Indonesian working holiday-makers say they were misled after being taken to remote farm site in NT
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 20 Nov 2024
Ubicación: Australia
Empresas
Meta (formerly Facebook) - Other Value Chain EntityOtro
Not Reported ( Agricultura y ganadería ) - Employer , Not Reported ( Agencias de empleo ) - RecruiterAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Indonesia , Agricultura y ganadería , Men , Documented migrants ) , Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Indonesia , Agricultura y ganadería , Women , Documented migrants )Temas
Acceso a internet , Negación de la libertad de expresión , Sustitución de contrato , Robo de salarios , Intimidación y Amenazas , Condiciones de vida precarias/inadecuadas , Acceso al agua , Acceso a recursos no judicialesRespuesta
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Medidas adoptadas: The workers managed to leave the farm after walking away until their phones found reception. ABC attempted to contact both the employment agent and the owner of the farm, but did not receive a response from either. The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Meta to respond to the article; Meta responded to the Resource Centre.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Dimas and Bella had plans to earn some money and travel Australia when they arrived for their working holiday.
They left behind jobs in Indonesia's banking industry and flew to Darwin, with work lined up picking and packing cucumbers at a farm.
But from the moment they were collected at the airport, Bella said something felt off.
As they drove for hours to the property where they would be working, they found themselves virtually cut off from the outside world.
"It was night-time, we couldn't buy internet, we couldn't buy a [SIM] card, lots of different things we couldn't do, we could only hotspot off the person who came to pick us up," Dimas told the ABC…
After being inspired by these influencers, Dimas and Bella saw an ad on Facebook asking for people to pick grapes and decided to contact the employment agent.
The agent told them they would be doing relatively easy work, with decent pay and accommodation.
However, they said almost none of it turned out to be true…
The ABC attempted to contact both the employment agent and the owner of the farm, but did not receive a response from either…