UK: Migrant workers from Central Asia say they face mistreatment at seasonal jobs
Résumé
Date indiquée: 20 Aoû 2020
Lieu: Royaume-Uni
Autre
Not Reported ( Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 1 - Europe et Asie Centrale , Agriculture et élevage , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Salaire impayéRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 20 Aoû 2022
Lieu: Royaume-Uni
Entreprises
Barnsmuir Farm - Supplier , Fruitful Jobs - Labour Supplier , AGRI-HR - RecruiterConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 1 - Tadjikistan , Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général , Gender not reported ) , Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 1 - Europe et Asie Centrale , Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général , Men , Documented migrants )Enjeux
Conditions de vie précaires/inadaptées , Intimidation et menaces , Salaire impayé , Licenciement , Substitution de contrat , Salaire décent , Harcèlement sexuel , Santé et sécurité au travailRéponse
Réponse demandée : Oui, par Radio Free Europe
Lien externe vers la réponse: (En savoir plus)
Mesures prises: Fruitful Jobs says it has since addressed most of the problems listed in the letter. Justin Emery, managing director of the company, told RFE/RL that Fruitful Jobs representatives visited Barnsmuir Farm in late July after they received the complaint. Emery acknowledged that language barriers can lead to "misunderstandings, tensions, or even conflict" between "experienced supervisors" from Eastern Europe and the new recruits, as Britain is looking farther afield than Europe to hire seasonal workers. He said supervisors at Barnsmuir and several other farms had been sent for retraining. Emery said temporary accommodations, including caravans that the farms offer to foreign workers, are checked by independent auditors to ensure they meet guidelines approved by the British government. He said workers have the right to rent alternative accommodations in nearby areas if they wish. Asked about the allegations of sexual harassment, Emery said: "We haven't received such a complaint. We take this issue extremely seriously and will have police involved if we get such complaints."
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 20 Aoû 2022
Lieu: Russie
Autre
Not Reported ( Construction ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 1 - Tadjikistan , Construction , Men , Unknown migration status )Enjeux
Discrimination fondée sur la race/l'ethnie/les castes/les originesRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 20 Aoû 2022
Lieu: Royaume-Uni
Autre
Not Reported ( Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Europe et Asie Centrale , Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général , Men , Documented migrants )Enjeux
Salaire impayéRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 20 Aoû 2022
Lieu: Royaume-Uni
Autre
Not Reported ( Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Tadjikistan , Agriculture/alimentation/boissons/tabac/pêche : Général , Men , Documented migrants )Enjeux
Substitution de contrat , Salaire impayéRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: News outlet
Happy to be in Britain, Central Asian migrants want more work to cover expenses, 20 August 2022
Migrant workers from Central Asia hired for seasonal jobs on British farms say they're happy to be in Britain but wish they had more work.
Thousands of laborers from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan came to Britain this year under the U.K. government’s Seasonal Workers Scheme designed to address a severe shortage of farm workers due to Brexit..."Our employers in a farm in Scotland gave us about 30 hours of work in a six-day week, instead of the 48 hours a week we were promised by recruiters before coming to Britain," said a fruit picker from Tajikistan.
"After deducting the cost of accommodation, utilities, national insurance, and food, there is almost nothing left from my wages at the farm. I came here to work and to take money home, but that didn't happen," he said.
Similar complaints have been made by other laborers from Central Asia working in different parts of Britain...The workers spoke to RFE/RL on condition of anonymity, saying they didn't want to "get in trouble" for speaking out...
A 35-year-old worker from Dushanbe, Tajikistan, recently abandoned his work at the Barnsmuir Farm in Scotland citing "unbearable issues," including what he described as mistreatment by Eastern European supervisors...The laborer, who was recruited for Fruitful Jobs through AGRI-HR, said his problems in Britain began when he arrived at Heathrow Airport with some 20 other Central Asian migrants...When the group called AGRI-HR for help, a recruiting agency representative said the original offer of employment for the workers had "fallen through." Instead, they could work at the remote Barnsmuir Farm, he said the agent told the group, adding that the migrants must get to the farm by themselves..."At work we faced mistreatment by the supervisors, who are from Bulgaria. They're rude and [verbally] abusive," the Tajik migrant claimed...The laborer said when he complained about the situation, the supervisors threatened him with dismissal and retaliated by cutting his working hours. The worker ended up getting only 13 hours of work in nine days, just enough to pay for accommodation and utilities, he said...
The problems at Barnsmuir Farm were reported to Wendy Chamberlain, a member of the British Parliament representing North East Fife, where the farm is located.
British citizen Hywel Philippart, who heard about the situation at the farm through one of his acquaintances, urged the lawmaker to address "abuses" allegedly taking place in her constituency...