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8 Ago 2022

Autor:
Kirsty Johnston, Stuff

'Blatant exploitation': Migrant workers packed in freezing, damp rooms for $150 a week

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8 August 2022

Migrant horticulture workers are being housed six men to a room, charged $150 a week to sleep in freezing and damp conditions which see them fall sick repeatedly, and then refused paid sick leave.

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Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner Saunoamaali'i Karanina Sumeo​ travelled to Blenheim incognito to investigate the workers’ living and employment conditions in July.

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Conditions are so bad, some of the workers say they are desperate to go home, but have been unable because they are in debt to their employers for flights, work clothing, or tools. Some have so many deductions from their pay each week, they end up with as little as $100.

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Sumeo said she witnessed multiple human rights violations, including the lack of freedom of movement (the workers had curfews), freedom of association (the workers were threatened against joining unions) and the right to culture (the workers aren’t allowed to drink kava, and are sometimes expected to work instead of going to church).

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