China Labor Watch reports systemic labour rights violations among overseas Chinese workers in Indonesia's nickel projects
الملخص
Date Reported: 22 ديسمبر 2023
الموقع: الصين
الشركات
Jiangsu Delong Nickel Industry Company Ltd. - Other Value Chain Entity , PT Virtue Dragon Nickel Industry (VDNI) - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - الصين , الحديد والصلب , Gender not reported )القضايا
الحصول على المعلومات , Contract Substitutionالرد
Response sought: Yes, by Resource Centre
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الإجراءات المتخذة: The companies did not respond to the Resource Centre's request for comment.
نوع المصدر: News outlet
الملخص
Date Reported: 22 ديسمبر 2023
الموقع: اندونيسيا
الشركات
Tsingtuo Group - Employerأخرى
Not Reported ( وكالات التوظيف ) - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - الصين , الحديد والصلب , Men , Unknown migration status )القضايا
Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Contract Substitution , الحصول على المعلوماتالرد
Response sought: Yes, by Resource Centre
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الإجراءات المتخذة: The companies did not respond.
نوع المصدر: NGO
الملخص
Date Reported: 22 ديسمبر 2023
الموقع: اندونيسيا
أخرى
Not Reported ( الحديد والصلب ) - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - الصين , الحديد والصلب , Men , Unknown migration status )القضايا
الحرمان من حرية التعبير , Ownership of Property & Possessions , الترهيب والتهديدالرد
Response sought: لا
نوع المصدر: NGO
الملخص
Date Reported: 22 ديسمبر 2023
الموقع: اندونيسيا
الشركات
PT Virtue Dragon Nickel Industry (VDNI) - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: 4
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - الصين , الحديد والصلب , Men , Unknown migration status )القضايا
الترهيب والتهديد , احتجاز وثائق الهوية و السفر و العمل , Contract Substitution , Denial of leaveالرد
Response sought: Yes, by Resource Centre
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الإجراءات المتخذة: The companies did not respond.
نوع المصدر: NGO
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
"Compounding Vulnerabilities: Chinese Workers In Indonesia" 22 December 2023
This report documents the findings of CLW’s investigation in China’s Belt and Road nickel production projects in Indonesia. It aims to amplify Chinese overseas workers’ voices through diving into their lived experiences in some of the largest nickel production industrial projects in Indonesia backed under ill-regulated Chinese capital...
CLW’s on-site research and correspondence with Chinese workers from 2021 to 2023 has found various egregious labor malpractices which were systematic and widespread:
- Passport confiscation
- Poor contracting practices
- Withholding payment of wages
- Workplace injuries and poor occupational safety
- Absence of Indonesian work permit
- Restriction of movement
- Physical violence against the breaching of workplace rules and regulations.
...some of these issues–such as the restriction of movement, the lack of work permit, and illegal contracting practices–vary before and after the pandemic or by employers. The report highlights how these practices systematically disempower workers, erode their rights and freedom, and transfer companies’ business risks to the bearing of individual workers...