26 sep 2023
Champagne Pickers Treated "Like Dogs"
Résumé
Date indiquée: 26 sep 2023
Lieu: France
Autre
Not Reported ( Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 18
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Bulgarie , Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Santé et sécurité au travail , Conditions de vie précaires/inadaptées , Accès à l'électricitéRéponse
Response sought: Non
Mesures prises: The local French prefecture shut down the accommodation.
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 26 sep 2023
Lieu: France
Entreprises
L'Orge Fleur - Other Value Chain EntityConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 73
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 73 - Europe et Asie Centrale , Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Conditions de vie précaires/inadaptéesRéponse
Response sought: Non
Mesures prises: French authorities closed the accommodation site.
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 26 sep 2023
Lieu: France
Autre
Not Reported ( Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 160
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 160 - Ukraine , Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Conditions de vie précaires/inadaptéesRéponse
Response sought: Non
Mesures prises: French prefecture ordered the migrants to be rehoused.
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 26 sep 2023
Lieu: France
Entreprises
Vitichenille - Recruiter , Serviti - Recruiter , Rajviti - Recruiter , Veuve Cliquot (part of LVMH group) - BuyerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 200
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 200 - Afghanistan , Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Traite des êtres humainsRéponse
Response sought: Non
Mesures prises: 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.
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 26 sep 2023
Lieu: France
Autre
Not Reported ( Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Lieu inconnu , Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Traite des êtres humainsRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: 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…