Migrant Workers Centre

Migrant workers in Victoria are sometimes treated like an underclass. We face language and cultural barriers, insecure employment arrangements, discrimination and sometimes precarious visa arrangements. These things make us vulnerable to bad employers.

The Migrant Workers Centre helps migrant workers in Victoria connect with other migrant workers, understand our rights and get empowered to enforce them.

The Migrant Workers Centre can:

  • Educate workers about issues regarding workplace safety and rights
  • Assist workers from emerging communities to address problems they encounter at workplaces
  • Collaborate with community partners to organise events and grassroots campaigns focusing on workplace rights for migrants
  • Bridge language barriers that limit workers’ access to information
  • Promote workplace rights on our own media platforms, as well as mainstream and ethnic community media outlet

New Campaign Campaigns

  • 日出茶太快還錢!
    背包客、國際學生、短期技術簽證等短期移工的簽證持有人， 要求更完整的法律保障! 我們要求公義! 短期移工簽證合法簽證，享有與任何一個澳洲人同等勞動權。 我們要求雇主賠償欠薪! 我們要求所有的不公義得到平反!
    84 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Sherry Huang
  • Monga Lounge, Pay Up!
    International students and all migrant workers are being ripped off far too often by dodgy employers. This is just a taste of what bosses should expect if they steal from international students and all other migrant workers including refugees, asylum seekers, working holidaymakers and temporary visa holders. It's stories like this that prove why we need to change the rules to stop endemic wage theft and stop dodgy bosses from ripping off all workers.
    70 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Wallace Huang Picture
  • 不要將我們的簽證系統私有化
    簽證工作應由受過充分訓練和經驗豐富的公務員負責，而不是交給以盈利爲目的的公司。 自由黨一再利字當頭，置人民和國家與不顧。對於公共事業服務，你不能指望自由黨。 讓我們告訴自由黨，我們不想看到澳洲的簽證系統變得越來越昂貴，並給我等移民家庭帶來越來越多的煩惱 – 現在就在請願書上簽字。
    9 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Josephine
  • Don't privatise our visa system!
    This work should be done by public servants who are highly trained and experienced, not private companies who just want to make a profit. Time and time again the Liberals put profits before people and the good of our nation. You can’t trust the Liberals with our public services. Tell the Liberals that you don’t want to see Australia’s immigration system become more expensive and more difficult for migrant families like mine – sign the petition now.
    48 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Josephine