Posts Tagged ‘labour exploitation’
Village Support for Seasonal Workers
Carla Chung believes it takes a village to welcome seasonal workers and she’s keen to hear from ‘village leaders’, particularly people active in Catholic parishes in key agriculture areas of Australia. “Isolation can lead to exploitation and that’s what we want to try and stop happening,” Carla said. Developing networks to support seasonal workers is…
Read MoreCombating People Trafficking
ACRATH member Sr Claire Griffin csb recently spoke on Human Trafficking at a See-Judge-Act webinar organised by the Australian Cardijn Institute. In her talk Claire outlined issues of human trafficking in Australia with a focus on labour exploitation. She also provided some ideas for actions that we can take to work against this crime which…
Read MoreTechnology and Anti-Trafficking
The Anti-Trafficking Review is published by the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW), a network of over 80 NGOs worldwide focused on advancing the human rights of migrants and trafficked persons. The April 2020 issue of this periodical has for its theme Technology, Anti-Trafficking, and Speculative Futures. Published in the midst of the Covid-19…
Read MoreCampaign to Recoup Unpaid Wages
ACRATH is seeking your support for 22 men from Vanuatu who were exploited in Australia in 2014 while working under the Seasonal Workers Programme (SWP), a programme that is part of Australia’s aid program in the Pacific and is administered by the Department of Employment on behalf of the Federal Government. The men worked hard…
Read MoreEarly Support Critical
Principles that Underpin Early Support Provision for Survivors of Trafficking, a document recently released by the British Red Cross, the Human Trafficking Foundation, the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group and the Anti-Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit, affirms the UK Governments decision to establish Places of Safety so that adult victims of trafficking leaving immediate situations of exploitation could be given…
Read MoreEliminate Labour Exploitation
Working Group Prepares Recommendations The National Roundtable on Human Trafficking and Slavery Labour Exploitation Working Group was set up in 2016 to develop recommendations for Government’s consideration on measures to address serious forms of labour exploitation in Australia. The group comprised representative of Government agencies and civil society. ACRATH was a member of this working group. Having…
Read MoreLabour Exploitation in the Construction Industry
Australian Institute of Criminology Research Paper There have been a number of alleged cases of labour exploitation involving temporary migrant workers in Australia since the late 1990s. The Australian construction industry was identified as particularly problematic, with allegations of deception in relation to work contracts, lack of compliance with employment standards, limited autonomy and threats…
Read MoreReport of Interdepartmental Committee on Human Trafficking
Australian Government Response to Trafficking in Persons The seventh report of the Interdepartmental Committee on Human Trafficking and Slavery was tabled in Federal Parliament recently. This report provides an outline of the work of Australian Government agencies during the 2014-2015 period. In the executive summary it states: “The Australian Federal Police received 119 new referrals…
Read MoreStop Trafficking!
Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter Vol 13 No 9 The September 2015 issue of Stop Trafficking highlights how demand for services can subtly promote sexual and labour exploitation and subsequent human trafficking. Articles in this publication include Demand for services: exploitation and trafficking, Human harvest and Clothing industry: Argentinian Sweatshops Download your copy here.
Read MoreSlavery Here in Australia
Woman Held in Domestic Servitude The Saturday AM program on ABC Radio has reported that a Filipino woman who was held in domestic servitude is speaking in an effort to help others who are still trapped in similar conditions. The woman came to Australia because she was promised a job as a live-in housekeep for…
Read MoreRadio Awareness Project
The RAP Human trafficking, slavery, and labour exploitation happen in Australia, in our local communities. As part of our ongoing work to end human slavery ACRATH has funded a Radio Awareness Project, The RAP. With generous support from Anti-Slavery Australia, The RAP has produced community service announcements for radio to build awareness and provide information…
Read MoreLabour Exploitation Main Reason for Human Trafficking
IOM Report Examines Recent Trends The International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) first report on counter trafficking and assistance to vulnerable migrants indicates that 53% of the human trafficking victims brought to them for assistance in 2011 involved victims of labour exploitation. In all 3,014 victims of labour exploitation were assisted by IOM. Other forms of…
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