Champagne Pickers Treated "Like Dogs"
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 26 Sep 2023
Standort: Frankreich
Andere
Not Reported ( Landwirtschaft/Nahrungsmittel/Getränke/Tabak/Fischerei: Allgemein ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 18
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Bulgarien , Landwirtschaft/Nahrungsmittel/Getränke/Tabak/Fischerei: Allgemein , Gender not reported )Themen
Occupational Health & Safety , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Access to electricityAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: The local French prefecture shut down the accommodation.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 26 Sep 2023
Standort: Frankreich
Unternehmen
L'Orge Fleur - Other Value Chain EntityBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 73
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 73 - Europa & Zentralasien , Landwirtschaft/Nahrungsmittel/Getränke/Tabak/Fischerei: Allgemein , Gender not reported )Themen
Precarious/Unsuitable Living ConditionsAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: French authorities closed the accommodation site.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 26 Sep 2023
Standort: Frankreich
Andere
Not Reported ( Landwirtschaft/Nahrungsmittel/Getränke/Tabak/Fischerei: Allgemein ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 160
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 160 - Ukraine , Landwirtschaft/Nahrungsmittel/Getränke/Tabak/Fischerei: Allgemein , Gender not reported )Themen
Precarious/Unsuitable Living ConditionsAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: French prefecture ordered the migrants to be rehoused.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 26 Sep 2023
Standort: Frankreich
Unternehmen
Vitichenille - Recruiter , Serviti - Recruiter , Rajviti - Recruiter , Veuve Cliquot (part of LVMH group) - BuyerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 200
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 200 - Afghanistan , Landwirtschaft/Nahrungsmittel/Getränke/Tabak/Fischerei: Allgemein , Gender not reported )Themen
MenschenhandelAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Rajviti was sentenced to three years imprisonment and ordered to pay €100,000 ($106,479) for trafficking after losing their appeal against human trafficking charges. An employee of Champagne brand, Veuve Cliquot, owned by the LVMH group (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton) was exonerated from any responsibility or charges. The Champagne house had said that it was unaware of the situation of the grape pickers.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 26 Sep 2023
Standort: Frankreich
Andere
Not Reported ( Landwirtschaft/Nahrungsmittel/Getränke/Tabak/Fischerei: Allgemein ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Landwirtschaft/Nahrungsmittel/Getränke/Tabak/Fischerei: Allgemein , Gender not reported )Themen
MenschenhandelAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: News outlet
“Champagne Pickers Treated "Like Dogs"”
…Anavim… was allegedly responsible for 'hiring' the pickers according to the pickers…
… [Anavim’s] owner…denied allegations of human trafficking…
…18 Bulgarian pickers were housed in unsafe conditions…
Two further makeshift accommodation centers housing grape pickers from Eastern Europe…
… French authorities closed an accommodation site in the Champagne village of Vinay, in which 73 grape pickers from Eastern Europe were housed in unworthy conditions …in the greenhouses of plant nurseries owned by …L'Orge Fleur…
… French prefecture ordered 160 Ukrainian grape pickers to be rehoused…
…CGT union… denounced the existence of a makeshift campsite in the village of Moussey in which grape pickers had "no water, no electricity."…
Toubart and Chatillon…said it was their "collective responsibility" to put an end to such behavior…
…two owners of recruitment company Rajviti were sentenced to three years imprisonment…
An employee of Champagne brand, Veuve Cliquot, owned by the LVMH group (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton) was exonerated from any responsibility or charges…
Veuve Cliquot had sub-contracted recruitment to recruitment agency Vitichenille, which in turn, sub-contracted Serviti, which then led to the sub-contraction of Rajviti to hire grape pickers…
…ordered Moet-Hennessy Champagne Services to pay €17,000 ($18,113) after it had rejected the company's appeal against charges of non-compliance to working hour laws…