USA: Peruvian sheepherders experience severe exploitation on isolated ranches, & are often unable to leave
요약
보고된 날짜: 2023년 10월 3일
위치: 미국
기타
Not Reported ( 농업/식품/음료/담배/어업: 일반 ) - 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 , Gender not reported )토픽들
산업 안전 및 보건 , 사망결과
응답 요청 여부: 예, By journalist에 의해 요청됨
시행된 조치: Wyoming’s Department of Workforce Services OSHA Division declined to investigate the death because they said it was outside their jurisdiction. His employer, a rancher named Bart Argyle, did not return requests for comment. Argyle brought nine more herders into the country on H-2A visas this year.
출처: News outlet
요약
보고된 날짜: 2023년 10월 3일
위치: 미국
기업 페이지
Child Ranch - Employer영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 2 - 페루 , 농업/식품/음료/담배/어업: 일반 , Gender not reported )토픽들
신분증 압류 , 이동 제한 , 정보 접근성 , 직업소개수수료 , 임금 착취 , 강간과 성적 학대 , 위협 , 식량권 , 물 접근성 , 의약품에 대한 제한적 접근결과
응답 요청 여부: 예, Journalists에 의해 요청됨
응답을 볼 수 있는 외부 링크: (더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: The employer did not respond to repeated phone calls, emails and a certified letter requesting comment about the assertions made in this story. In September 2020, the brothers filed wage theft complaints against the ranch. In a letter to a Wyoming Department of Workforce Services officer reviewed for this story, Vickie Child called the brothers’ accusations “totally false,” but acknowledged that Iván and Gustavo “do have some money coming.” She paid Iván $4,260 in back wages, but then disputed Gustavo’s claim, which was considerably larger. In December 2020, a Wyoming Department of Workforce Services investigation determined that Child did, in fact, owe Gustavo over $7,300 in back pay, and that he had illegally deducted work-related gear, like boots and binoculars, from Gustavo’s paycheck. But because Wyoming state law limits the amount of back wages that workers can ask for, Gustavo was ultimately awarded less than half of what he was owed. The brothers were awarded T visas in October 2022.
출처: News outlet
요약
보고된 날짜: 2023년 10월 3일
위치: 미국
기업 페이지
Western Range Association - Other Value Chain Entity영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 페루 , 농업/식품/음료/담배/어업: 일반 , Gender not reported )토픽들
직업소개수수료결과
응답 요청 여부: 예, Journalist에 의해 요청됨
응답을 볼 수 있는 외부 링크: (더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: In an emailed statement, Western Range Executive Director Monica Youree stressed the group’s commitment to herders’ “safety and well-being” ... The lawyers who represent herders, Western Range said, “appear more interested in exploiting isolated incidents to make broad assessments about the industry,” she said, and “often attempt to recover millions of dollars for themselves.”. The lawsuit is still pending.
출처: News outlet
요약
보고된 날짜: 2023년 10월 3일
위치: 미국
기타
Not Reported ( 농업/식품/음료/담배/어업: 일반 ) - Employer영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 1
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 1 - 위치를 알 수 없음 , 농업/식품/음료/담배/어업: 일반 , Gender not reported )토픽들
사망 , 산업 안전 및 보건 , 물 접근성 , Heat exposure결과
Response sought: 아니오
시행된 조치: OSHA fined the employer $9,750 in 2019, but he hired three more H-2A workers later that year.
출처: News outlet
요약
보고된 날짜: 2023년 10월 3일
위치: 미국
기업 페이지
Western Range Association - Other Value Chain Entity영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 페루 , 농업/식품/음료/담배/어업: 일반 , Gender not reported )토픽들
직업소개수수료결과
응답 요청 여부: 예, Journalist에 의해 요청됨
응답을 볼 수 있는 외부 링크: (더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: In an emailed statement, Western Range Executive Director Monica Youree stressed the group’s commitment to herders’ “safety and well-being” ... The lawyers who represent herders, Western Range said, “appear more interested in exploiting isolated incidents to make broad assessments about the industry,” she said, and “often attempt to recover millions of dollars for themselves.”. The lawsuit was dismissed.
출처: News outlet
"Alone on the Range”
…Originally from Peru, the brothers had been recruited to work as sheepherders in the United States under a temporary work visa…
The hours were long and conditions were brutal, but they couldn’t see how to just leave…
…Today, much of that advocacy is done by trade groups such as the Western Range Association… As of 2014, the trade group Iván and Gustavo’s boss worked with, Mountain Plains Agricultural Service, hired many of the rest. (Mountain Plains did not respond to multiple requests for comment.)…
… Western Range Executive Director Monica Youree stressed the group’s commitment to herders’ “safety and well-being” and vehemently denied any wage-fixing allegations…
…He landed in Wyoming and was picked up at the airport and driven out to Child Ranch…neither Jon Child nor his wife, Vickie, responded to repeated phone calls, emails and a certified letter requesting comment about the assertions made in this story…
…According to details from OSHA’s inspection, investigators determined that he appeared to have died from heat-related illness and that his employer, Joe Paesano, hadn’t given him enough water. OSHA fined Paesano $9,750 in 2019, but he hired three more H-2A workers later that year…