Guatemalan 15 Year Old Worker: Sonia

Fifteen year old Sonia speaks about the sweatshop conditions she endured working at the Legumex/Tierra Fria frozen foods plant in Guatemala. The plant exports food to distribution giants Sysco and U.S. Foods Service.

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• guatemala
• national
• labor
• committee
• child
• worker
• human
• rights
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• globalization
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[crazy21boy]

somebody help

[guaterockxguate]

i see how bad its that sisco made a big money every year , but some people there its exploited,,, so bad i wish somebody really can do something for this peolple rights

[Eagle22805]

OMG this is so sad.. I've eaten at the college Sysco Food... I'm From Guatemala and I didn't know about this... and here we pay each meal around $7.00 can you imagine how much this company earn.... But these children earn like $1.23 per day worked. OMG what the hell is this... what happen with this company at least they have to give a good treat to these people.... !!!!!!!!!! dear god... !!!!!

[JmsDrkx]

this is very sad !!!

[BlueLily092]

Dear God . . . =/

I hope things get better.

[MisterChase]

They don't have to work there. If the company is forced to make changes, they'll leave. You would be helping these people lose their jobs. Nice.