21 avr 2023
Human Trafficking or a Guest Worker Program? H-2A’s Systemic Issues Result in Catastrophic Violations
Résumé
Date indiquée: 21 avr 2023
Lieu: États-Unis d'Amérique
Autre
Not Reported ( Labour supplier ) - Employer , Not Reported ( Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 2 - Mexique , Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général , Men , Documented migrants )Enjeux
Droit à l'alimentation , Frais de recrutement , Intimidation et menaces , Conditions de vie précaires/inadaptées , Substitution de contrat , Mobilité restreinte , Emploi irrégulier , Salaires de misère , Salaire impayé , Salaire minimum , Accès à l'informationRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 21 avr 2023
Lieu: États-Unis d'Amérique
Autre
Not Reported ( Tabac ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 1
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 1 - Mexique , Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général , Men , Documented migrants )Enjeux
Horaires de travail et temps libre raisonnables , Santé et sécurité au travail , Blessures , Refus de congéRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 21 avr 2023
Lieu: États-Unis d'Amérique
Autre
Not Reported ( Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 50
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 50 - Lieu inconnu , Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général , Gender not reported , Documented migrants )Enjeux
Frais de recrutementRéponse
Response sought: Non
Mesures prises: The employer was ordered to pay H-2A workers more than $200,000 in back wages.
Type de source: News outlet
...Diego still struggles to find the words to describe the labor camp he was expected to call home during the spring of 2018…
There weren’t enough beds for all the men. Those who had mattresses may have actually been the unlucky ones because they were yellowing, stained, and full of ticks.
There were also snakes in the house, including one in the kitchen where the only working appliance in the whole ramshackle place was a single refrigerator that looked like it’d never been cleaned.
There was no food and nowhere for Diego and his best friend Mario to rest their heads after a grueling bus ride from Mexico that took days longer than it should have and depleted the little money they had. The labor camp was the second blow they’d received since arriving in this place they called Carolina del Norte. The first came a couple of hours earlier.
H-2A workers often have confusing employment arrangements in which they are jointly employed by a labor contractor and a grower or farm. This was true for Diego and Mario, but effectively their primary boss was a young Mexican-American labor contractor…