Worker or Commodity? Power Dynamics in Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program: An interview with Mostafa Henaway by Alexandra Tutino, Sofia Martins and Maria Teresa Pereira

Mostafa Henaway is a community organizer and advocate for migrant and temporary foreign workers' rights at the Immigrant Workers Center in Montreal. With over two decades of experience, he has tirelessly fought for social justice and labor equity. A researcher, PhD candidate at Concordia University, and author of Essential Work, Disposable Workers: Migration, Capitalism and Class, Mostafa brings a critical lens to the challenges faced by migrants under Canada’s Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP). In this interview, he discusses the systemic struggles these workers endure, the exploitation they often face in the workplace, and the campaigns aimed at securing their labor rights.