USA: Investigation reveals migrant children working in factories across the US in violation of child labour laws; incl. co. comments
要約
Date Reported: 2023年2月25日
場所: アメリカ合衆国
その他
Not Reported ( 農業及び畜産 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , 農業及び畜産 , Men , Unknown migration status )課題
児童労働 , 教育回答
Response sought: いいえ
取られた措置: None reported.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2023年2月25日
場所: アメリカ合衆国
企業
Walmart - Buyer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , 製造業: 一般 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )課題
児童労働回答
Response sought: Yes, by The Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: Walmart provided a response to the request
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2023年2月25日
場所: アメリカ合衆国
企業
Whole Foods Market (part of Amazon) - Buyer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , 製造業: 一般 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )課題
児童労働回答
Response sought: Yes, by The Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: 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.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2023年2月25日
場所: アメリカ合衆国
その他
Not Reported ( レストラン及びバー ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: 1
移住者・移民労働者: ( 1 - グアテマラ , レストラン及びバー , Men , Documented migrants )課題
児童労働 , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , 採用費回答
Response sought: いいえ
取られた措置: After the child contacted law enforcement, the sponsor was found guilty of smuggling.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2023年2月25日
場所: アメリカ合衆国
その他
Not Reported ( 農業及び畜産 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , 農業及び畜産 , Men , Unknown migration status )課題
Occupational Health & Safety , 傷害 , 児童労働回答
Response sought: いいえ
取られた措置: None reported.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2023年2月25日
場所: アメリカ合衆国
企業
PepsiCo - Buyer , General Mills - Buyer , Hearthside Food Solutions - Buyer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( 1 - グアテマラ , 製造業: 一般 , Women , Undocumented migrants )課題
児童労働 , Occupational Health & Safety , メンタルヘルス , 病気 , セクシャルハラスメント回答
Response sought: Yes, by Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
External link to response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: 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.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2023年2月25日
場所: アメリカ合衆国
企業
Hearthside Food Solutions - Buyer , Forge Industrial Staffing - Labour Supplier , Ford - Buyer , General Motors - Buyer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , 製造業: 一般 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )課題
教育 , Occupational Health & Safety , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , 児童労働回答
Response sought: Yes, by Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
External link to response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: 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.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2023年2月25日
場所: アメリカ合衆国
企業
Fruit of the Loom - Buyer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , 製造業: 一般 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )課題
児童労働回答
Response sought: Yes, by The Resource Centre.
Story containing response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: 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.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2023年2月25日
場所: アメリカ合衆国
企業
J.Crew - Buyer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , 製造業: 一般 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )課題
児童労働回答
Response sought: Yes, by The Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: J. Crew did not respond to the Resource Centre's request for comment.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2023年2月25日
場所: アメリカ合衆国
企業
Target - Buyer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , 製造業: 一般 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )課題
児童労働回答
Response sought: Yes, by The Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: Target provided a response to the Resource Centre.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
要約
Date Reported: 2023年2月25日
場所: アメリカ合衆国
企業
Ben & Jerry's (part of Unilever) - Buyer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , 製造業: 一般 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )課題
児童労働回答
Response sought: Yes, by The Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: Ben & Jerry's provided a response to the Resource Centre.
情報源のタイプ: 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.