In the philippines working aboard a scallop boat for a fishing company in scotland. Joel would bejoined at the company by other filipino workers with similar ambitions. But you had no experience fishing or at sea at all? onlyjoel had fished before, yet here they all were, recruited through agencies, ready to go to sea. The men travelled months apart but it was the same journey to the same place annan, a small town in scotland s southern coast and the premises of tn trawlers. Its owners, the nicholson family, have lived in the town for generations. They re in with the bricks. Its lead director, tom nicholson. He owns much of the harbour here and lives in a substantial compound on the waterfront. At the time, he ran a fishing operation worth over £4 million. The filipino men were here to work for him on his boats. And did you see those documents again? his contract to work aboard the vessel called the mattanja. But the company put him on a different boat the philomena. Joel went
Anniversary of the second World War Operation known as Market Garden an attempt by allied troops to capture key bridges in the netherlands. Now on bbc news, slavery at sea. The men youre about to meet are all recognised victims of modern slavery. They came to work as fishermen in the uk in search of a better life. Instead, they say they were mistreated, exploited, trafficked. For the first time, they tell their stories. One in three Uk Trawlermen are Migrant Workers from around the world. Often, these workers have families to support back home workers like joel. Joel was an experienced fisherman. In 2012, he secured a job through an agency in the philippines working aboard a Scallop Boat for a Fishing Company in scotland. Joel would bejoined at the company by other filipino workers with similar ambitions. But you had no Experience Fishing or at sea at all . 0nlyjoel had fished before, yet here they all were, recruited through agencies, ready to go to sea. The men travelled months apart
Are migrant workers from around the world. Often, these workers have families to support back home workers like joel. Joel was an experienced fisherman. In 2012, he secured a job through an agency in the philippines working aboard a scallop boat for a fishing company in scotland. Joel would bejoined at the company by other filipino workers with similar ambitions. But you had no experience fishing or at sea at all? onlyjoel had fished before, yet here they all were, recruited through agencies, ready to go to sea. The men travelled months apart but it was the same journey to the same place annan, a small town in scotland s southern coast and the premises of tn trawlers. Its owners, the nicholson family, have lived in the town for generations. They re in with the bricks. Its lead director, tom nicholson. He owns much of the harbour here and lives in a substantial compound on the waterfront. At the time, he ran a fishing operation worth over £4 million. The filipino men were here to
Happened in the 1990s. Chris reyes joins us from lafayette. Chris, why is this just coming to light now . Good evening. Well this complaint comes days just after a new law passed in california that bill extends the statute of limitations in sexual abuse cases giving victims up to the age of 40 years old to file a lawsuit. The previous limit was 26 years old. That law took effect january 1st. So that might be why were just hearing about this case now. You know, theres certainly shock and concern and, you know, the principals would be better to ask that question because im not interacting directly with the parents or the students. We paid a visit to the high school where 54yearold Kyle Ann Wood was teaching pe and photography at the time of her arrest. We heard students there chanting free miss wood. Wood was arrested on wednesday night at her home in pleasant hill. Residents across the street from where she lives told us they were shocked to hear about what happened. They told us that w
And disagrees with public works current approach to remove public trash cans based on requests. They just do it based on complaints. And the result is theyre putting out trash cans and pulling them away all over the place, and they may pull one away and the result of that is there isnt one for block after block after block. Thats unreasonable. One solution being tested is a new automatic lock on private bins. This Pilot Program includes giving customers a key, a collection time window, and changing the times drivers work. We have switched our tenderloin drivers from servicing at night starting at 7 00 p. M. Until morning time so the carts out on the street all night. I want to appreciate you all for being innovative for really trying solve this problem. Now public works is working on a new design for city cans, and theyre hoping that will become a public process later this summer. In San Francisco, lauren martinez, abc7 news. All right, lauren. What is the impetus . You got to think th