2025年9月20日
They Were Promised a Taste of America. They Got Abuse and Exploitation.
摘要
日期: 2025年9月20日
地点: 美国
企业
The Home Depot, Inc. - Buyer , Costco - Buyer , Kurt Weiss Greenhouses - Employer , Walmart - Buyer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 菲律宾 , 农业和畜牧 , 未报告性别 , Documented migrants ) , 外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 南非 , 农业和畜牧 , 未报告性别 , Documented migrants ) , 外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - Kosovo , 农业和畜牧 , Women , Documented migrants ) , 外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 巴西 , 农业和畜牧 , Women , Documented migrants ) , 外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 塞尔维亚 , 农业和畜牧 , Men , Documented migrants )议题
招聘费 , Denial of leave , Excessive production targets , 性骚扰 , Dismissal , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 受伤 , 疾病 , 恐吓和威胁 , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Contract Substitution , Occupational Health & Safety回应
回应纪录: 是，由BHRC and journalist
载有回应的故事： (查看更多)
回应的外部链接： (查看更多)
后续行动: 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.
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2025年9月20日
地点: 美国
企业
Marie Eiffel Market - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 地点未知 , 餐馆和酒吧 , Women , Documented migrants )议题
性骚扰回应
回应纪录: 是，由Journalist
回应的外部链接： (查看更多)
后续行动: 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.
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2025年9月20日
地点: 美国
企业
Aya - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 爱尔兰 , 房地产销售 , Women , Documented migrants ) , 外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 喀麦隆 , 房地产销售 , Men , Documented migrants )议题
恐吓和威胁 , 剥夺言论自由 , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Contract Substitution , Denial of leave回应
回应纪录: 是，由Journalist
后续行动: Aya declined to comment to The New York Times.
信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2025年9月20日
地点: 美国
企业
Skytop Strategies - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 哥伦比亚 , 媒体和出版：综合 , Women , Documented migrants )议题
Wage Theft , 恐吓和威胁 , Debt Bondage , Contract Substitution , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Denial of leave回应
回应纪录: 是，由Journalist
回应的外部链接： (查看更多)
后续行动: The company's founder said the findings were “riddled with inaccuracies” but did not elaborate. He declined several interview requests from the NYT.
信息来源: 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…