she has to sleep with him. katie s supervisor is called samuel yebei. he s been with unilever for 13 years. samuel agrees to see if he can move katie to lighter duties. but within 48 hours, he makes it clear he wants something in return. he seems to think that katie now owes him. samuel continues to press katie for an invitation to her home. these leaders anticipate that you re going to approach
them to ask for help. so they position themselves in such a way that if you need to make money and you can t quit yourjob, then you will need to pay in one form or another. other women supervised by samuel say katie s experience is typical. since sleeping with him, how has your life been affected? at the end of her first week working at unilever,
to our requests for comment. samuel yebei denies the allegations against him. while we were filming, unilever sold its tea brands and fields to the venture capital company cvc. it now operates as lipton teas and infusions. it says it has immediately suspended the two managers and ordered a full investigation. it s not just staff at unilever who say they suffer poor conditions and sexual harassment at work. the second largest company operating tea plantations here is james finlay and company from scotland. in 2020, it made £52 million in revenue, supplying kenyan tea to sainsbury s and tesco supermarkets, as well as starbucks. more than 2,000 former employees are taking part in
i m appalled that nothing has changed, but i d have to say that i m not surprised. it s all too common for them to receive information about serious abuses in their workplaces and to take action, but action that s not very effective. and then you find that the abuses persist. it s completely unacceptable. unilever says it s deeply shocked and saddened by the allegations in this film. ..it s followed the recommendations in the 2011 report, and worked to address gender based violence against women, upgraded the grievance handling process, increased training and improved the gender balance of team leaders. it says any criminality was reported to the police. jeremiah koskei didn t respond
jeremiah tells her to meet him at a nearby hotel bar that evening. it was very uncomfortable for me, because mrjeremiah was the most senior guy, but he s still the one ringing me up, his subordinate, to go outwith. she still doesn t know for sure ifjeremiah is going to give her a job. jeremiah seems to have something other than work on his mind. jeremiah lives on the unilever tea estate he manages, jamji.