Indonesian working holiday-makers say they were misled after being taken to remote farm site in NT
Résumé
Date indiquée: 20 Nov 2024
Lieu: Australie
Entreprises
Meta (formerly Facebook) - Other Value Chain EntityAutre
Not Reported ( Agriculture et élevage ) - Employer , Not Reported ( Cabinets de recrutement ) - RecruiterConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Indonésie , Agriculture et élevage , Men , Documented migrants ) , Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Indonésie , Agriculture et élevage , Women , Documented migrants )Enjeux
Accès à internet , Déni de liberté d'expression , Substitution de contrat , Salaire impayé , Intimidation et menaces , Conditions de vie précaires/inadaptées , Accès à l'eau , Accès à un recours non judiciaireRéponse
Réponse demandée : Oui, par Journalist
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Mesures prises: 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.
Type de source: 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…