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.