澳洲农场打工遭剥削,最低每天9澳元

Kate's Story I’m 32, I came to Australia from Taiwan on a working holiday visa. I wanted to work and travel around the different landscape of this country, meeting people from different cultures. After I got here, I discovered all us backpackers had to wo

Kate says she was shocked at some of the working conditions she was subjected to working at fruit farms in South Australia and Queensland. Source: Supplied

打工度假者Kate说,她遭到剥削,最低每天只被支付9澳元,而且还遭到了雇主的性骚扰。(点击上图收听报道)


来自台湾的Kate被安排在一个种植柠檬和柑橘的农场工作,收入低于澳大利亚法定最低工资标准——每天按计件工资收取24澳元,而不是按小时工资来计算。

 “我在垃圾桶里寻找食物,不得不和其他七个人住在同一个房间。”

一个草莓园的招聘广告上写着他们只想要“亚洲工人”。

“我认为这太有歧视性了——仅仅因为我们亚洲人愿意为采摘草莓而折腰。”

在一个农场,她受到了性骚扰,并被告知如果她想保住工作,就得忍着。

新州工会的Mark Morey说,在许多工资剥削的案例中,工人的工资是按件计算的——根据桶里所装的水果数量来支付,而不是按小时计算。

“这种情况必须停止。”Mark Morey说,


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