Indonesian working holiday-makers say they were misled after being taken to remote farm site in NT
الملخص
Date Reported: 20 نوفمبر 2024
الموقع: أستراليا
الشركات
Meta (formerly Facebook) - Other Value Chain Entityأخرى
Not Reported ( الزراعة والمواشي ) - Employer , Not Reported ( وكالات التوظيف ) - Recruiterالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - اندونيسيا , الزراعة والمواشي , Men , Documented migrants ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - اندونيسيا , الزراعة والمواشي , Women , Documented migrants )القضايا
Internet Access , الحرمان من حرية التعبير , Contract Substitution , Wage Theft , الترهيب والتهديد , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , الحصول على المياه , Access to Non-Judicial Remedyالرد
Response sought: Yes, by Journalist
Story containing response: (Find out more)
الإجراءات المتخذة: The workers managed to leave the farm after walking away until their phones found reception. ABC attempted to contact both the employment agent and the owner of the farm, but did not receive a response from either. The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Meta to respond to the article; Meta responded to the Resource Centre.
نوع المصدر: News outlet
Dimas and Bella had plans to earn some money and travel Australia when they arrived for their working holiday.
They left behind jobs in Indonesia's banking industry and flew to Darwin, with work lined up picking and packing cucumbers at a farm.
But from the moment they were collected at the airport, Bella said something felt off.
As they drove for hours to the property where they would be working, they found themselves virtually cut off from the outside world.
"It was night-time, we couldn't buy internet, we couldn't buy a [SIM] card, lots of different things we couldn't do, we could only hotspot off the person who came to pick us up," Dimas told the ABC…
After being inspired by these influencers, Dimas and Bella saw an ad on Facebook asking for people to pick grapes and decided to contact the employment agent.
The agent told them they would be doing relatively easy work, with decent pay and accommodation.
However, they said almost none of it turned out to be true…
The ABC attempted to contact both the employment agent and the owner of the farm, but did not receive a response from either…