Dangerous Housing Conditions for Migrant Workers w/ Michelle Johnstone: August 8, 2022

New reports show migrant horticulture workers are enduring dire housing conditions, seeing upwards of six men a week in a single motel room that are each charged 150 a week. The accommodation has been detrimental to the workers physical health, with one worker reporting his illness wasn’t taken seriously unless it required hospitalisation. The Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner has recently investigated the conditions, calling it blatant economic exploitation. 

To learn more, Liam spoke to Michelle Johnstone from the Amalgamated Workers Union about the conditions.