a class action against finlays. they are suing the company for £125 million in damages, saying they suffered serious back injuries because the company failed to protect them properly. joyce sarange is one of them. we meet at her house on the finlays plantation. ..where she lives and works. joyce says finlays took her best years, then tried to let her go when she got injured at work.
with the help of her union rep, joyce was successfully reinstated as a finlays employee in 2021, but says she came up against a familiar obstacle. she says the anxiety her manager caused by demanding sex for work is even more painful than her physical injuries. as a woman working here, how likely is it to be asked for sex in return for work? it s a daily occurrence? joyce eventually reported the sexual harassment she says she suffered to finlays management.
so no action was taken by the company? joyce has two daughters who are now themselves working on the finlays plantations. she says they, too, are experiencing the same harassment she did, but didn t feel able to resist. how did your daughters get thejobs? lawyers from the uk are representing joyce and other finlays workers in the class action. it s about giving a voice and empowering a class of people who have been treated so badly, feeling that they are helpless in the face of a very rich multinational who controls their daily lives.