Jamaica: Migrant farm workers write letter to the Ministry of Labour requesting support in the face of alleged systematic slavery in Canada
Résumé
Date indiquée: 20 Aoû 2022
Lieu: Canada
Entreprises
Berlo's Best Farm - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 1 - Jamaïque , Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général , Men , Documented migrants )Enjeux
Santé et sécurité au travail , MortsRéponse
Réponse demandée : Oui, par CBC News
Lien externe vers la réponse: (En savoir plus)
Mesures prises: 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.
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 20 Aoû 2022
Lieu: Canada
Autre
Not Reported ( Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Mexique , Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général , Gender not reported , Documented migrants ) , Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Philippines , Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général , Gender not reported , Documented migrants ) , Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Jamaïque , Agriculture et élevage , Gender not reported , Documented migrants )Enjeux
Objectifs de production excessifs , Santé et sécurité au travail , Ownership of Property & Possessions , Intimidation et menaces , Conditions de vie précaires/inadaptéesRéponse
Réponse demandée : Oui, par CBC News
Lien externe vers la réponse: (En savoir plus)
Mesures prises: CBC News did not receive a response from the farm mentioned in the letter about the alleged conditions.
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 20 Aoû 2022
Lieu: Canada
Autre
Not Reported ( Agriculture et élevage ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Philippines , Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général , Gender not reported ) , Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Mexique , Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général , Gender not reported ) , Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Jamaïque , Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général , Gender not reported , Documented migrants )Enjeux
Conditions de vie précaires/inadaptées , Santé et sécurité au travail , Intimidation et menaces , Ownership of Property & Possessions , Objectifs de production excessifsRéponse
Réponse demandée : Oui, par CBC News
Lien externe vers la réponse: (En savoir plus)
Mesures prises: CBC News did not receive a response from the farm mentioned in the letter about the alleged conditions.
Type de source: 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...