USA: Investigation reveals migrant children working in factories across the US in violation of child labour laws; incl. co. comments
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Date Reported: 25 Фев 2023
Местонахождение: Соединенные Штаты Америки
Другое
Not Reported ( Сельское хозяйство и животноводство ) - EmployerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Сельское хозяйство и животноводство , Men , Unknown migration status )Темы
Детский труд , ОбразованиеОтвет
Response sought: Нет
Принятые меры: None reported.
Вид источника: News outlet
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Date Reported: 25 Фев 2023
Местонахождение: Соединенные Штаты Америки
Компании
Walmart - BuyerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Производство: Вся категория , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Темы
Детский трудОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by The Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Принятые меры: Walmart provided a response to the request
Вид источника: News outlet
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Date Reported: 25 Фев 2023
Местонахождение: Соединенные Штаты Америки
Компании
Whole Foods Market (part of Amazon) - BuyerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Производство: Вся категория , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Темы
Детский трудОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by The Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Принятые меры: 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.
Вид источника: News outlet
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Date Reported: 25 Фев 2023
Местонахождение: Соединенные Штаты Америки
Другое
Not Reported ( Рестораны и бары ) - EmployerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: 1
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( 1 - Гватемала , Рестораны и бары , Men , Documented migrants )Темы
Детский труд , Разумное рабочее время и свободное время , Сборы за найм персоналаОтвет
Response sought: Нет
Принятые меры: After the child contacted law enforcement, the sponsor was found guilty of smuggling.
Вид источника: News outlet
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Date Reported: 25 Фев 2023
Местонахождение: Соединенные Штаты Америки
Другое
Not Reported ( Сельское хозяйство и животноводство ) - EmployerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Сельское хозяйство и животноводство , Men , Unknown migration status )Темы
Охрана труда и безопасность , Травмы , Детский трудОтвет
Response sought: Нет
Принятые меры: None reported.
Вид источника: News outlet
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Date Reported: 25 Фев 2023
Местонахождение: Соединенные Штаты Америки
Компании
PepsiCo - Buyer , General Mills - Buyer , Hearthside Food Solutions - BuyerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( 1 - Гватемала , Производство: Вся категория , Women , Undocumented migrants )Темы
Детский труд , Охрана труда и безопасность , Психическое здоровье , Болезнь , Сексуальные домогательстваОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by Resource Centre
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Принятые меры: 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.
Вид источника: News outlet
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Date Reported: 25 Фев 2023
Местонахождение: Соединенные Штаты Америки
Компании
Hearthside Food Solutions - Buyer , Forge Industrial Staffing - Labour Supplier , Ford - Buyer , General Motors - BuyerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Производство: Вся категория , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Темы
Образование , Охрана труда и безопасность , Доступ к внесудебным средствам правовой защиты , Детский трудОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
External link to response: (Find out more)
Принятые меры: 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.
Вид источника: News outlet
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Date Reported: 25 Фев 2023
Местонахождение: Соединенные Штаты Америки
Компании
Fruit of the Loom - BuyerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Производство: Вся категория , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Темы
Детский трудОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by The Resource Centre.
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Принятые меры: 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.
Вид источника: News outlet
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Date Reported: 25 Фев 2023
Местонахождение: Соединенные Штаты Америки
Компании
J.Crew - BuyerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Производство: Вся категория , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Темы
Детский трудОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by The Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Принятые меры: J. Crew did not respond to the Resource Centre's request for comment.
Вид источника: News outlet
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Date Reported: 25 Фев 2023
Местонахождение: Соединенные Штаты Америки
Компании
Target - BuyerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Производство: Вся категория , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Темы
Детский трудОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by The Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Принятые меры: Target provided a response to the Resource Centre.
Вид источника: News outlet
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Date Reported: 25 Фев 2023
Местонахождение: Соединенные Штаты Америки
Компании
Ben & Jerry's (part of Unilever) - BuyerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Производство: Вся категория , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Темы
Детский трудОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by The Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Принятые меры: Ben & Jerry's provided a response to the Resource Centre.
Вид источника: 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.