China Labor Watch reports systemic labour rights violations among overseas Chinese workers in Indonesia's nickel projects
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 22 Dez 2023
Standort: China
Unternehmen
Jiangsu Delong Nickel Industry Company Ltd. - Other Value Chain Entity , PT Virtue Dragon Nickel Industry (VDNI) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - China , Metall & Stahl , Gender not reported )Themen
Informationszugang , Contract SubstitutionAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Resource Centre
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: The companies did not respond to the Resource Centre's request for comment.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 22 Dez 2023
Standort: Indonesien
Unternehmen
Tsingtuo Group - EmployerAndere
Not Reported ( Arbeitsagenturen ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - China , Metall & Stahl , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Contract Substitution , InformationszugangAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Resource Centre
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: The companies did not respond.
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 22 Dez 2023
Standort: Indonesien
Andere
Not Reported ( Metall & Stahl ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - China , Metall & Stahl , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Verweigerung der freien Meinungsäußerung , Ownership of Property & Possessions , Einschüchterung & DrohungenAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 22 Dez 2023
Standort: Indonesien
Unternehmen
PT Virtue Dragon Nickel Industry (VDNI) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 4
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - China , Metall & Stahl , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Einschüchterung & Drohungen , Einbehalten von Ausweisdokumenten , Contract Substitution , Denial of leaveAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Resource Centre
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: The companies did not respond.
Art der Quelle: 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...