Canada: Workers & advocates describe abusive, unsafe working conditions on BC farms
요약
보고된 날짜: 2023년 8월 31일
위치: 캐나다
기타
Not Reported ( 농업/식품/음료/담배/어업: 일반 ) - Employer영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - 과테말라 , 농업/식품/음료/담배/어업: 일반 , Men , Documented migrants )토픽들
폭력 , 최저임금 , 불안정한/불적합한 생활환경 , 해고 , 이동 제한 , 강간과 성적 학대 , 과도한 생산 목표 , 비사법적 구제절차에 대한 접근성 , 표현의 자유 , 위협결과
응답 요청 여부: 예, The Tyee에 의해 요청됨
응답을 볼 수 있는 외부 링크: (더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: The Tyee contacted Hernández’s employer, who confirmed he had worked at that farm but denied Hernández’s allegations of abuse, which have not been tested in a court of law. Hernández is one of few temporary foreign workers who succeeded in applying for the open work permit the federal government offers to workers who have been abused.
출처: News outlet
요약
보고된 날짜: 2023년 8월 31일
위치: 캐나다
기업 페이지
Krazy Cherry Fruit - Employer영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 위치를 알 수 없음 , 농업/식품/음료/담배/어업: 일반 , Men )토픽들
불안정한/불적합한 생활환경 , 산업 안전 및 보건결과
Response sought: 아니오
출처: News outlet
요약
보고된 날짜: 2023년 8월 31일
위치: 캐나다
기타
Not Reported ( 농업/식품/음료/담배/어업: 일반 ) - Employer영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 170
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 과테말라 , 농업/식품/음료/담배/어업: 일반 , Women , Documented migrants )토픽들
임금 착취 , 물 접근성 , 위협결과
Response sought: 아니오
출처: News outlet
"A case of bad apples, or a rotten orchard?"
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Each year, thousands of migrant farm workers travel to British Columbia to harvest the province’s offerings: cherries, corn, cucumbers, plums, peaches, grapes for wine. Farming makes up one per cent of B.C.’s GDP; fruit sales alone are worth about $460 million a year...
Despite farmers’ reliance on temporary foreign workers, consular officials, advocates and workers themselves say they are too often mistreated by their bosses.
The Tyee spoke to more than a dozen farm labourers for this story, as well as nine outreach workers who routinely visit these farms, where employers almost always double as landlords. Many described cases of employers physically or verbally abusing their employees, and they also described abhorrent housing conditions well below the standard set by senior governments, a subject The Tyee will explore in detail in the next instalment in this series...
Representatives of the farming industry say that characterization of the program is unfair. Glen Lucas, the manager of the B.C. Fruit Growers’ Association, says problems on these farms are a case of isolated and unfortunate incidents: bad apples, not a rotten orchard. “There’s this idea that we’re painted with one colour. But it’s a complicated picture,” Lucas said.
But even employers agree governments are not doing enough to catch and punish employers who break the rules. Outreach workers say when federal agents do visit farms, their visits are often perfunctory, and that they sometimes do not even speak to workers...