2025年9月20日
They Were Promised a Taste of America. They Got Abuse and Exploitation.
要約
Date Reported: 2025年9月20日
場所: アメリカ合衆国
企業
The Home Depot, Inc. - Buyer , Costco - Buyer , Kurt Weiss Greenhouses - Employer , Walmart - Buyer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - フィリピン , 農業及び畜産 , 利性別は不明 , Documented migrants ) , 移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - 南アフリカ , 農業及び畜産 , 利性別は不明 , Documented migrants ) , 移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - コソボ , 農業及び畜産 , Women , Documented migrants ) , 移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - ブラジル , 農業及び畜産 , Women , Documented migrants ) , 移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - セルビア , 農業及び畜産 , Men , Documented migrants )課題
採用費 , Denial of leave , Excessive production targets , セクシャルハラスメント , Dismissal , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 傷害 , 病気 , 威嚇及び脅迫 , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Contract Substitution , Occupational Health & Safety回答
見解が求められた : Yes, by BHRC and journalist
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取られた措置: Kurt Weiss Greenhouses’ former director said to the NYT that most employees had positive experiences; he strongly defended the company’s safety record but did not address specific examples of worker injuries. He said that the greenhouse treated all visa workers with respect. Costco, Walmart, and Home Depot did not respond to BHRC's request for comment.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2025年9月20日
場所: アメリカ合衆国
企業
Marie Eiffel Market - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , レストラン及びバー , Women , Documented migrants )課題
セクシャルハラスメント回答
見解が求められた : Yes, by Journalist
External link to response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: The New York Times approached the companies that employed the workers; they either denied the allegations, declined to discuss the programme or did not respond.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2025年9月20日
場所: アメリカ合衆国
企業
Aya - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - アイルランド , 不動産販売 , Women , Documented migrants ) , 移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - カメルーン , 不動産販売 , Men , Documented migrants )課題
威嚇及び脅迫 , 表現の自由の否定 , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Contract Substitution , Denial of leave回答
見解が求められた : Yes, by Journalist
取られた措置: Aya declined to comment to The New York Times.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2025年9月20日
場所: アメリカ合衆国
企業
Skytop Strategies - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - コロンビア , メディア及び出版: 一般 , Women , Documented migrants )課題
Wage Theft , 威嚇及び脅迫 , Debt Bondage , Contract Substitution , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Denial of leave回答
見解が求められた : Yes, by Journalist
External link to response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: The company's founder said the findings were “riddled with inaccuracies” but did not elaborate. He declined several interview requests from the NYT.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
… they were eager to learn on the job at Kurt Weiss Greenhouses…
…they … toiled past midnight loading … trucks bound for Costco, Walmart and Home Depot...
…representatives of companies that employ J-1 workers either denied mistreating workers, declined to discuss the program or did not respond…
…a Hershey Company packing plant was caught putting visa holders on gruelling …shifts…
…the Grand America Hotel turned to the program in 2016…
…One student was given the evening shift assembling Lunchables at …Tur-Pak Foods, where conditions were so vile…
And three men from Guatemala scraped together money to work at a pork production plant, Livingston Enterprises…
…a student from Malaysia who went to work … at a Shelter Island cafe called Marie Eiffel, said her boss… spanked her…
Helen Lynch traveled from Ireland in 2023 to work at a New York apartment leasing company called Aya…
And then there were the people who went to work at Skytop Strategies…
The sponsor, International Arts and Artists, did little to help. And when the architecture firm, Studioteka, fired Ms. Rodriguez over her complaints, the sponsor said she would need to find another job…
…Iryna Humenyuk, a Canadian college student who is ethnically Ukrainian, arrived there by way of another sponsor, Intrax…