{"id":57037,"date":"2024-07-24T01:00:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T09:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civileats.com\/?p=57037"},"modified":"2024-07-23T17:43:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T01:43:59","slug":"farmworkers-push-krogers-shareholders-for-heat-and-labor-protections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civileats.com\/2024\/07\/24\/farmworkers-push-krogers-shareholders-for-heat-and-labor-protections\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmworkers Push Kroger\u2019s Shareholders for Heat and Labor Protections"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/div>

For years, U.S. farmworkers have been pressuring Kroger, the nation\u2019s largest supermarket, to come to the table to establish stronger labor protections on the farms supplying its fruits and vegetables. Specifically, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), a worker rights organization in Florida, has repeatedly asked Kroger to join its Fair Food Program, which has implemented the strongest heat protections<\/a> in the nation. <\/p><\/div>

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Farmworkers took this a step further at Kroger\u2019s annual shareholder meeting<\/a> in late June, directing their plea for stronger human rights to the major financiers whose dividends depend on the under-recognized labor of farmworkers. They called upon the company\u2019s shareholders<\/a>\u2014whose top investors are Vanguard, BlackRock, and Berkshire Hathaway\u2014to support a proposal<\/a> that Kroger publish a \u201cjust transition\u201d report examining \u201chow the risks to workers are changing due to rising temperatures\u201d in its agricultural supply chain.<\/p>\n

In a speech at the meeting, Gerardo Reyes Chavez, a former farmworker and current organizer with CIW, painted a picture for shareholders of the stark reality faced by U.S. farmworkers laboring under record-breaking temperatures\u2014with no mandatory right to shade, water, or breaks in most states. The proposal<\/a>, introduced by Domini Impact Investments, one of Kroger\u2019s shareholders, adds pressure to the company to address these growing risks.<\/p>\n

\u201cKroger\u2019s current supplier policies contain vague expectations and do not include binding obligations that effectively keep workers safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cWe must establish the gravity, indeed, the dire urgency of this resolution. The stakes of a just transition for Kroger are nothing less than life or death for the farmworkers who put food on all our tables,\u201d Chavez said in his address to the shareholders. \u201cEven just taking a break to drink water has been met with harassment and violence from a supervisor. I know this because it is the reality I myself have lived as a farmworker.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kroger did not respond to a request for comment by press time.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, earlier this month, the Biden administration unveiled a heat protection rule<\/a>, the first federal standard of its kind, which would require employers develop an emergency plan for heat illness and provide outdoor workers with shade, water, rest breaks, and training to manage and identify heat risks. But its pathway to implementation is murky. The rule likely won\u2019t be finalized until the end of the year. Also, it may be halted under a Trump administration, and it will likely be challenged in court by industries already fighting it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Currently, only four states\u2014California, Oregon, Washington, and Colorado\u2014have mandated similar rules to protect farmworkers from extreme heat<\/a>. In the meantime, the consequences are dire: Farmworkers are 35 times<\/a> more likely to die of heat stress compared to workers in other industries.<\/p>\n

The investors supporting the proposal claim that Kroger\u2019s existing policies are failing to protect workers from climate risks and other human rights abuses, pointing to the death of a worker at Kroger\u2019s distribution center from heat stress in 2023. Investors also cited Kroger\u2019s track record of supplying from multiple farms linked to modern-day slavery, including sourcing from a watermelon farm in Florida where workers\u2014held against their will in a barbed-wire encampment\u2014escaped by hiding in the trunk of a car.<\/p>\n

\u201cKroger\u2019s current supplier policies contain vague expectations and do not include binding obligations that effectively keep workers safe. For monitoring, Kroger relies on social audits or voluntary self-assessments, which have been widely critiqued and discredited for their failure to deliver human rights outcomes and remediate harms,\u201d states the proposal.<\/p>\n

Instead, the proposal encourages Kroger to join the CIW\u2019s Fair Food Program, which it describes as \u201cthe only farmworker program with a demonstrated track record of success in protecting farmworkers in U.S. agriculture from climate-related risks.\u201d (Previously, Domini Impact Investments filed a proposal asking Kroger to join the Fair Food Program as a pilot program, but it was determined to be against SEC rules.)<\/p>\n

The Fair Food Program offers binding labor protections through a contract between farmworkers, farmers, and major food retailers<\/a>, which is monitored by an independent council that operates a 24\/7 trilingual complaint line. The program has been widely recognized<\/a> for rooting out some of the most persistent abuses, including sexual assault and forced labor, that often plague corporate supply chains.\u00a0The shareholder proposal asks Kroger to examine how its current policies compare to the Fair Food Program.<\/p>\n

The investors\u2019 proposal also took issue with the company\u2019s \u201csiloed approach\u201d to environmental issues without considering workers. For instance, \u201cKroger\u2019s recently released nature-based strategy,<\/a> developed to reduce pesticides with the goal to protect pollinators and biodiversity, does not make any mention of farmworkers who apply pesticides,\u201d shareholders noted in the proposal. It\u2019s estimated that pesticide exposure unintentionally kills around 11,000 people per year<\/a>, particularly farmers and farmworkers.<\/p>\n

In the end, despite Chavez\u2019s plea, just over 80 percent of shareholders voted against the proposal; while 460 million shareholders voted against the proposal, 98 million voted for it. Prior to the annual meeting, Kroger\u2019s board of directors had advised its shareholders to vote against adopting the proposal, according to SEC filings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue to encourage Kroger to join the Fair Food Program, because we think it will deliver meaningful human rights outcomes.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThe company already provides robust annual reporting on sustainability and social impact topics and engages stakeholders to inform content,\u201d stated Kroger\u2019s board of directors, citing the company\u2019s existing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategy. \u201cPeople are at the heart of Kroger\u2019s purpose-driven approach and shared-value ESG strategy: Thriving Together. As outlined in our ESG report, we aim to advance positive impacts across three strategic pillars\u2014people, planet, and systems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mary Beth Gallagher, the director of engagement with Domino Impact Investments, the company behind the shareholder proposal, was still encouraged by the percentage of shareholders who voted in favor of adopting her proposal. \u201cIt signals that enough of their investor base sees this as a risk that they should be managing differently,\u201d she told Civil Eats.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue to encourage Kroger to join the Fair Food Program, because we think it will deliver meaningful human rights outcomes,\u201d Gallagher said. \u201cIt will protect against this risk, and it will strengthen its human rights programs and performance.\u201d<\/p>\n

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