'Blatant exploitation': Migrant workers packed in freezing, damp rooms for $150 a week
摘要
日期: 2022年8月8日
地点: 新西兰
企业
Laconic - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 15
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 地点未知 , 农业/食品/饮料/烟草/渔业:一般 , Gender not reported )议题
Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions回应
Response sought: 否
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2022年8月8日
地点: 新西兰
其他
Not Reported ( 职业介绍所 ) - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 11
外劳和移民工人: ( 11 - 地点未知 , 农业/食品/饮料/烟草/渔业:一般 , Gender not reported )议题
Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions回应
Response sought: 否
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2022年8月8日
地点: 新西兰
企业
Vine Strength - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 1 - 瓦努阿图 , 农业/食品/饮料/烟草/渔业:一般 , Gender not reported )议题
Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Wage Theft , 药物可及性 , 疾病回应
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后续行动: Vine Strength owner Ajay Gaur said the workers’ complaints were unnecessary. He said, “they’re just creating from the little issues to the big issue,” he said. “Every day they have new excuses, someone is sick, someone isn’t coming. Because they don’t want to work, they’re saying they’re having a bad experience.”
信息来源: News outlet
8 August 2022
Migrant horticulture workers are being housed six men to a room, charged $150 a week to sleep in freezing and damp conditions which see them fall sick repeatedly, and then refused paid sick leave.
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Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner Saunoamaali'i Karanina Sumeo travelled to Blenheim incognito to investigate the workers’ living and employment conditions in July.
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Conditions are so bad, some of the workers say they are desperate to go home, but have been unable because they are in debt to their employers for flights, work clothing, or tools. Some have so many deductions from their pay each week, they end up with as little as $100.
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Sumeo said she witnessed multiple human rights violations, including the lack of freedom of movement (the workers had curfews), freedom of association (the workers were threatened against joining unions) and the right to culture (the workers aren’t allowed to drink kava, and are sometimes expected to work instead of going to church).
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