Papua New Guinea: Chinese migrant workers face labour rights issues incl. abusive management, long working hours & restricted freedoms at Chinese SOEs, report finds
Özet
Date Reported: 3 May 2024
Lokasyon: Papua Yeni Gine
Şirketler
Ramu Nickel Cobalt Project (joint venture between MCC, Mineral Resources Development Company and Nickel 28 Capital) - EmployerEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Çin , Madencilik , Men , Documented migrants )Meseleler
Irk/etnik/kast/köken ayrımcılığı , İlaçlara erişim , İfade özgürlüğünün engellenmesi , Restricted mobility , Denial of permanent contracts , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Gözdağı verme ve tehditler , Ayrımcılık/çeşitlilik: GenelYanıt
Response sought: Yes, by Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Action taken: Ramu Nico Management did not respond
Source type: News outlet
Özet
Date Reported: 3 May 2024
Lokasyon: Papua Yeni Gine
Diğer
Not Reported ( Yapı ) - EmployerEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: Sayı bilinmiyor
Göçmen ve göçmen işçiler: ( Sayı bilinmiyor - Çin , Yapı , Men , Unknown migration status )Meseleler
Harassment (other than sexual) , Gözdağı verme ve tehditler , Dayak ve şiddet , Yemek hakkı , Restricted mobilityYanıt
Response sought: Hayır
Source type: News outlet
“A Siege From Within: On Chinese SOEs’ Operational Structure – Case Papua New Guinea” 3 May 2024
Since the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, Chinese investment into Papua New Guinea (PNG) has burgeoned...Overshadowed by the prominence of the geopolitical and economic relation between the two governments were the living conditions of Chinese guest workers in Papua New Guinea and their complicated relationships with the local communities...
This report first provides a brief on the overall labor rights social conditions in PNG as well as the background of economic partnerships between PNG and China...Findings from these case studies show that the organizational structure of Chinese SOEs provides a fertile ground for corruption and the lack of accountability, both issues that could breed further labor rights abuses and exploitations...
China Labor Watch synthesized the following major forms of labor rights infringement experienced by Chinese guest workers in Papua New Guinea:
- Autocratic and abusive management in Chinese State-owned Enterprises
- Prolonged working hours
- Restriction of personal freedom
- Coercion and physical violence in the hands of private business owners against unprotected workers
- Ethnic and economic conflicts with the native population
Some of the institutional issues that structured Chinese workers’ experiences include:
- Cultural segregation from the local community
- Lack of legal and diplomatic support from the Chinese Embassy
- Restrictions of freedom and exacerbation of existing abuses during the COVID pandemic
- Corruption and nepotism in the leadership of Chinese State-owned Enterprises
- Corruption in the PNG police and state authorities