for them to do. All they told the workers is that if they don't like how they are being treated then go back to Mexico. To majority of them they need the money to make care of their families so they cant leave,so they take whatever they have to. This phenomenon is related to the economic and political changes created by globalization because companies are trying to make as much money as they can and with low taxes so more money go to them but if the labourers have Canadian they have to pay them minimum wage but if they bring in migrants to do the job on a contract the company pays next to nothing because the workers are not getting paid as much so its cheap labour. So businesses are also opening up factories in migrant countries where they can also get cheap labour without taxes or tariffs. Basically the whole business benefits the labourers because its a money making business. They treat the workers how ever they want and there is only so much the workers can do because they need to job and the money to survive. Its sad but its a rough world and its controlled by money and people are forced to take jobs like that just to be able to get by in a world like ours today.