Produce of Exploitation: UK supermarkets and migrant labour in southern Spain
Summary
Date Reported: 31 Mar 2023
Location: Spain
Other
Not Reported ( Sector not reported/applicable ) - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - Morocco , Agriculture & livestock , Women , Unknown migration status )Issues
Racial, ethnicity, caste or origin discriminationResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 31 Mar 2023
Location: Spain
Other
Not Reported ( Agriculture & livestock ) - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - Location unknown , Agriculture & livestock , Men , Documented migrants )Issues
Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Denial of permanent contractsResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 31 Mar 2023
Location: Spain
Other
Not Reported ( Agriculture & livestock ) - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - Location unknown , Agriculture & livestock , Women , Unknown migration status )Issues
Wage TheftResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 31 Mar 2023
Location: Spain
Other
Not Reported ( Agriculture & livestock ) - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - Location unknown , Agriculture & livestock , Women , Unknown migration status )Issues
Dismissal , Occupational Health & Safety , Freedom of ExpressionResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 31 Mar 2023
Location: Spain
Other
Not Reported ( Agriculture & livestock ) - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - Location unknown , Agriculture & livestock , Women , Unknown migration status )Issues
Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure TimeResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 25 Apr 2023
Location: Spain
Other
Not Reported ( Agriculture & livestock ) - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Ecuador , Agriculture & livestock , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Honduras , Agriculture & livestock , Gender not reported )Issues
Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Adequate Living Standards , Wage Theft , Contract Substitution , Access to Water , Access to electricityResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: NGO
Summary
Date Reported: 31 Mar 2023
Location: Spain
Other
Not Reported ( Agriculture & livestock ) - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - Location unknown , Agriculture & livestock , Women , Documented migrants )Issues
Social Security , IllnessResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 31 Mar 2023
Location: Spain
Other
Not Reported ( Agriculture & livestock ) - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - Location unknown , Agriculture & livestock , Gender not reported )Issues
Wage Theft , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure TimeResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 31 Mar 2023
Location: Spain
Other
Not Reported ( Agriculture & livestock ) - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - Location unknown , Agriculture & livestock , Men , Unknown migration status )Issues
Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Denial of leaveResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 31 Mar 2023
Location: Spain
Other
Not Reported ( Agriculture & livestock ) - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Agriculture & livestock , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Issues
Freedom of Assembly , Freedom of Association , Intimidation , DismissalResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 31 Mar 2023
Location: Spain
Other
Not Reported ( Agriculture & livestock ) - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: 2
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 2 - Location unknown , Agriculture & livestock , Gender not reported , Documented migrants ) , Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Agriculture & livestock , Gender not reported , Undocumented migrants )Issues
Freedom of Assembly , Intimidation , Freedom of AssociationResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 31 Mar 2023
Location: Spain
Other
Not Reported ( Agriculture & livestock ) - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - Location unknown , Agriculture & livestock , Women , Unknown migration status )Issues
Wage Theft , Mandatory overtimeResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 31 Mar 2023
Location: Spain
Other
Not Reported ( Sector not reported/applicable ) - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - Location unknown , Agriculture & livestock , Women , Undocumented migrants )Issues
Wage Theft , Minimum Wage , Living Wage , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure TimeResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 31 Mar 2023
Location: Spain
Other
Not Reported ( Agriculture & livestock ) - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: 1
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - Location unknown - Sector unknown , Men , Unknown migration status )Issues
Occupational Health & Safety , Illness , Deaths , Restricted access to medicines , Clean, Healthy & Sustainable EnvironmentResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 31 Mar 2023
Location: Spain
Other
Not Reported ( Agriculture & livestock ) - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - Location unknown , Agriculture & livestock , Men , Unknown migration status )Issues
Wage Theft , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure TimeResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 31 Mar 2023
Location: Spain
Other
Not Reported ( Agriculture & livestock ) - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - Location unknown , Agriculture & livestock , Women , Unknown migration status )Issues
Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure TimeResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: News outlet
For 20 years, migrant agricultural workers in the Almeria and Huelva regions of southern Spain have faced flagrant abuses of their basic rights. They have been refused legal wages, fired for joining unions, forced to work in unsafe conditions, shouted at for taking toilet breaks and sexually assaulted and harassed.
As a 2022 report funded by the Spanish government says, “The miracle of Spanish food exports would not exist without labour exploitation.” This is especially pronounced in Huelva and Almeria...
Research suggests that all nine of the major UK supermarkets (Aldi, Asda, Co-op, Lidl, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose) source from Almeria and Huelva. Even from the limited information available on suppliers, most supermarkets have been linked to at least one accusation outlined in this report through their supply chains.
Supermarkets should treat the abuses as endemic and pervasive, and assume that they are present within their supply chains. They must take action to ensure workers’ rights abuses are not occurring, and work to rectify the decades of ongoing abuse...