France: Inspectors find West African workers exploited on Champagne vineyards, incl. living in 'squalid' accommodation
摘要
日期: 2023年10月22日
地點: 法國
企業
Anavim - Recruiter其他
Not Reported ( 酒 ) - Buyer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 52
移民和移民工人: ( 50 - 非洲 , 農業/食品/飲料/煙草/漁業:綜合 , Gender not reported )議題
Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Contract Substitution , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , 食物權 , 水的獲取 , Wage Theft , 人口販賣回應
已邀請回應:是,由French TV channel.
後續行動: The workers have since been rehoused by local authorities and prosecutors have opened an investigation into suspected human trafficking. Anavim denied allegations of human trafficking.
資訊來源: News outlet
“Migrant workers describe squalor and exploitation on Champagne vineyards”
Authorities in France's Champagne region are investigating conditions on its famed vineyards after seasonal workers were found to be lodged in squalid accommodation. Now preparing to testify against their former employer, labourers told RFI about their gruelling experiences picking some of the world's most expensive grapes…
A spot check found the lodgings, in the commune of Nesle-le-Repons, to be unsanitary and unfit for purpose. Seasonal workers, mostly migrants from countries in West Africa, were sleeping on makeshift beds among trailing electrical cables and "disgusting" bathroom facilities, according to labour inspectors…
He and the other labourers, many of them without French work permits, were recruited by word of mouth, he told RFI's Marie Casadebaig. They were promised two weeks' work harvesting grapes, with food and accommodation included.
Instead, Soumaré said, they toiled nearly 12 hours a day with barely any food or water…
The workers have since been rehoused by local authorities and prosecutors have opened an investigation into suspected human trafficking.
The men's employers, who ran a company contracted by champagne producers to provide temporary labour, face up to ten years in prison if they are charged and convicted…