USA: Investigation reveals migrant children working in factories across the US in violation of child labour laws; incl. co. comments
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 25 Feb 2023
Standort: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Andere
Not Reported ( Landwirtschaft & Viehzucht ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Landwirtschaft & Viehzucht , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Kinderarbeit , BildungAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: None reported.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 25 Feb 2023
Standort: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Unternehmen
Walmart - BuyerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Herstellung: Allgemein , Gender not reported )Themen
KinderarbeitAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von The Resource Centre
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Walmart provided a response to the request
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 25 Feb 2023
Standort: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Unternehmen
Whole Foods Market (part of Amazon) - BuyerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Herstellung: Allgemein , Gender not reported )Themen
KinderarbeitAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von The Resource Centre
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Whole Foods responded to the Resource Centre's request for comment, saying "Just want to clarify the NYT piece does not call into question the labor practices of any Whole Foods Market facilities. Regarding our suppliers, we have conducted a thorough investigation and have not found any evidence to support this report’s findings." Their response can be read in full.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 25 Feb 2023
Standort: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Andere
Not Reported ( Restaurants & Bars ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 1
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 1 - Guatemala , Restaurants & Bars , Men , Undocumented migrants )Themen
Kinderarbeit , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , PersonalbeschaffungsgebührenAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: After the child contacted law enforcement, the sponsor was found guilty of smuggling.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 25 Feb 2023
Standort: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Andere
Not Reported ( Landwirtschaft & Viehzucht ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Landwirtschaft & Viehzucht , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Occupational Health & Safety , Verletzungen , KinderarbeitAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: None reported.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 25 Feb 2023
Standort: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Unternehmen
PepsiCo - Buyer , General Mills - Buyer , Hearthside Food Solutions - BuyerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 1 - Guatemala , Herstellung: Allgemein , Women , Undocumented migrants )Themen
Kinderarbeit , Occupational Health & Safety , Mentale Gesundheit , Krankheit , Sexuelle BelästigungAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Resource Centre
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Hearthside Foods published a response to the NYT investigation in which they described steps taken in response and an independent review. General Mills and PepsiCo also responded to the Resource Centre.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 25 Feb 2023
Standort: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Unternehmen
Hearthside Food Solutions - Buyer , Forge Industrial Staffing - Labour Supplier , Ford - Buyer , General Motors - BuyerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Herstellung: Allgemein , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Themen
Bildung , Occupational Health & Safety , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , KinderarbeitAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Resource Centre
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Hearthside Foods published a response to the NYT investigation in which they described steps taken in response and an independent review. General Motors, Industrial Staffing and General Motors all provided responses to the Resource Centre. Ford did not provide a response.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 25 Feb 2023
Standort: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Unternehmen
Fruit of the Loom - BuyerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Herstellung: Allgemein , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Themen
KinderarbeitAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von The Resource Centre.
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Fruit of the Loom provided a response to the Resource Centre's request; it named Renfro as the owner of the facility reported on and the company said the contract with Renfro was terminated at the end of 2022. Their response can be read in full.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 25 Feb 2023
Standort: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Unternehmen
J.Crew - BuyerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Herstellung: Allgemein , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Themen
KinderarbeitAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von The Resource Centre
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: J. Crew did not respond to the Resource Centre's request for comment.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 25 Feb 2023
Standort: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Unternehmen
Target - BuyerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Herstellung: Allgemein , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Themen
KinderarbeitAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von The Resource Centre
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Target provided a response to the Resource Centre.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 25 Feb 2023
Standort: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Unternehmen
Ben & Jerry's (part of Unilever) - BuyerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Herstellung: Allgemein , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Themen
KinderarbeitAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von The Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Ben & Jerry's provided a response to the Resource Centre.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
"Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S.," 25 Feb. 2023
... Migrant children, who have been coming into the United States without their parents in record numbers, are ending up in some of the most punishing jobs in the country, a New York Times investigation found. This shadow work force extends across industries in every state, flouting child labor laws that have been in place for nearly a century.
... The Times spoke with more than 100 migrant child workers in 20 states who described jobs that were grinding them into exhaustion, and fears that they had become trapped in circumstances they never could have imagined.
... Migrant child labor benefits both under-the-table operations and global corporations, The Times found. In Los Angeles, children stitch “Made in America” tags into J. Crew shirts. They bake dinner rolls sold at Walmart and Target, process milk used in Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and help debone chicken sold at Whole Foods. As recently as the fall, middle-schoolers made Fruit of the Loom socks in Alabama. In Michigan, children make auto parts used by Ford and General Motors.
... The federal government hires child welfare agencies to track some minors who are deemed to be at high risk. But caseworkers at those agencies said that H.H.S. regularly ignored obvious signs of labor exploitation, a characterization the agency disputed. In interviews with more than 60 caseworkers, most independently estimated that about two-thirds of all unaccompanied migrant children ended up working full time.
... Several, including Ford, General Motors, J. Crew and Walmart, as well as their suppliers, said they took the allegations seriously and would investigate.
... In Worthington, Minn., it had long been an open secret that migrant children released by H.H.S. were cleaning a slaughterhouse run by JBS, the world’s largest meat processor.
... The cleaning company paid a $1.5 million penalty, while JBS said it had been unaware that children were scouring the Worthington factory each night. JBS fired the cleaning contractor.