Jamaica: Migrant farm workers write letter to the Ministry of Labour requesting support in the face of alleged systematic slavery in Canada
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 20 Ago 2022
Ubicación: Canadá
Empresas
Berlo's Best Farm - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 1 - Jamaica , Agricultura/Alimentos/Bebidas/Tabaco/Pesca: General , Gender not reported )Temas
Occupational Health & Safety , MuertesRespuesta
Respuesta buscada: Sí, por CBC News
Link externo para respuesta (Más información)
Medidas adoptadas: The province has confirmed his death. The Van Berlo family, who runs Berlo's Best, said they were devastated by Yapp's death, adding "they did not lose an employee, but they lost a person they considered a member of their family," the family's lawyer Bernard Cummins told CBC Toronto.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 20 Ago 2022
Ubicación: Canadá
Otro
Not Reported ( Agricultura/Alimentos/Bebidas/Tabaco/Pesca: General ) - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Filipinas , Agricultura/Alimentos/Bebidas/Tabaco/Pesca: General , Gender not reported ) , Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Jamaica , Agricultura y ganadería , Gender not reported ) , Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - México , Agricultura/Alimentos/Bebidas/Tabaco/Pesca: General , Gender not reported )Temas
Excessive production targets , Ownership of Property & Possessions , Intimidación y Amenazas , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Occupational Health & SafetyRespuesta
Respuesta buscada: Sí, por CBC News
Link externo para respuesta (Más información)
Medidas adoptadas: CBC News did not receive a response from the farm mentioned in the letter about the alleged conditions.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 20 Ago 2022
Ubicación: Canadá
Otro
Not Reported ( Agricultura y ganadería ) - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Filipinas , Agricultura/Alimentos/Bebidas/Tabaco/Pesca: General , Gender not reported ) , Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - México , Agricultura/Alimentos/Bebidas/Tabaco/Pesca: General , Gender not reported ) , Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Jamaica , Agricultura/Alimentos/Bebidas/Tabaco/Pesca: General , Gender not reported )Temas
Intimidación y Amenazas , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Occupational Health & Safety , Ownership of Property & Possessions , Excessive production targetsRespuesta
Respuesta buscada: Sí, por CBC News
Link externo para respuesta (Más información)
Medidas adoptadas: CBC News did not receive a response from the farm mentioned in the letter about the alleged conditions.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
"Jamaican migrant workers in Ontario pen open letter likening conditions to 'systematic slavery'", 20 August 2022
...Jamaican migrant farm workers in Niagara Region wrote an open letter to Jamaica's Ministry of Labour requesting more support in the face of what they call "systematic slavery," days before a migrant worker died in Norfolk County...
In its own statement, the Ontario Ministry of Labour, whom it falls on to investigate the matter, said the investigation is ongoing.
According to Migrant Workers Alliance for Change (MWAC), three other workers have died in Ontario in the last week alone. The workers who penned the open letter are members of MWAC.
CBC News has not independently confirmed those three deaths...
"As it currently stands, the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) is systematic slavery," the workers wrote in their open letter...
Workers wrote they were scared of sharing their grievances with Samuda directly for fear of being kicked out of the SAWP. They also said that workers from Mexico and the Philippines share the same grievances.
Workers described housing conditions as so poor that rats eat their food. They live in crowded rooms with zero privacy with cameras, and lack dryers to dry their clothes after it rains, they wrote.
...[W]orkers wrote they're "treated like mules" and punished for not being quick enough. They said they're exposed to dangerous pesticides without adequate protection, and their bosses are verbally abusive...
CBC News did not receive a response from the two farms mentioned in the letter about the alleged conditions...