Champagne Pickers Treated "Like Dogs"
Краткое изложение
Date Reported: 26 Сен 2023
Местонахождение: Франция
Другое
Not Reported ( Сельское хозяйство/продукты питания/напитки/табачные изделия/рыболовство: Общее ) - EmployerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: 18
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Болгария , Сельское хозяйство/продукты питания/напитки/табачные изделия/рыболовство: Общее , Gender not reported )Темы
Occupational Health & Safety , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Access to electricityОтвет
Response sought: Нет
Принятые меры: The local French prefecture shut down the accommodation.
Вид источника: News outlet
Краткое изложение
Date Reported: 26 Сен 2023
Местонахождение: Франция
Компании
L'Orge Fleur - Other Value Chain EntityЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: 73
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( 73 - Европа и Центральная Азия , Сельское хозяйство/продукты питания/напитки/табачные изделия/рыболовство: Общее , Gender not reported )Темы
Precarious/Unsuitable Living ConditionsОтвет
Response sought: Нет
Принятые меры: French authorities closed the accommodation site.
Вид источника: News outlet
Краткое изложение
Date Reported: 26 Сен 2023
Местонахождение: Франция
Другое
Not Reported ( Сельское хозяйство/продукты питания/напитки/табачные изделия/рыболовство: Общее ) - EmployerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: 160
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( 160 - Украина , Сельское хозяйство/продукты питания/напитки/табачные изделия/рыболовство: Общее , Gender not reported )Темы
Precarious/Unsuitable Living ConditionsОтвет
Response sought: Нет
Принятые меры: French prefecture ordered the migrants to be rehoused.
Вид источника: News outlet
Краткое изложение
Date Reported: 26 Сен 2023
Местонахождение: Франция
Компании
Vitichenille - Recruiter , Serviti - Recruiter , Rajviti - Recruiter , Veuve Cliquot (part of LVMH group) - BuyerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: 200
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( 200 - Афганистан , Сельское хозяйство/продукты питания/напитки/табачные изделия/рыболовство: Общее , Gender not reported )Темы
Торговля людьмиОтвет
Response sought: Нет
Принятые меры: Rajviti was sentenced to three years imprisonment and ordered to pay €100,000 ($106,479) for trafficking after losing their appeal against human trafficking charges. An employee of Champagne brand, Veuve Cliquot, owned by the LVMH group (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton) was exonerated from any responsibility or charges. The Champagne house had said that it was unaware of the situation of the grape pickers.
Вид источника: News outlet
Краткое изложение
Date Reported: 26 Сен 2023
Местонахождение: Франция
Другое
Not Reported ( Сельское хозяйство/продукты питания/напитки/табачные изделия/рыболовство: Общее ) - EmployerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Сельское хозяйство/продукты питания/напитки/табачные изделия/рыболовство: Общее , Gender not reported )Темы
Торговля людьмиОтвет
Response sought: Нет
Вид источника: News outlet
“Champagne Pickers Treated "Like Dogs"”
…Anavim… was allegedly responsible for 'hiring' the pickers according to the pickers…
… [Anavim’s] owner…denied allegations of human trafficking…
…18 Bulgarian pickers were housed in unsafe conditions…
Two further makeshift accommodation centers housing grape pickers from Eastern Europe…
… French authorities closed an accommodation site in the Champagne village of Vinay, in which 73 grape pickers from Eastern Europe were housed in unworthy conditions …in the greenhouses of plant nurseries owned by …L'Orge Fleur…
… French prefecture ordered 160 Ukrainian grape pickers to be rehoused…
…CGT union… denounced the existence of a makeshift campsite in the village of Moussey in which grape pickers had "no water, no electricity."…
Toubart and Chatillon…said it was their "collective responsibility" to put an end to such behavior…
…two owners of recruitment company Rajviti were sentenced to three years imprisonment…
An employee of Champagne brand, Veuve Cliquot, owned by the LVMH group (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton) was exonerated from any responsibility or charges…
Veuve Cliquot had sub-contracted recruitment to recruitment agency Vitichenille, which in turn, sub-contracted Serviti, which then led to the sub-contraction of Rajviti to hire grape pickers…
…ordered Moet-Hennessy Champagne Services to pay €17,000 ($18,113) after it had rejected the company's appeal against charges of non-compliance to working hour laws…