as katie starts to walk away, jeremiah tries another approach. it was disgusting. i was not interested in this man in any way. recruiting managers have so much power over these women because working on the tea plantations is the only option for most. one in three adults here is unemployed. women who work atjamji say if
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.
as divisional manager, he has his own compound. it felt pretty transactional. even from where i sat as an undercover investigator, i felt pressured. jeremiah continues to push. if my whole life really was pegged on this opportunity, i can only imagine how that encounter would have unfolded. katie s experience with jeremiah follows a pattern other women have described.
many of the women have worked on tea plantations owned by british dutch multinational unilever. it s been the biggest tea company in the region, producing pg tips and lipton teas since the 1980s. were you forced to sleep with a manager to get the job? jeremiah koskei. he s a divisional managerfor unilever. he s worked for the company for 2h years. the women say work is scarce,