21 4月 2023
Human Trafficking or a Guest Worker Program? H-2A’s Systemic Issues Result in Catastrophic Violations
要約
Date Reported: 21 4月 2023
場所: アメリカ合衆国
その他
Not Reported ( Labour supplier ) - Employer , Not Reported ( 農業/食品/飲料/タバコ/水産: 一般 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( 2 - メキシコ , 農業/食品/飲料/タバコ/水産: 一般 , Men , Documented migrants )課題
食の権利 , 採用費 , 威嚇及び脅迫 , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Contract Substitution , Restricted mobility , Irregular Work , Poverty Wages , Wage Theft , Minimum Wage , 情報へのアクセス回答
Response sought: いいえ
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 21 4月 2023
場所: アメリカ合衆国
その他
Not Reported ( たばこ ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: 1
移住者・移民労働者: ( 1 - メキシコ , 農業/食品/飲料/タバコ/水産: 一般 , Men , Documented migrants )課題
Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Occupational Health & Safety , 傷害 , Denial of leave回答
Response sought: いいえ
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 21 4月 2023
場所: アメリカ合衆国
その他
Not Reported ( 農業/食品/飲料/タバコ/水産: 一般 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: 50
移住者・移民労働者: ( 50 - Location unknown , 農業/食品/飲料/タバコ/水産: 一般 , Gender not reported , Documented migrants )課題
採用費回答
Response sought: いいえ
取られた措置: The employer was ordered to pay H-2A workers more than $200,000 in back wages.
情報源のタイプ: 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…