Frito-Lay factory workers are penalized or even fired for taking time off.
The company makes workers earn “points” to get time off. Earning one point requires working 31 days in a row and points are docked for opting out of overtime.
Workers regularly do 84-hour weeks.
The company makes workers earn “points” to get time off. Earning one point requires working 31 days in a row and points are docked for opting out of overtime.
Workers regularly do 84-hour weeks.
Workers in Topeka reveal they’ve worked up to 5 months without a single day off.
They say that forced overtime is destroying families, ruining marriages, and even costing lives. Multiple coworkers, driven to exhaustion, have died by suicide.
They say that forced overtime is destroying families, ruining marriages, and even costing lives. Multiple coworkers, driven to exhaustion, have died by suicide.
In response to the striking workers’ demands to end forced overtime, “suicide shifts,” and 84-hour weeks, Frito-Lay management offered this:
“There will be no more working 12 hours a day, 7 days a week (84 hours), unless an employee volunteers to work that much.”
“There will be no more working 12 hours a day, 7 days a week (84 hours), unless an employee volunteers to work that much.”
Nearly 600 workers at Frito-Lay’s factory in Topeka, Kansas, have been on strike for over two weeks protesting these egregious schedules, unfair wages, and dangerous working conditions.
Frito-Lay workers in other states have also begun to speak out and demand change.
Frito-Lay workers in other states have also begun to speak out and demand change.
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