the following weekend, katie still hasn t started working on unilever s jamji farm. jeremiah invites himself to her home. i felt like i was now expected to be at his beck and call. immediately, he asks her to get into his car. i didn t want to be in such an enclosed and private space with him. he was getting angry with my very firm no s.
you refusejeremiah s advances, you don t get employed. so far, katie s managed to keep jeremiah at arm s length. she still gets a job, because her application has already been sent to head office. she s assigned to the weeding team. it s one of the toughest jobs on the farm. the lady, the kind of work she s doing is the hardest labour in the plantation. every day she ll be going home with pain. katie and the other workers spend up to ten hours a day, six days a week, working the land. they re paid £25 a week. it s gruelling work, and many women ask to be moved. and inevitably, she will come and ask the supervisor for lighter duties or a different working area. and this is when he takes the opportunity to tell her
but after she drops off her cv in person, the next day he invites her to his office. katie s invited to an induction day. but she doesn t know yet if there s a job for her. jeremiah gives a speech to his new recruits. he tells them unilever has a zero tolerance policy towards sexual harassment. two hours after the induction, katie s back home when she gets a phone call.