Workers for frozen food giant Amy’s Kitchen allege unsafe conditions at Bay Area factory (Via eatersf)
during which several employees shared stories of being told to continue wrapping burritos and filling frozen meal plates despite suffering painful injuries caused by repetitive motions. Cecilia Luna Ojeda, who filed the Cal/OSHA complaint on behalf of all workers at the plant, told NBC News she was laid off after she told the company she needed surgery to address an injury that began when she was working on the company’s frozen burrito production line.
The Cal/OSHA complaint alleges that lack of restroom and water breaks is due to “pressure to maintain line speeds,”reports. Ojeda, who’s worked for the company for 17 years, previously told the outlet that production speeds at the factory have ramped up from about 21,000 plates completed by a production kilne in an eight-hour shift to 25,716 plates during an 8 1/2-hour shift.
The complaint, which was prepared for Ojeda by a representative from of the local chapter of the Teamsters union, also comes as some workers at the Bay Area factory are making moves toward unionizing. In the complaint, Ojeda asks regulators to take “immediate action” to protect workers from suffering injuries, saying prior action has not been enough to keep employees safe. According to
, in just the past five years Amy’s Kitchen has been cited by Cal/OSHA for eight “serious” labor violations to the tune of some $90,000 in fines, though the company contested all the violations.
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