'Working in fear': Some private contractors are accused of abusive labor practices on U.S. military bases
摘要
日期: 2022年10月27日
地点: 阿富汗
企业
Triple Canopy - Employer其他
Government ( 军队/防卫 ) - Client受影响的
受影响的总人数: 22
外劳和移民工人: ( 22 - 乌干达 , 安保公司 , Gender not reported )议题
人口贩运 , 恐吓和威胁 , Dismissal回应
Response sought: 否
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2022年10月27日
地点: 阿富汗
企业
Aegis Defence Services (part of Aegis Group) - Employer , GardaWorld - Other Value Chain Entity其他
Government ( 军队/防卫 ) - Client受影响的
受影响的总人数: 1
外劳和移民工人: ( 1 - 乌干达 , 安保公司 , Gender not reported )议题
招聘费 , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Occupational Health & Safety , 人口贩运回应
已邀请回应:是,由Media
回应的外部链接: (查看更多)
后续行动: None reported GardaWorld commented that the worker had misunderstood his contract.
信息来源: News outlet
NBC News, in collaboration with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, The Washington Post, and Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism, interviewed more than 40 current and former employees of contractors at military bases. NBC News combed through thousands of pages of congressional testimony, reports from the Justice and the Defense departments, Securities and Exchange Commission filings, and other documents to reveal which companies were accused of trafficking workers or determined to have trafficked them...
What NBC News found was a lack of transparency, both in what the Pentagon is willing to tell the public about alleged taxpayer-funded abuse of workers, and what its officials share with one another and other agencies about companies with troubled records.
From fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2021, the military itself took action in 176 incidents of labor violations by military contractors and subcontractors, according to State Department records reviewed for this article, and substantiated violations involving more than 900 workers in fiscal 2020 alone, according to the Justice Department.
Though such information is supposed to be public, the Pentagon would not disclose the names of the contractors with violations, despite multiple inquiries, including Freedom of Information Act requests.
[Refers to Tamimi Global, Triple Canopy, Vectrus Systems Corp., Aegis and its parent company, GardaWorld.]