8 8月 2022
'Blatant exploitation': Migrant workers packed in freezing, damp rooms for $150 a week
要約
Date Reported: 8 8月 2022
場所: ニュージーランド
企業
Laconic - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: 15
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - バヌアツ , 農業/食品/飲料/タバコ/水産: 一般 , Men , Documented migrants ) , 移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown - Sector unknown , Women , Documented migrants )課題
Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions回答
Response sought: いいえ
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 8 8月 2022
場所: ニュージーランド
その他
Not Reported ( 人材紹介会社 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: 11
移住者・移民労働者: ( 11 - Location unknown , 農業/食品/飲料/タバコ/水産: 一般 , Men , Documented migrants )課題
Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions回答
Response sought: いいえ
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 8 8月 2022
場所: ニュージーランド
企業
Vine Strength - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( 1 - バヌアツ , 農業/食品/飲料/タバコ/水産: 一般 , Men , Documented migrants ) , 移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown - Sector unknown , Women , Documented migrants )課題
Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Wage Theft , 医薬品へのアクセス , 病気回答
Response sought: Yes, by Stuff
External link to response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: Vine Strength owner Ajay Gaur said the workers’ complaints were unnecessary. He said, “they’re just creating from the little issues to the big issue,” he said. “Every day they have new excuses, someone is sick, someone isn’t coming. Because they don’t want to work, they’re saying they’re having a bad experience.”
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
8 August 2022
Migrant horticulture workers are being housed six men to a room, charged $150 a week to sleep in freezing and damp conditions which see them fall sick repeatedly, and then refused paid sick leave.
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Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner Saunoamaali'i Karanina Sumeo travelled to Blenheim incognito to investigate the workers’ living and employment conditions in July.
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Conditions are so bad, some of the workers say they are desperate to go home, but have been unable because they are in debt to their employers for flights, work clothing, or tools. Some have so many deductions from their pay each week, they end up with as little as $100.
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Sumeo said she witnessed multiple human rights violations, including the lack of freedom of movement (the workers had curfews), freedom of association (the workers were threatened against joining unions) and the right to culture (the workers aren’t allowed to drink kava, and are sometimes expected to work instead of going to church).
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