Patatha milungu itatu abwana awo atasiya kuwalipira, awiri ogwira ntchito ku Mexico akuti, adathawa kumalo osungirako ana a Putnam County ndi greenhouse compound ndipo adapempha thandizo lalamulo kuti abwezeretse malipiro omwe anatayika.
Victor Alvarez Garcia ndi Martin Magallon Del Rio adadzudzula abwana awo kuti adawanyengerera ku America ndi lonjezo la ntchito zopindulitsa komanso malo abwino a ntchito, pansi pa pulogalamu ya visa ya H-2A, malinga ndi madandaulo omwe anaperekedwa pa Oct. 14 ku US District Court, White Plains. , kuti “agwire ntchito yawo ndi malipiro ochepa mosaloledwa.”
Bwana wawo, Jesus Flores, ndi pulezidenti wa Berkshire Nursery & Supply Corp. ku Patterson - bizinesi yololedwa kugwiritsa ntchito ma visa a H-2A - ndi CEO wa Rosa Contracting Inc. ndi mabizinesi awiri omwenso adatchulidwa ku New Rochelle omwe sanaloledwe ntchito amuna.
Flores sanayankhe maimelo omwe amamufunsa mbali yake pankhaniyi.
Dongosolo la visa la H-2A limalola mabizinesi kulemba ganyu anthu obwera kumayiko ena kuti azigwira ntchito zaulimi pakanthawi, ngati palibe ogwira ntchito ofunitsitsa komanso oyenerera aku US omwe angapeze ntchitoyi.
Flores, malinga ndi madandaulowo, amagwiritsa ntchito gulu la mabanja ku Mexico lomwe limalemba anthu ogwira ntchito zanyengo.
Mu February, Flores anali kufunafuna antchito 12 ku Berkshire. (Malinga ndi nkhokwe ya US Department of Labor, Berkshire inavomerezedwa kwa antchito khumi.)
Malo okwana maekala 45 akuphatikizapo nyumba zobiriwira ndi nazale kwa makasitomala olima dimba ndi malo, malinga ndi tsamba lake, ndipo bizinesiyo imagulitsanso ziboliboli, ntchito zamwala, zozimitsa moto ndi mipando yakunja.
Garcia ndi Del Rio amanena kuti mlamu wake wa Flores anawalimbikitsa kuti azigwira ntchito ku Berkshire, ndipo anakumana ndi abambo ndi amayi a Flores pamene Flores ankamvetsera pa telefoni.
Flores akuti akuti azigwira ntchito m'malo obiriwira maola 40 pa sabata pa $ 15.66 pa ola limodzi, kuyambira pa Marichi 28 mpaka Disembala 23.
“Iye ananena kuti ntchitoyo siinali yovutirapo, kuti akapatsidwa malo okhala,” malinga ndi dandaulolo, “ndi kuti chofunika chokha chinali kukhala ndi mkhalidwe wabwino wa ntchito ndi kukhala wachangu.
Amunawo anayenera kusiya ana awo aang’ono kwa miyezi isanu ndi inayi, koma ntchitoyo “inaoneka ngati mwaŵi wabwino kwambiri wogwira ntchito ndi kupeza ndalama zambiri kuposa zimene (iwo) akanayembekezera ku ntchito ku Mexico.”
Koma m'malo molima dimba wowonjezera kutentha, akutero Garcia, amagwira ntchito yokonza malo ndi zomangamanga ku New Rochelle, Mamaroneck, madera ena aku Westchester komanso kunyumba ya Flores. M’malo mwa maola 40 ndi masiku asanu pamlungu, ankagwira ntchito maola 12 pa tsiku ndi masiku 256 pa mlungu ndipo sankalipidwa nthawi yowonjezereka. Analandira $XNUMX yowonjezereka pa sabata, kuchotseratu ndalama za Social Security zomwe sanali woyenera komanso zomwe sizinaperekedwe.
Del Rio akuti amagwira ntchito ngati makanika, kuphatikiza pamagalimoto a Flores. Akuti amagwira ntchito masiku 66.5 mpaka maola 156 pa sabata. Amapeza ndalama zokwana $256 mpaka $XNUMX Loweruka ndi Lamlungu kuchotsera zochotsera ndi zolipira.
Anakhala ndi amuna ena asanu ndi mmodzi m'nyumba kuseri kwa nazale, malinga ndi dandaulo. Analibe magalimoto, choncho anawatengera kumalo ogwirira ntchito, kogulitsa zakudya, ndi kubizinesi yosunga macheke kuti akatenge malipiro awo.
Mchimwene wake wa Flores anawauza kuti pakakhala mavuto ngati sagwira ntchito imene anapatsidwa, malinga ndi dandaulolo, ndipo mwana wa mlongo wake anawauza kuti Flores anagwiritsa ntchito mabwenzi ake ku Mexico kuopseza mabanja a antchito “ndi kuwathamangitsa m’tauni yakwawo. ”
Malipiro awo nthawi zambiri amakhala mochedwa, madandaulo akutero, ndipo pamene Garcia ndi Del Rio anadandaula, Flores anaimitsa kapitawo kuti aziwayendetsa kupita ku sitolo yosungiramo ndalama.
Pambuyo pake, Flores akuti adasiya kuwalipira.
Tsopano amunawo analibe ndalama zogulira zinthu kapena kutumiza ndalama kunyumba kwa mabanja awo. Iwo adathawa, malinga ndi dandaulo, pokonzekera taxi kuti iwatengere kunyumba kwa anzawo ku Westchester.
Flores, malinga ndi dandauloli, adawopseza kuti awachotsa ngati sabwerera kuntchito. M'malo mwake, adalumikizana ndi dipatimenti ya Zantchito ku New York ndipo adalandira thandizo kuti abwezenso gawo lina lamalipiro awo pantchito yawo yamasabata atatu omaliza.
Garcia ndi Del Rio akudzudzula Flores ndi mabizinesi ake kuti amawagwiritsa ntchito mwachisawawa komanso mokakamizidwa, pansi pa federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Akuyipiritsanso kuphwanya malamulo a federal ndi boma, nthawi yowonjezera, kuchotsera kosaloledwa ndi malamulo obwezera.
Amayimiridwa ndi maloya Maureen Hussain ndi Cristina Brito a Worker Justice Center ku New York, ku Hawthorne.
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