Before you eat – fighting exploitation on foreign fishing vessels

Join Union­AID and the Mar­itime Union of New Zealand for a get-togeth­er, film screen­ing, and pan­el dis­cus­sion in Welling­ton – P?neke on 30 Octo­ber 2024 – mark­ing Labour Day 2024

Tick­ets can be pur­chased: https://events.humanitix.com/before-you-eat-film-screening-and-labour-day-get-together

Arrival is from 5:30pm, bar and snacks will be avail­able.

Then we will sit down for a 47 minute doc­u­men­tary film ‘Before You Eat’, which expos­es the exploita­tion and inhu­mane con­di­tions endured by Indone­sian crew mem­bers on for­eign fish­ing ves­sels. The film was pro­duced by the Indone­sia Migrant Work­ers Union, and sup­port­ed by Green­peace Indone­sia.

Fol­low­ing the film, there will be a pan­el and open dis­cus­sion with a rep­re­sen­ta­tive from the Mar­itime Union of New Zealand, the Indone­sia Migrant Work­ers Union, and Destruc­tive Fish­ing Watch Indone­sia – full details to be con­firmed.

All pro­ceeds from the night will go to sup­port UnionAID’s project with Destruc­tive Fish­ing Watch Indone­sia (DFW), which aims to address forced labour and human traf­fick­ing in Indonesia’s fish­eries by estab­lish­ing Nation­al Fish­ers Cen­ter posts, edu­cat­ing com­mu­ni­ties about labour vio­la­tions, and strength­en­ing union groups for col­lec­tive action.

Before You Eat film https://beforeyoueat.id/en-us

It’s no secret that Indone­sian migrant fish­ers in dis­tant water fish­ing ves­sels are com­mon­ly sub­ject­ed to human rights abus­es and fish­eries crimes. But, some­one sit­ting down to eat in a high end restau­rant will prob­a­bly have no idea. Before You Eat con­nects the dot from ocean to plate and reveals the true cost of seafood.

Venue: Two/FiftySeven is up on Lev­el 2 up above Uni­ty Books on Willis Street — 57 Willis Street. Access is via lift in the mall behind Uni­ty Books.