no i have an older car jackers. this is how massive churches with towers that pierce the clouds like skyscrapers are created a. contest of the cathedrals starts people 12 on t.w. . several german meat packing plants was hit last year by the coronavirus thousands of workers were offended. if no one else my memo never go back to jarring was as it was the worst experience i've ever had a spot where their name is. more than full mean romanians work in foreign countries

mostly in western europe many put in moments from now ok some can visit their families only a few weeks a year. their best says he has to earn money so that we can survive in some of this with them. this has created a labor shortage in romania so many employers civilized workers from the asia they usually paid the minimum wage less than treanor us palace where a maid all day is really hard work in. i need you and i need to provide for my wife and son to give them a nice life that's why i came to romania. in

april 2020 jury new wavers kofi cases in europe 25000 romanians left their homes to work in germany they took off from the airport inclusion in northern romania on special flights arranged by germany's agriculture ministry. among them is alberto gugu and his wife maria. i'm the what the what if one going to look what i called all kinds of romanian companies to try to find a job when you got no response at that sam one man because of covert we have no food and no money. but now fortunately not we're going to germany to work it is just to go on. the average monthly wage for unskilled workers in romania is about $300.00 euros a month these people will likely only not move the numbers in germany the book went out the 1st 2 months on an asparagus farm and then will go to work and a slaughter house of the property john. there's a nose he's running

a risk of contracting coverage but he has to earn money. the average minimum wage in germany is just under 10 year as per hour that's more than 3 times what it is in romania. elisabetta move to them is also moving to germany that there's a better we'll try to protect ourselves against the virus some of them but we have to work at the bottom i don't have a job here all my guessing and everything in romania has been shut down because a covered all the cement glom there aren't many jobs here anyway but if you do find a job well it won't pay much that is that they move good for the slap let them. have. bought for alberto an area their 1st job in germany was a disaster when it's better to cell phone pitches that showed their living

conditions but despite the pandemic workers lived close together in containers. to maria became ill. in the here's a video of my wife it was cold outside and she had a headache and a fever in the container next door there were 4 romanian suspected of having covert all of it with. i'll bet i got into an argument with a supervisor iyam urrea with them if i had bought the ark or more or so up until a week ago my wife and i were flown to germany to pick asparagus or of the open bush but i'm all on the 4th or 5th born but the company screwed us over tricked us ship. treated us like slaves school and it's. got to depend just now the supervisor kicked us out you could to change it if you

could that so for the time being we'll have to sleep on the street with. first a few days other time managed to find jobs for himself and his wife at a meat packing plant owned by the 2 news corp. we've come to the bavarian town a striving to meet eric mcconnell a romanian citizen who works for nonprofit human rights organization mcconnell advises romanian migrant workers on their legal rights and he says he's been flooded with calls from people who need his help. mcconnell says the working conditions for many remains in jail many are atrocious he provides some examples. because by the development for the hour right now are some companies are threatened these workers seen in for

a fake are public with information about the business they're fired right away and they don't get. really fundamental men of warning many of the workers live in housing that the company provides dished out in and if they cause trouble that tossed out onto the street before the hours that's what happened to al battle he was fired and he and his wife were forced to leave the company housing for. 3 days the couple slept in the woods mcconnell has heard lots of these stories in one office but it is or not the company always does this at night because there are no lawyers or union officials around to know why is that if these workers have heard of me they'll call if not they end up on the street at night with no money the workers want to keep their jobs so most of them don't complain next we travel to a village in romania to meet elisabetta moldovan.

was. elisabetta also had a hard time while working in germany she'd been employed at the same strawberry farm for several months every year since 2010. to 2 months of work she was paid 3700 euros but in 2020 she came back oh much earlier than expected and without any money. oh. hi there you surely are busy that albatross i know that i just pulling weeds. she's elisabetta sister in law. works occasionally in foreign countries most recently as a nurse in italy but she lost that job because of the pandemic. i

thought you were doing fine in germany with a good showing and suddenly there you were on the web and on t.v. and you're talking to a labor minister what was that all about. for them was thought well we organized a protest demonstration. along with the owner and the minister violetta alexandru came to visit us at the farm in germany. elisabetta and the other workers were paid only a fraction of what they'd been promised son nothing so $150.00 harvest workers most of them from romania held a protest march the demonstration called the attention of romania's labor minister . she wanted to find out why we hadn't been paid enough and then she asked me why did you go to germany in the 1st place did someone force you to dawn i looked at her and said well minister i had to leave because i had no

other way to earn money. i couldn't find a job that romania she does that jim on my own opinion it. elisabetta work to the local cotton factory for 15 years then she lost her job in this part of romania it's nearly impossible to find work the pays well so now elisabetta looks after the household and her grandchildren. as like as this is our house the door me shot my husband and i got a loan from the bank and started building in 2007 wasn't a void so we had to go to germany to work so that we could make the long payments but. she says there will be tough on our street you'll see 2 new houses 8 of its lots of people here get evangeline and then go off to work in germany england italy or other countries to make the payments that are.

oh pick up this line at that there's a bunch of. romania's population is just to have a 19000000 about 9000000 people have jobs. 4000000 of those people work abroad during the summer and that number can rise to 5000000 as people take seasonal jobs on farms or at construction sites. the minimum wage in romania is 2 euro $81.00 an hour that wages higher and many western european countries. for example it's 9 euros 35 in germany and in france it's 10 euros 15. we've come to this village in southern romania to visit help. he's just come back from germany and fears the may have been infected with corona virus.

because he's so hostile action right now he says his work in a german meat packing plant was a nightmare. if not of my memory i'll never go back to germany not even when the pandemic is over it was the worst experience i've ever had. others who was working at a plant owned by. the 2 new school to ration more than $1500.00 workers they were infected with cause it including some of his colleagues the speeches the facility would take in the form of the outbreak. mephitic a cinch and i was scared to tell you the truth i knew that the virus was dangerous and i was and i was right in the middle of it at work. when you're carrying around a 50 kilogram slab of meat you can't keep a social distance so everyone was in close contact with each other and we had to

keep working i was so scared that i felt sick i told my boss that i wanted to stay home i also wanted to talk to a doctor for michael he said you're not going anywhere what it was. a few days before the plant was forced to close alberto towns and went back to romania but his wife continued to work there as long as she could. i. i left because i was so afraid of getting sick but never with my wife wanted to stay to keep earning money despite the risk to her health and i. mean even manias who worked in the german meat packing industry have gone to eric mcconnell for help then why did the company will punish them for speaking out so we agreed not to show their faces. to. the french mirage is a sign of the light on which the companies promise big wages up to 2000 euros

a month for not they also promised normal working hours just because i didn't hear much fun for. the when the new workers arrive at the plant they find out of they'll have to work 12 sometimes even 16 hours a day. and then the resigned company housing with 56 or even 10 people to a room. makana meets with the workers in public places away from the prying eyes of the bosses. when you meet i think it's the mood when a worker finally gets the courage to complain to a supervisor he's in for a rough time and how defensive they'll tell him keep your mouth shut otherwise you're out the door if it's thank you note they threaten to withhold the workers' pay for to slap them with a fine because they can find someone to replace them right away or be said she has

to call you she's kind of psychological pressure amounts to modern day slavery was my was. elisabetta son paolo also wants to work in germany in spite of the pandemic. powell is 20 years old and still lives with his parents he has a job but it doesn't pay very well. you know. if i go to germany i'll miss my parents and my girlfriend a lot. more and i even worry that my girlfriend bullied me but at least i'll be earning good money. better. paolo's neighbor patron works in a german meat packing plant he's taking a few days off so he can visit his family town has lots of questions about his job . to. do it out there also tell me what are the conditions like.

what sort of work do you do and how many hours a day on the 3 of them with that of. them call out but i work in the stores house neck me through 4500 pigs a day sounds like a tough job. you don't know what kids are you can't understand why powell would want to go to germany to work. then what the often wake up at night because i think i hear my child crying will come with that but of course it's just a dream or a pretty bad and loving if i could find a job here when once. elizabeth his brother also works in a german meat packing plant for many romanians taking jobs like that is the only way that they can provide for their families with their bus and thought thing that i'm really worried my brother and his wife and the children have been diagnosed with covered. they haven't answered their phone for 2 weeks.

and now has some power also wants to go to germany to work. i wish she wouldn't not this year anyway not while we're still dealing with a pandemic. if you went to germany i worry all the time all star race in greece or that there are. so many local residents have left clues that some prisoners who put in workers from n.z. to fill the gap a usually worked at low paying jobs. these men from sri lanka came to romania in late 29 tain all of them are unskilled workers. including 39 year old.

to look for work at the age of 18 he married and had a son he hasn't seen his family from. that was my wife just now. stairs where the signals better and then i'll call her back. i sure could cut down his expenses so that you can afford a good internet connection for these calls he also sends money home. he gets by on the equivalent of about 100 euros a month it's a hard life but the cools with his family make it worthwhile. i want to see them and talk to them every day. when i see my son's face i feel a little better. it helps me relax and the tension inside me just goes away.

sugar has worked in kuwait dubai and singapore his life there wasn't much better than a decent now. i don't know what would happen to them if i died. but as long as i'm alive i'll try to help my family. all work hard. i don't need a lot in life but i'll provide a good life for my song and my wife. i'll keep trying. that's why i came to romania. meanwhile there's good news and bad thing is it better. for has been sultanas found a new job despite the carotid pandemic but he'll have to leave the country again. my poor husband is going to france again to work in construction or he can't earn a living by oh no they nia and we need the money so early yeah so what else should

i pack my agent and take these shorts was ok. to overalls and i think that's all there. it's always hard to say could bikes specifier be settled sent them plenty by hope that you'll be ok there's the guns but i'm so afraid that this time something bad is going to happen. i'm also worried about the virus but i'll do everything i can to feed my family. elizabeth and salter know that they have no other option. meanwhile back inclusion the shift of the commercial kitchen where shoka works is

upset we employees from sri lanka haven't shown up for work yet. here are 2 of them on their way to a bank that hadn't been paid in several days so they've gone on strike. today people are going to work because we haven't gotten our salary yet. my family is waiting for the money i'm going to check my account right now to show currency equivalent of about 400 euros a month he needs his money and is ready to fight for it. i keep checking my account over and over again. things are going well. i can't sleep they won't send the money so we won't go to work things like covering like these so i know that the families in real life i

know. we have some programs that we can hear you have no problem if you want us all you want on your right. meanwhile seoul time will leave for the airport in about an hour it. is time to feed the pigs one last time on. fathers' day with you my wife will take care of the animals while i'm gone when i want that. zoltan plans to work in france until november during that time he'll come back home several times to visit. new it's hard for me to leave my family i guess that but i have to go to france to earn money i made your daughter while i'm there i won't be able to see my grandchildren my wife and my son. and that makes me very sad.

but since romania joined the e.u. in 2007 zoltan and elisabetta have been working abroad on and off. now it's time to say goodbye once again. one of sometimes friends will take him to the airport. he's on his way to the friend's house right now. the best. guy i understand that he has to leave to earn money for us when terrible day here in a couple of months and we won't be able to work at all just. like inclusion a show because salary has finally been deposited in his bank account so he and his colleagues headed off to work their 4 hours slice and they hope that they won't be fired. the sugar woods $10.00 to $12.00 ounce a day for less than 3 years so now it. is there's the meat that i work with

it's beef. if i have to cut it up and make hamburger patties it's really hard work we have to turn out 30 or 35 kilos of meat every day that's all i do on this job. these days. and today he'll have to make up for the 4 hours that he lost while he was on strike. it is a worker every day in the burger prep section we really have to prepare a lot of meat we make patties every day to. keep from asia have now filled a number of unskilled shops in romania most of them are employed in the case ring meat packing and construction sectors. it. was. the number of asian workers in romania has risen sharply in recent news most of the illegally illegally. here at the official statistics in

2015 romania issued 5500 work visas so people from asia in 2018 that number rose to 15000 and by 2020 that figure had doubled 230000 despite the pandemic. we visit others who go who again he knows that his wife is healthy but is now in quarantine. i'll bet her friends a colleague who became infected with a virus when he was working at the meat packing plant. people were getting sick one after another. the company bosses kept us working even though a lot of people were getting sick. if the authorities and the media had stepped in or they'd still be working on the ground. when there are. those who can't understand why his colleagues still wants to stay in germany. with their. mind

fucked my about. eric mcconnell is on his way to northern germany to help to romanians who want to apply for government legal aid lawsuits in the meat packing industry are increasingly common these days. men defects in shop the work has changed over the years for 10 or 20 years ago you had a qualified foreman at the slaughterhouse though these are going on people were paid a decent wage and worked just 8 hours a day that is up there i shake them there were 3 shifts sometimes for days when management respected the work whose loyalty is that's not the case today but it's because. in the last decade the number of unskilled foreign workers in the gemini packing industry has tripled to i've 850000.

packing to a shock and his colleagues have just finished their shift. it's 1 in the morning. go to david hartley it was tough today because we were really busy afterwards we had to clean up so we didn't finish until midnight and there were just 4 of us then we went out for a beer and now we're heading home with no. i had to pay an employment agency in sri lanka a 2000 euro commission to get to to you work permit. itself and the same for out of remaining here. all of us had to borrow money to pay the fee but. some borrowed from their families but i borrowed money from a bank. so now i have to pay interest on the loans. and send money to my family. most of the money that should to enjoy in the 1st 6 months in

romania went to pay back the employment agency so he couldn't afford to send money to his family. meanwhile we've managed to track down a bit of google again he's moved to another country. i'm now in mount sweden doing handy work. we get up at 5 every morning and then the company takes us to work in a bus. it's sort of like a hardware store. people come in and tell us what they want renovated or repaired and then we do it but it pays only $1000.00 euros a month. alberto doesn't know when you return home or how his wife in germany is getting along. at the same time elizabeth is waiting for her husband's old time to cool down from his new job in france. he's

been there for full what has now. what do i want for the future here's the list of bush subhuman but i want the whole family to be together with them some niggas i want them to find jobs here in romania so the charts that pay an honest wage so that we don't have to move to foreign countries to work and was lying about it. so that my sweetie. what's up i was waiting for your car was there but some i can't wait to see you in 6 weeks i miss you so much already.

first girl who could have. been sure that of us as we are. in support of. what civil guard over. did everyone. imagine how many portions of lands are thrown out in the world right now quite naturally different awful story. faces life lesson when for just one week. how much work really do. we still have time to work and going.

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