Control and audit through operations Committee Against Trafficking and Exploitation of Persons (CTTEP), found 40 forestry workers live in dire conditions Working for a forestry company in the town of Ituzaingo, Corrientes.
The report of the Commission, an agency attached to the Office of the Chief of Staff of the State, concluded that employees of the Don Francisco Agency (Palaye Vidoia, Ituzaingo) “They live in harsh living conditions in plastic tents without bathrooms, drinking water or electricity.“.
Each failure can cause serious damage to the health of workers, ranging from Dehydration, diarrhea, and other diseases spread by lack of drinking water to spread Infectious diseases such as salmonellosis and hepatitis A due to lack of toilets.
Furthermore, according to reports, they obligation “Long working hours with no days off” and “employer, He deducted the value of their food and tools“and the company was reprimanded by a federal judge for other violations.
Clear evidence of labor exploitation
José María Serbín, Regional Representative for the North East of the Committee against Trafficking and Exploitation of Persons, affirmed, “ Clear signs of labor exploitationliving conditions are inhumane, without basic services, not covered by wages, and work long hours with no days off“.
Based on what inspectors see and what workers say, the company could be found guilty of violating laws and regulations protecting workers’ health, such as the Labor Risks Act, which obligates employers to provide workers with safety and security.Safe and Healthy Workplaces or the Rural Work Act, which should provide in the text that rural workers have The right to “drinking water of sufficient quantity and quality”, toilets and other basic services.
The representative also noted that workers were performing tasks without proper safety and hygiene conditions, No coveralls or protective elements and the worker represents the employer lis the value of discounted food and tools.
On the other hand, during labor inspection operations carried out by the Ituzaingó sector, “it has been confirmed that: The workers were transferred from the province of Misiones by the same company Go to the afforestation site to carry out afforestation and thinning tasks.”
How complaints and inspections are initiated
The results of the inspection were announced on Monday in the presence of José María Serbín, the regional representative of the NEA of the National Cabinet Office’s Anti-Trafficking Committee, and the representative of the Uatre province (Argentine Rural Union). workers and stevedores) and Roberto Cafferata and inspectors from the State Control and Inspection Agency.
By the way, after checking, A corresponding complaint was lodged with the Federal Judicial Court, Serbín is designated as Télam.and added Workers getting rid of exploitation victims to get benefits Through the National Register of Rural Workers and Employers (Renatre).