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RUTH BONNEVILLE / FREE PRESS LOCAL - skilled workers Photo of Jing Zhang (brown jacket) an organizer, and Tracy Jin, another worker and organizer, Skilled Workers of Manitoba protest group, with other members during protest Wednesday morning. SKILLED WORKERS: Temporary work permit holders are calling on the NDP government to be more transparent about how it picks newcomers to submit applications through the provincial nominee program. Members of a grassroots group representing about 300 foreign workers have been protesting outside the Manitoba legislature in recent weeks. җeղe anxious because a lot of foreign workers, we have our whole family here and our children are studying in local schools,Ӡsaid Jing Zhang, who moved to Canada from China in July 2023. Story by Maggie Macintosh Nov 27th, 2024