Special report: Newcastle United sponsor Noon and shocking allegations of worker mistreatment
摘要
日期: 2024年6月12日
地點: 沙烏地阿拉伯
企業
Noon - Employer , Newcastle United Football Company Limited - Other Value Chain Entity , The Football Association Premier League Limited - Other Value Chain Entity , Al-Mutairi Support Services - Labour Supplier其他
Not Reported ( 快遞 ) - Labour Supplier , Not Reported ( 裝運和裝卸：綜合 ) - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 非洲 , 快遞 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 非洲 , 裝運和裝卸：綜合 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 亞洲與太平洋地區 , 快遞 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 亞洲與太平洋地區 , 裝運和裝卸：綜合 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 巴基斯坦 , 裝運和裝卸：綜合 , Men , Unknown migration status ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 地點未知 - 未知行业 , Women , Unknown migration status ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 烏干達 , 快遞 , Men , Unknown migration status ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 印度 - 未知行业 , Men , Unknown migration status ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 孟加拉 - 未知行业 , Men , Unknown migration status ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 烏干達 , 快遞 , Women , Unknown migration status )議題
剝奪言論自由 , 恐嚇和威脅 , 種族/民族/階層/出身歧視 , 強迫勞動與當代奴隸制 , 招聘費用 , Debt Bondage , 扣留身份證件 , Occupational Health & Safety , Excessive production targets , Wage Theft , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Heat exposure , 食物權 , Contract Substitution , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , 毆打和暴力 , 受傷 , Dismissal回應
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後續行動: Noon and the Premier League provided statements in response to requests from the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, but did not directly address questions around due diligence processes in light of the investigations. NUFC failed to provide a response. After the investigation was published, the Saudi Arabian Government said it would investigate the claims.
資訊來源: NGO
摘要
日期: 2024年6月12日
地點: 阿聯酋
企業
Noon - Employer , Newcastle United Football Company Limited - Other Value Chain Entity , The Football Association Premier League Limited - Other Value Chain Entity受影響的
受影響的總人數: 150
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 尼泊爾 , 裝運和裝卸：綜合 , Men , Unknown migration status ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 印度 , 裝運和裝卸：綜合 , Men , Unknown migration status )議題
Poverty Wages , 訊息獲取 , 心理健康 , 恐嚇和威脅 , 疾病 , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Wage Theft回應
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後續行動: A Noon spokesperson said to the NYT: “Noon strongly refutes these allegations as grossly inaccurate misrepresentations. After the investigation was published, the Saudi Arabian Government said it would investigate the claims.
資訊來源: News outlet
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Noon, the Gulf’s largest online retailer, has been Newcastle’s sleeve sponsor for the past two years. Its circular logo is prominent on the club’s shirt, stadium, and website. It will be there again next season — despite multiple allegations unearthed by The Athletic of serious worker mistreatment within the company’s supply chain and shared with Newcastle before the release of the club’s new Adidas kit.
A year before it was announced as Newcastle’s sleeve sponsor, Noon struck a deal with Emirati-owned Manchester City, becoming a “regional partner” of the Premier League champions, and hosting the trophy in its offices. Though Noon is a far less prominent partner at City than it is at Newcastle, not appearing on the shirt or stadium, the relationship is still operative.
Irfan is one of 12 workers from across the Gulf to whom The Athletic has spoken over recent months as part of a special investigation into labour conditions at Noon and, as in Irfan’s case, at agencies that supply Noon with migrant workers...
Although some workers are hired through agencies, Noon still has the responsibility under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to audit its supply chain — it is the one hiring the workers, paying wages, whose business is reliant on their labour...
The accusations raise serious questions for Noon, its partners Newcastle and Manchester City, and the Premier League about the levels of due diligence undertaken, the way sponsorship deals are policed by the league and what action, if any, it will take in light of these findings...
Newcastle and Manchester City completed due diligence processes on their deals and remain supportive of Noon but declined to comment when contacted by The Athletic. PIF also declined to comment. A Noon spokesperson referred to the size, scope and sophistication of the company’s operation, and denied all the claims, saying: “Noon strongly refutes these allegations as grossly inaccurate misrepresentations...
In response, the Premier League declined to formally comment but the view within the organisation is that the identity of sponsorship partners is a matter for individual clubs...