immigrant workers - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 30 Apr 2020 02:36:55 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg immigrant workers - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Wairarapa farmer disturbed by the sound of people singing hymns https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/04/30/farmer-disturbed-people-singing/ Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:20:18 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=126363 A Wairarapa farmer has been complaining about hearing unfamiliar singing coming from behind his house. A group of Fijian workers had caused an unusual disturbance by gathering to pray and sing hymns. Read more

Wairarapa farmer disturbed by the sound of people singing hymns... Read more]]> A Wairarapa farmer has been complaining about hearing unfamiliar singing coming from behind his house.

A group of Fijian workers had caused an unusual disturbance by gathering to pray and sing hymns. Read more

Wairarapa farmer disturbed by the sound of people singing hymns]]> 126363 Filipino workers charged up to $145 a week to rent a bed https://cathnews.co.nz/2015/05/15/filipino-workers-charged-up-to-145-a-week-to-rent-or-a-bed/ Thu, 14 May 2015 18:54:03 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=71406 A landlord is charging Filipino workers up to $145 a week for a single bed in a seven-bedroom house. The Hornby house, in Christchurch, has 20 beds. Six of them are bunk beds. Two are in a small sleepout. The workers said the house was full at one point last year. A recent visit found Read more

Filipino workers charged up to $145 a week to rent a bed... Read more]]> A landlord is charging Filipino workers up to $145 a week for a single bed in a seven-bedroom house.

The Hornby house, in Christchurch, has 20 beds. Six of them are bunk beds. Two are in a small sleepout.

The workers said the house was full at one point last year.

A recent visit found 15 Filipino workers sharing two small kitchens, two toilets and two small bathrooms.

The property manager, Mountfort Park Apartments' Tom Hu, said migrant tenants were difficult to manage.

"People always think that we exploit them but if you break down all the costs, the owners don't get as much as people think." Continue reading

Filipino workers charged up to $145 a week to rent a bed]]> 71406 'Labour priests' trained to help low-wage immigrant workers https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/07/13/labour-priests-trained-to-help-low-wage-immigrant-workers/ Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:30:01 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=29522 The concept of "labour priest", epitomized by Msgr John Egan and Msgr George Higgins in the 20th century, has been given a new twist to meet the realities of the 21st century. The priests — more than two dozen of them, and all working with the approval of their diocesan bishops — are being recruited Read more

‘Labour priests' trained to help low-wage immigrant workers... Read more]]> The concept of "labour priest", epitomized by Msgr John Egan and Msgr George Higgins in the 20th century, has been given a new twist to meet the realities of the 21st century.

The priests — more than two dozen of them, and all working with the approval of their diocesan bishops — are being recruited to help immigrant and low-wage workers, reports Catholic News Service.

The "labour priests" met in Chicago in June with a number of mentors, speakers and labour leaders to hone their focus and to give them tools for the work ahead.

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