"Hershey Prison:" Workers EXPOSE Brutal Working Conditions At A Hershey Factory
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- The workers who make Reese's Peanut Butter Cups describe going to work as a stay in "Hershey's prison." Workers have been forced to work 70+ days straight, receive constant forced overtime, and are punished for time off. Now they’re unionizing to take back their power.
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I gave up nabisco, pepsico, kelloggs, lays, Starbucks and now hersheys. I havent been this thin since high school :)
Same here.
Thanks for the giggle
You feel me 😂😂🤣
Please go online and see how those same companies treat their European employees. You might be surprised.
U. I u u u
Stand strong Hershey employees! I’m a nurse and member of the Michigan nurses association! Our covid bonus was 200.00 too!😬
Thank you for your service.
@@niahoward1920 You’re very welcome!😊
Stay strong Hershey employees! I work for HHC & we haven't even got a Covid bonus and we are considered essential workers!
Wishing the workers a win!
Universities are doing the same activities to their employees as Hershey.
As I stated, this goes on throughout the US.
@@haleybrown2836 - and then some.
Always the most woke companies.
@@Golfing422
Just because a company talks the talk doesn't mean it walks the walk.
Acting woke for customers isn't the same as being woke.
@@terryneale8663 Sounds like the whole movement in general, like racism being the cure for racism.
Solidaridad! Thank you for all your efforts 🙏🏼
No Hershey products for this household.
This is the best channel on youtube right now, such valuable work you're all doing. Thanks More Perfect Union!
I’m praying for the employees at Hershey that they can unionize and stop these injustices.🙏🏻
I know that from now on I will boycott all Hershey products and make sure my family & friends do the same until changes are made in the treatment of their workers!✊🏼
If Milton Hershey were alive today he would be extremely upset and terribly ashamed of the way his company was being run. For someone who went above and beyond to take such great care of his employees he would be horrified that his name, hard work, and reputation had become synonymous with this greedy and unethical CEO and the rest of this company’s money grubbing board members!!😡
Although some of Hershey's other plants are unionised and have been for a long time, the working conditions on cacao plantations in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana are far worse than even in their US non-union factories and have been compared to slavery. That being said, all their factory workers and all their agricultural workers deserve unions, employee ownership or sectoral bargaining. th-cam.com/video/7Igm4MS8Oqk/w-d-xo.html
oh a real social justice warrior here folks.
I dont understand, why dont they quit and find another job? Was the pay not discussed when they took the job???
And if you are injured on the job, they will not pay workman's compensation so, make sure you get legal representation.
The Buttercup is my favorite candy, period, but I will not eat it until the workers are treated properly!
Solidarity from Washington!
So I've been boycotting Nestle for decades due to a laundry list of bad behavior. Now it looks like I have to add Hershey to my boycotts. What's even more disappointing is the fact that it's a female CEO behaving JUST LIKE A MAN. When will these "business" people learn to follow the Golden Rule. Well, I'll be watching to see how unionization progresses. To keep me buying Hershey products the union must succeed. Failure means 1 more company I boycott. And BTW I've been boycotting some companies for decades. I love Sweet Tarts but I haven't bought or eaten any in over 30 years. And I may be only 1 person but I have faith others are going to follow suit. Go Union!
Capitalism, at its finest.
I will boycott Hershey Products until I hear some resolution on the mistreatment!
How's that boycott going? Lol
You actually eat this crap?
Time for a boycott of Hershey's products until they unionize! My gut wrenches when I see Michelle Buck all happy about the way they made it thru the pandemic when she was compensated 19 million dollars in 2020. Thanks More Perfect Union!
agreed
New world order
All the other ones are unionized and face the same issues like nabisco
Disagree, she earned her degree "Michelle buck"
No!!
Thank you for shining the light on Hershey's, they need a UNION
This is really sad to hear and despicable. Mr. Hershey originally built the factory, town, parks, and housing for his workers. So they had a healthy quality of life at work and while off work. He valued their labor and they were treated with dignity, gratitude, and respect. He has employees strike during the Great Depression because they felt they were having pay cuts, slave like hours ect.... Employees actually stopped production, barred the doors, and occupied the 🏭factories, grinding everything to a abrupt halt, until Hershey and his Executives listened to their grievances and corrected the problems. Hershey did just that and the workers happily started production up again and both parties were pleased. I guess Hershey is looking for a repeat since they are choosing bullying over communication with their workers.
Unionize!
The CEO doesn't have a clue on what's going on in those factories. Or maybe she does and she doesn't care.
Essential workers? Since when is candy essential to human survival? I haven't bought Hershey products in years & I will do whatever I can to support the effort to unionize in VA.
Same here.
@@haleybrown2836 But hardly anyone knows they're fighting to unionize becuz the MSM hasn't done a single story on that Hershey factory! And all those Easter candy sales are fast approaching.
@@freedomfighter4990 There are those of us who no longer watch MSM. Breaking Points keeps up with this channel and judging from the past will do a segment on it. I will definitely do my part in spreading the info.
@@haleybrown2836 A lot of folks folks I know still get their news from MSM & Facebook. Getting them to track union stories online is always difficult... But I will send them this link.
@@freedomfighter4990 This is all we can do. In Europe they can't understand why people take this labor abuse. Big difference: in Europe they strike and demonstrate over the weekend and go to work on Monday, they don't have to worry about losing their job over it.. Here you demonstrate and strike and the likelihood is that if your boss finds out you will be gone within a month. In comparison to Europe we have next to no labor laws. In Europe they have Labor Courts, the judges are government employees and were not elected through some right wing organization like the Federal Society. You may also find my comment regarding EU minimum labor standards interesting.
Welcome ;to the US . This goes on throughout the US. This is the price for not having next to no labor protection. The EU has minimum labor standards every member has to abide by. Guess what, the UK's 99% just lost that labor protection and copying the US their 1% love it.
I would just quit
Hang tough, folks. You can do this.
.. and, remember, those who are so giddy about "acceptable norms" and try so hard to ensure that "Nothing Fundamentally Changes" are NOT your friends.
I work for fritolay........and it's been union for decades. That being said....we are having the same problems. Forced overtime 7 days a week......shady management that seems to get a thrill out of forcing people over or in early. People that don't get a day off for months on end. We also have NO paid time off .......I thought a union would protect their people, but they don't at fritolay. Americans should be able to work 5 days a week @ 40 hours and pay their bills- have some kind of work life balance
They have money to spy on their employees but to not give them better pay or give them those days off? WTF
John Deere wouldn't allow that tier system to go into effect. The old heads stood up with the new ppl, and all did the strike.
✊✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿Hoping that Hershey workers get a union and get their voices hear!
@Brass Dolphin Midnight Foot Feed You need to stop devaluing workers. Workers should be able to have a voice and make a living. Eisenhower valued unions. MLK Jr. valued unions. The only people who hate unions are people who don't value their work or don't care about workers rights.
To any future trolls, I don't care about CEO's and shareholders. If a company fire workers for speaking out then, I hope those workers take the company to the cleaners!
Those workers in the video were not fired for speaking out. They were fired for other things like multiple writeups, etc.
Solidarity to all Hershey employees and union organizers. It’s time for corporations to pay their fair share to those who keep their businesses moving.
I did 3 3/4 years of mandatory overtime doing 2 paid positions and getting only one pay. Right to work state! Non slavery because you have the right to quit, but if didn't have that, guess what!
Unionize and teach your children that unions are the only way to go. If someone is concerned about corruption within their union, they need to get involved directly and bring some coworkers in to the union. Within a union, we the workers are the voice and must demand our representation that we send to management listens to us and fights for us.
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Wait, when did Hershey UN-unionize? I swear I thought they had a union since the gilded age of robber-barons.
Only one of their plants are union
Currently I think only their West Hershey plant in Hershey, PA is unionized. They had many plants in its past unionized but they all closed which included their iconic plant in downtown Hershey, PA.
@@midnight-2021 also the hazleton plant
This is like every manufacturing job I've ever had.
i love the CEO. she's like an old robot: people important very treat good is them, policy official, this
Omg this is unbelievable I just watched how they are treating the people at Kellogg’s this is omg
I did belong to a union but guess what. The company had the same absentee policy as Hersheys. If you were not out on benefits, you’d take a vacation day so you’d not be suspended for absenteeism. And we did have forced overtime also for a time. So, unions do help with benefits, but the company can also hire “contract workers” that are paid more as they have no benefits. And because of their added experience they were hired for transfer positions before the employees were. Be aware of this. Also, at contract time there were layoffs to make up for a higher wage.
More power to you guys drop the direct action links to support these individuals efforts.
People really just need to start posting the addresses of CEOs, and let the problem sort itself out.
Quit harrassing union organizers. Boycotting Hersheys.
There should be a cap on CEOs salaries, based on a percentage of employee's salary. Then they really would care about the employees.
I agree. Like Bezoz. No person needs billions of dollars. There should be a cap.
My Dad taught me the importance of a boycott. Sure hope you have a Union shop soon.
That's horrible!
It's time to boycott Hershey's products. I will not purchase their products in the future.
You all need to unionize! Best of luck to all of you
I belive that we will win!!
Hope so.
I grew up near Hershey and when I was young, a job there was considered a "dream". Now, it sounds far more like an utter nightmare. I once applied for a job there years ago and wasn't hired. It seemed like bad luck then, but after seeing this video, I feel as if it was a blessing in disguise.
I'm rooting for these workers and hope their attempts to unionize prove successful.
There always two sides to every story just remember that .
Unions promise and say a lot of things some true and some false . word to wise!!!
It's weird that candy is considered essential today. But I hope they unionize and win. I haven't eaten a Snickers bar in years, the caramel is just too sticky when I eat it. Since then, I've been trying to eat healthier & lose as much weight as possible.
My mom's sole vice in life is the giant size of the basic Hershey's milk chocolate bar. She doesn't eat sweets apart from that, and she definitely has withdrawal when we can't find them locally.
It’s a good thing Snickers is made by Mars, Inc.
Hershey and probably a large majority of food companies have changed their ingredients over the decades for costs. Plus added preservatives have increased the shelf life of their products. If you claimed that you think their products have tasted somewhat different then in the past, you are correct.
Fight the power!!!✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿
Wow that's sick, these people go through all this just so others can eat trash. 🗑😕
That means Hershey is functioning like the red cross,not really caring about the employees,which is why I quit,this is corporate America today,not interested..and I retired bye now
Shit when I got my first promotion at T-Mobile I worked 351 days straight the first year because they challenged me to hit a certain number
This sounds like graphic packaging intl.. they make the boxes/cartons for Hersheys. These companies need to stopped.. we were union teamsters actually and they did nothing for us. Forced 72 and 84 hour weeks..
Good for you for hanging in there. I hope you succeed.💯👍👍
Medicare For All, End corporate personhood, everyone deserves a pension,
I can honestly say that Hershey's is not a prison, the major difference is that as an employee you have the choice to walk away at any time. Now I fully understand the consequences of a walk off the job quit, it's still your choice. Let's all please recognize the difference between a prisoner and a Hershey employee. Employees have rights. I need not say the status of prisoners and their rights. I do with all my heart believe that Hershey's co. Does have faults, just like every aspect of the world we live in. I pray and hope Hershey's can overcome this and remain on the path of our visionary leader Milton Hershey and what he intended. 💚
Maybe it's time to quit that company
Be careful when Unionizing that you don't create another tyrannical entity to Lord over you. Unions can be very helpful, but they're also another master to obey......
Hershey's chocolate is the nastiest chocolate ever now compared to the 1990s
Wow!!!!! This sounds EXACTLY like case new holland!!!! We're non union but same things just like this happen!!!
This abuse of human rights for money profits is Totally abhorrent and should be STOPPED
Grossly lying, out of touch and elitist CEO....
I would say it's time to boycott them, but I already don't eat candy. You should boycott them though
I don’t eat their products either since they went “woke”. But apparently treating their employees unfairly is ok with them.
Wow, unbelievable
I worked for Hershey for 20 years and this is all 100% correct!!!
I hope you win soon. That sounds like Hershey's has gone back to the days of Dickens! 72 days without a day off? Criminal!
Right on go union
Sounds like they went to the same school for galley slave employers. Sounds a lot like Amazon Fulfilment Warehouse employee treatment. On the other side of the issue, why would anyone work for the same employer for 6 years that treated it’s workers as described in the piece. Is the pay that good?
That's insane
Sounds terrible. Good luck folks.
(Remember Ludlow!)
People fought to ensure this type of work relation didn't exist, to think their hard work was undone, this is what market anarchy looks like we don't want corporate rule!
Fuck that. I like how they show the ceo saying one thing then the workers saying something completely different.
I so respect the work that you do.
It’s probably over used but let’s never forget that American citizens have unions to thank for the typical 5 day, forty hour work week, overtime pay, sick leave, minimum ( let’s hear it for a living) wage. And a host of other humane business practices.
isnt Hersheys an American company?
Yes. They have licensing agreements with other candy companies to distribute their candy into the US. Cadburry and Kit Kat are good examples.
Let go brandon
I'll remember that the next time I buy candy.
Keep it up people that work for these corupt companies
Horrifying stuff
Stay strong
I don't want a union, and yes, things need to be worked out, and yes, management is working on it, but in a very complicated way that I don't think they can handle. I have been with the Hershey company for a very long time.
We miss ya!
Hershey …….shame, shame!!! I’m so sick of corporate greed on the backs of workers. Will think twice about purchasing Hershey products now. Good luck to all of you!
Only defining words from being! Right to quit!
With the exception of Montana all states are Right to Work states. Translated your employer has the right to fire you for or without cause. Glaballly there are only a handful of countries still upholding this law. This law goes back to 1898, the old master/servant relationship.
Why would they still be employing humans any way they are a waste of money .only machines .and those that fix the machines .
Watching all these makes me love my company. Its not unionized either.
I don’t work in a union now, but I have before when I was in another line of work and I loved it. I think just about every if not every company should have a union.
Seems to me Hershey's is going up Hershey highway! Hope your union vote succeed!
GET ANOTHER JOB...
QUIT ACTING LIKE IF YOU ARE BEING USED. BUNCH GREEDY WORKERS!!!
The big corporations are relearning the lessons of the past when it comes to unions. I fear we workers need to be ready to lay down our lives once more like our predecessors as these companies will not give up a single cent they don't have to without a fight.
It's not like that 'chocolate' is even edible. It's disgusting.
stay strong !!!
One thing everyone is forgetting is that Hershey is no longer a American ran business. They where sold too Mexico
Unionize!!
This goes on where I work at Blues City Brewery in Memphis Tn and even more during the pandemic we worked we were told that we didn’t qualify for hazard pay but we found out different they took our sick time and told us that we have to accumulate the time on RTO time we get three days that we can only use quarterly they tell us how to take our vacation time and so much more we was just on the news for a chemical issue and they had the employees to go back inside to work which cause a lot of employees to have health issues one lady has been having issues with her version they use products like soap on the lines that contain acid that causes respiratory problems and so much more
Legal slavery.
Years ago Hershey threatened to go to Mexico unless they got a tax break. They did; so they stayed. Crappy management produces crappy conditions. Crappy workers produces companies to bail to third world cheap labor areas. Unions protect the good workers as well as the crappy workers. Think about that for a moment.
Who is forcing these people to work there??
I worked at a company and my first few days there I got in trouble for something I didn’t know. You know I was new. They wrote me up it was a dumb thing so small every other job would have said. Now you know be more careful. Whatever I thought week 5 years later I never got a raise so I asked for one. They gave me a write up And used the first one to fire me. Later I saw the manager at the bar he was 3 sheets to the wind. He told me they need me back the place went to shit after I left. He told me everyone gets a write up the first week so when you ask for a raise they write you up a second time and fire you.
Time to boycott Hershey!
Not surprised
Guess I won’t be buying Hershey candy.
Nothing new. Milton Hershey used orphans from his own orphanage as free labor when I was a kid.