The poultry business is booming, but thousands of workers suffer inhumane treatment at processing plants, a shocking report says. Some of them, mocked and threatened, are forced to wear diapers or beg for bathroom breaks out of fear of losing their jobs.
The report, No Relief: Denial of Bathroom Breaks in the Poultry Industry is based on scores of interviews with poultry workers across the US, conducted between 2013 and 2016. It unveils brutal details and life-threatening conditions that hundreds of thousands of employees face every day.
“Workers struggle to cope with this denial of a basic human need. They urinate and defecate while standing on the line; they wear diapers to work; they restrict intake of liquids and fluids to dangerous degrees; they endure pain and discomfort while they worry about their health and job security. And it’s not just their dignity that suffers: they are in danger of serious health problems,” Oxfam America, the group that prepared the report, wrote.
Oxfam America has been struggling to draw attention to labor issues in the growing US poultry industry. Their research is part of a campaign launched in October last year to advocate for improved conditions for poultry workers.
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INC News, 13/05/2016 - source: RTnews
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