African politicians from Kenya, Zimbabwe and Ghana are starting to speak publicly about and against the recruitment for Russia of their citizens under false pretences and the death rate of those coerced into its army. The promise of good jobs, training and prospects by recruitment agencies disappear with the usual tactic of withholding passports. In Kenya a government -backed Jobs Abroad (Kazi Majua) was hijacked and used by recruiters for this business. Young women on work-study schemes end up working at the Yelabuga drone factory.
Allegations against Tesla centre on claims that Black employees at its Fremont, California, factory faced persistent racial harassment and unequal treatment, while management failed to adequately address complaints have been made and a lawsuit put in motion. According to the California Civil Rights Department, workers were regularly subjected to racial slurs, racist graffiti, bullying and other offensive conduct, with some employees saying they reported incidents to supervisors or human resources without meaningful action; and that Black employees were paid less, promoted less frequently and terminated more often than their white counterparts. State lawyers presented evidence including photographs of racial slurs, swastikas, Confederate imagery and white supremacist symbols found around the factory. Former employees also testified about experiencing or witnessing racial discrimination and alleged that Tesla sometimes disciplined victims rather than those accused of harassment. Perhaps not surprising given that Tesla’s owner is openly sympathetic to Nazi politics but characteristic of “Human Resources” biases.
| Six Myanmar people who had come to Japan under the Specified Skilled Worker residence status were put under protection after allegedly experiencing abuse and sexual harassment at MT Agri, an agricultural company in Hokkaido. They claimed that the workers were subjected to daily verbal abuse, including threats of forced return to Myanmar, and that people associated with the farm struck them with their hands or tools when they became angry because the workers could not understand Japanese, and that some workers were touched inappropriately. The union is considering criminal complaints. The same site is linked to a 2022 case in which another agricultural company was sanctioned by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for human rights violations against technical intern trainees. : |