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
地點: 美國
企業
The Home Depot, Inc. - Buyer , Costco - Buyer , Kurt Weiss Greenhouses - Employer , Walmart - Buyer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 菲律賓 , 農業和畜牧 , 未報告性別 , Documented migrants ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 南非 , 農業和畜牧 , 未報告性別 , Documented migrants ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - Kosovo , 農業和畜牧 , Women , Documented migrants ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 巴西 , 農業和畜牧 , Women , Documented migrants ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 塞爾維亞 , 農業和畜牧 , Men , Documented migrants )議題
招聘費用 , Denial of leave , Excessive production targets , 性騷擾 , Dismissal , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 受傷 , 疾病 , 恐嚇和威脅 , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Contract Substitution , Occupational Health & Safety回應
回應紀錄：是，由BHRC and journalist
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後續行動: 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.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2025年9月20日
地點: 美國
企業
Marie Eiffel Market - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 地點未知 , 餐館和酒吧 , Women , Documented migrants )議題
性騷擾回應
回應紀錄：是，由Journalist
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後續行動: 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.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2025年9月20日
地點: 美國
企業
Aya - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 愛爾蘭 , 房地產銷售 , Women , Documented migrants ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 喀麥隆 , 房地產銷售 , Men , Documented migrants )議題
恐嚇和威脅 , 剝奪言論自由 , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Contract Substitution , Denial of leave回應
回應紀錄：是，由Journalist
後續行動: Aya declined to comment to The New York Times.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2025年9月20日
地點: 美國
企業
Skytop Strategies - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 哥倫比亞 , 媒體和出版：綜合 , Women , Documented migrants )議題
Wage Theft , 恐嚇和威脅 , Debt Bondage , Contract Substitution , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Denial of leave回應
回應紀錄：是，由Journalist
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後續行動: The company's founder said the findings were “riddled with inaccuracies” but did not elaborate. He declined several interview requests from the NYT.
資訊來源: 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…
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