Greenpeace on Friday called for better pay and working conditions for distant-water migrant fishers in a rally outside the Fisheries Agency’s building in Taipei.
Supporters at the event laid white flowers on top of a makeshift coffin next to a replica boat cabin painted with the letters “SOS.”
Yuton Lee (李于彤), oceans campaigner from Greenpeace East Asia’s Taipei Office, said that migrant workers on Taiwanese-owned distant-water fishing vessels do not receive the same pay as coastal and offshore fishers, and lack the full rights they are entitled to under international conventions, while measures to prevent forced labor are inadequate.
Fisheries Agency data showed
The investigation uncovered evidence of all 11 indicators developed by the International Labor Organization to assess forced labor conditions aboard the vessel.
Greenpeace yesterday accused the Fisheries Agency of dragging its feet with regards to revoking the operation rights of a Taiwanese-owned fishing vessel determined by the US to have used forced labor.
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Jan. 28 announced it had determined that the Da Wang had used forced labor after investigations found evidence aboard the vessel of all 11 indicators developed by the International Labor Organization to assess forced labor conditions.
The 11 indicators are abuse of vulnerability, deception, restriction of movement, isolation, physical or sexual violence, intimidation or threats, retention of identity documents, withholding of wages, debt bondage,
Taipei, Feb. 12 (CNA) Global environmental campaigning network Greenpeace accused Taiwan's Fisheries Agency on Saturday of dragging its feet on abolishing the operation rights of a Taiwanese-owned fishing vessel determined by the United States to have used forced labor.