Human Trafficking or a Guest Worker Program? H-2A’s Systemic Issues Result in Catastrophic Violations
요약
보고된 날짜: 2023년 4월 21일
위치: 미국
기타
Not Reported ( 노동 공급업체 ) - Employer , Not Reported ( 농업/식품/음료/담배/어업: 일반 ) - Employer영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 2 - 멕시코 , 농업/식품/음료/담배/어업: 일반 , Gender not reported )토픽들
식량권 , 직업소개수수료 , 위협 , 불안정한/불적합한 생활환경 , 계약 대체 , 이동 제한 , 정보 접근성 , 비정규직 , 빈곤 임금 , 임금 착취 , 최저임금결과
Response sought: 아니오
출처: News outlet
요약
보고된 날짜: 2023년 4월 21일
위치: 미국
기타
Not Reported ( 담배 ) - Employer영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 1
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - 멕시코 , 농업/식품/음료/담배/어업: 일반 , Gender not reported )토픽들
강간과 성적 학대 , 산업 안전 및 보건 , 상해 , 휴가 박탈결과
Response sought: 아니오
출처: News outlet
요약
보고된 날짜: 2023년 4월 21일
위치: 미국
기타
Not Reported ( 농업/식품/음료/담배/어업: 일반 ) - Employer영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 50
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 50 - 위치를 알 수 없음 , 농업/식품/음료/담배/어업: 일반 , Gender not reported , Documented migrants )토픽들
직업소개수수료결과
Response sought: 아니오
시행된 조치: The employer was ordered to pay H-2A workers more than $200,000 in back wages.
출처: News outlet
...Diego still struggles to find the words to describe the labor camp he was expected to call home during the spring of 2018…
There weren’t enough beds for all the men. Those who had mattresses may have actually been the unlucky ones because they were yellowing, stained, and full of ticks.
There were also snakes in the house, including one in the kitchen where the only working appliance in the whole ramshackle place was a single refrigerator that looked like it’d never been cleaned.
There was no food and nowhere for Diego and his best friend Mario to rest their heads after a grueling bus ride from Mexico that took days longer than it should have and depleted the little money they had. The labor camp was the second blow they’d received since arriving in this place they called Carolina del Norte. The first came a couple of hours earlier.
H-2A workers often have confusing employment arrangements in which they are jointly employed by a labor contractor and a grower or farm. This was true for Diego and Mario, but effectively their primary boss was a young Mexican-American labor contractor…