Workers Allege 'nightmare' Conditions at Startup JD Vance Helped Fund

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

CNN reporters investigate the working conditions at AppHarvest, an indoor agriculture venture that JD Vance was an early investor, board member and public pitchman.

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... AppHarvest employees said they were forced to work in grueling conditions inside the company's greenhouse, where temperatures often soared into the triple digits. Complaints filed with the US Department of Labor and a Kentucky regulator between 2020 and 2023 show that workers alleged they were given insufficient water breaks and weren't provided adequate safety gear. ...

What is it with Republicans and not providing water?

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-08-13 02:34 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Water is for soy boys who like gay beer.

MAGA guzzles Diet Coke.

The Dunce, however, prefers the non-racist Dew.

#2 | Posted by anton at 2024-08-13 02:53 PM | Reply

Trump did the same thing at his golf courses. He imported migrant workers, treated them like dirt, paid them peanuts and held their passports so they couldn't quit.

When the news broke, Eric and Junior went round firing the migrants to destroy the evidence. In one interview with a fired worker, he said he and his family were left destitute without enough money to even go back home.

#3 | Posted by Twinpac at 2024-08-13 07:06 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2