26 sep 2023
Champagne Pickers Treated "Like Dogs"
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 26 sep 2023
Ubicación: Francia
Otro
Not Reported ( Agricultura/Alimentos/Bebidas/Tabaco/Pesca: General ) - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 18
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Bulgaria , Agricultura/Alimentos/Bebidas/Tabaco/Pesca: General , Gender not reported )Temas
Salud y seguridad en el trabajo , Condiciones de vida precarias/inadecuadas , Acceso a la electricidadRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: The local French prefecture shut down the accommodation.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 26 sep 2023
Ubicación: Francia
Empresas
L'Orge Fleur - Other Value Chain EntityAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 73
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 73 - Europa & Asia Central , Agricultura/Alimentos/Bebidas/Tabaco/Pesca: General , Gender not reported )Temas
Condiciones de vida precarias/inadecuadasRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: French authorities closed the accommodation site.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 26 sep 2023
Ubicación: Francia
Otro
Not Reported ( Agricultura/Alimentos/Bebidas/Tabaco/Pesca: General ) - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 160
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 160 - Ucrania , Agricultura/Alimentos/Bebidas/Tabaco/Pesca: General , Gender not reported )Temas
Condiciones de vida precarias/inadecuadasRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: French prefecture ordered the migrants to be rehoused.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 26 sep 2023
Ubicación: Francia
Empresas
Vitichenille - Recruiter , Serviti - Recruiter , Rajviti - Recruiter , Veuve Cliquot (part of LVMH group) - BuyerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 200
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 200 - Afganistán , Agricultura/Alimentos/Bebidas/Tabaco/Pesca: General , Gender not reported )Temas
Trata de personasRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: 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.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 26 sep 2023
Ubicación: Francia
Otro
Not Reported ( Agricultura/Alimentos/Bebidas/Tabaco/Pesca: General ) - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Ubicación desconocida , Agricultura/Alimentos/Bebidas/Tabaco/Pesca: General , Gender not reported )Temas
Trata de personasRespuesta
Response sought: No
Tipo de fuente: 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…