Target store janitors claiming to be locked in file complaint with OSHA
In mid-January, in a press conference in front of Target Corporation headquarters in downtown Minneapolis, over two dozen employees of retail cleaning companies that clean Target stores in the Twin Cities metro area announced OSHA complaints that were filed January 17th. The complaints allege that workers, who are employees of the cleaning contractors, are locked in the Target stores and must find a manager to unlock doors if there is a need to exit the building. Further, many workers claim that they were never informed of where any emergency exits are, according to a press release issued by of the low-wage worker led organization Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha (CTUL).
The complaints also state that the workers never received training on the nature of the chemicals they use at work, the dangers of exposure, or how to protect themselves from dangers of exposure, or how to protect themselves from dangers related to the chemicals.