A celebrated startup promised Kentuckians green jobs. It gave them a 'grueling hell on earth
要約
Date Reported: 2023年11月16日
場所: アメリカ合衆国
企業
AppHarvest - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - メキシコ , 農業及び畜産 , Gender not reported )課題
Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , 情報へのアクセス , Heat exposure , Occupational Health & Safety , メンタルヘルス , Personal Health , 病気 , 威嚇及び脅迫 , 表現の自由の否定 , 病気回答
Response sought: いいえ
取られた措置: The company declared itself bankrupt in July 2023.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
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A new investigation from Grist finds that what went on inside [AppHarvest] from its earliest days bore little resemblance to the sustainable, worker-friendly operation that Webb publicly touted… unsafe working conditions, negligible training that failed to prepare workers for their job requirements, and an unprofessional workplace doomed the company nearly from the start…
Then, within weeks of the Morehead greenhouse opening in November of 2020, Nora and her colleagues were told they needed to work overtime...
One afternoon during the first summer of AppHarvest’s operation, then-55-year-old Janet Moore threw up at least three times from heat exhaustion in the bathroom outside the greenhouse. Other workers recalled seeing coworkers pass out from heat...
Other safety concerns detailed in the complaints included the sudden onset of nausea, and on two occasions vomiting, when the plants were sprayed with “something unsafe.” Two more complaints said tearing out mold, dust, and insulation from walls caused eye and lung irritation. Employees reported that they didn’t receive respirators, and during the tear-out one team member went to the hospital for breathing issues, according to the complaints...
…[Contract] workers arrived in Morehead each morning on big white buses, according to Nora. They worked longer hours, sometimes not leaving until midnight, after picking up a second shift in the air-conditioned packhouse... they didn’t receive benefits like health insurance or stock options...
Workers were housed in mobile homes and apartment complexes where the number of laborers appeared to far exceed occupancy levels…