Ngemva kwamasonto amathathu umphathi wabo eyeke ukubakhokhela, izisebenzi ezimbili zaseMexico zithi zeqa enkulisa yasePutnam County kanye ne-greenhouse compound zafuna usizo lwezomthetho ukuze zibuyise amaholo alahlekile.
UVictor Alvarez Garcia noMartin Magallon Del Rio basole umphathi wabo ngokubayengela eMelika ngesithembiso semisebenzi ezuzisayo nezimo zokusebenza ezihloniphekile, ngaphansi kohlelo lwe-visa lwe-H-2A, ngokwezikhalazo ezafakwa ngo-Okthoba 14 eNkantolo Yesifunda yase-US, eWhite Plains. , ukuze “bakhiphe umsebenzi wabo ukuze bathole iholo eliphansi ngokungemthetho.”
Umphathi wabo, u-Jesus Flores, ungumongameli we-Berkshire Nursery & Supply Corp. e-Patterson - ibhizinisi eligunyazwe ukuqasha izisebenzi ze-visa ze-H-2A - kanye ne-CEO ye-Rosa Contracting Inc. kanye namabhizinisi amabili afanayo eNew Rochelle ayengagunyaziwe sebenzisa amadoda.
UFlores akazange ayiphendule imiyalezo ye-imeyili ecela uhlangothi lwakhe lwendaba.
Uhlelo lwe-visa lwe-H-2A luvumela amabhizinisi ukuthi aqashe izisebenzi zakwamanye amazwe ezingezona ezokuvakasha ukuze zisebenze ngezikhathi ezithile zezolimo, uma zingekho izisebenzi zase-US ezizimisele futhi ezifanelekayo ezitholakalayo zemisebenzi.
UFlores, ngokwesikhalazo, usebenzisa inethiwekhi yomndeni eMexico eqasha abasebenzi bezinkathi ezithile zonyaka.
NgoFebhuwari, uFlores wayefuna izisebenzi eziyi-12 eBerkshire. (Ngokusho kwesizindalwazi soMnyango Wezabasebenzi wase-US, iBerkshire yagunyazwa izisebenzi eziyishumi.)
Le ndawo engamahektare angu-45 ihlanganisa izindawo zokugcina izithombo kanye nenkulisa yamakhasimende okulima izingadi nokunakekela umhlaba, ngokusho kwesizindalwazi salo, kanti leli bhizinisi libuye lidayise izithombe, umsebenzi wamatshe, imigodi yomlilo nefenisha yangaphandle.
UGarcia noDel Rio bathi umlamu kaFlores ubancomele imisebenzi eBerkshire, futhi bahlangana noyise nomama kaFlores njengoba uFlores elalela ngocingo.
UFlores kuthiwa uthe bazosebenza ezindlini zokugcina izithombo amahora angu-40 ngesonto ngo-$15.66 ngehora, kusukela ngoMashi 28 kuya kuDisemba 23.
“Wathi umsebenzi wawungenzima, bazonikezwa indawo yokuhlala,” ngokwesikhalo, “nokuthi okuwukuphela kwemfuneko kwakuwukuba nokuziphatha okuhle nokusebenza ngentshiseko.”
Amadoda kwakuzodingeka ashiye izingane zawo ezincane izinyanga ezingu-XNUMX, kodwa lesi sithembiso “sabukeka njengethuba elihle lokusebenza nokuhola imali eyengeziwe (ayengalindela) ukuyithola emsebenzini eMexico.”
Kodwa esikhundleni sokutshala ingadi ebamba ukushisa, kusho u-Garcia, usebenze kakhulu emsebenzini wokulungisa umhlabathi nowokwakha eNew Rochelle, eMamaroneck, kwezinye izindawo zaseWestchester nasemzini kaFlores. Esikhundleni samahora angu-40 nezinsuku ezinhlanu ngesonto, wayesebenza amahora angu-12 ngosuku nezinsuku eziyisikhombisa ngesonto futhi akazange akhokhelwe isikhathi esengeziwe. Uthole enye imali engu-$256 ngeviki, kukhishwe izimali ezidonswayo zeSocial Security abengafanele ukuthi azikhokhe futhi azikho izitubhu zokukhokha ezinikeziwe.
UDel Rio uthi ubesebenza kakhulu njengomakhenikha, okuhlanganisa nezimoto zikaFlores. Uthi ubesebenza izinsuku eziyisikhombisa kuze kufike emahoreni angu-66.5 ngesonto. Uthole enye imali engu-$156 kuya ku-$256 ngezimpelasonto kukhishwe imali ebanjwayo nama-paystub.
Babehlala namanye amadoda ayisithupha endlini engemuva kwenkulisa, ngokusho kwesikhalo. Babengenazo izimoto, ngakho bayiswa ezindaweni zokusebenza, esitolo segrosa nasebhizinisini lokukhipha amasheke ukuze balande umholo wabo.
Umfowabo kaFlores wabatshela ukuthi kuzoba nezinkinga uma bengawenzi umsebenzi abawabelwe, ngokusho kwesikhalo, futhi umshana wabatshela ukuthi uFlores usebenzise ukuxhumana kwakhe eMexico ukuze asabise imikhaya yezisebenzi “futhi azixoshe edolobheni lakubo. ”
Iholo labo lalivame ukufika sekwephuzile, kusho isikhalo, kwathi lapho uGarcia noDel Rio bekhononda, uFlores wamisa induna ukuthi ibashayele esitolo sesheke.
Ekugcineni, kuthiwa uFlores wayeka ukubakhokhela.
Manje amadoda ayengasenayo imali yokuthenga igilosa noma ukuthumela imali ekhaya emindenini yawo. Baphunyula ngokusho kwesikhalo, ngokuhlela itekisi elizobayisa kwamngani wabo eWestchester.
UFlores, ngokwesikhalo, usabise ngokuthi uzobaxosha uma bengabuyeli emsebenzini. Esikhundleni salokho, bathinta uMnyango Wezabasebenzi waseNew York bathola usizo lokubuyisela ingxenye yomholo wabo emasontweni amathathu okugcina omsebenzi.
U-Garcia no-Del Rio basola u-Flores namabhizinisi akhe ngokubenza bagqilazwe ngokuzithandela kanye nokusebenza ngempoqo, ngaphansi komthetho we-Federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Baphinde bakhokhise ukwephulwa kweholo eliphansi likahulumeni kanye nesifundazwe, isikhathi esengeziwe, ukubanjwa kwemali okungekho emthethweni kanye nemithetho yokuziphindiselela.
Bamelwe abameli uMaureen Hussain noCristina Brito be-Worker Justice Center yaseNew York, e-Hawthorne.
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