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Where can I submit a complaint about unsanitary dorms provided by the employer?

Hi guys. Im a J1 student working in the US for the summer season. My employer provided housing in a dorm style building and we are around 60 students sharing a total or 4 bathrooms (showers and toilets are not separate). Most of us share a room with two more people. As you can imagine, its terrible. No one is cleaning this place for us and i tried deep cleaning it a couple of times just to see it even worse the next day. We have mice (thats why the roaches started to dissapear, thank god /s) and Im sure they would blame it on us for “living like pigs” if we brought it up. I tried contacting my visa sponsor about the employer before, telling them about how we have expired or non existent first aid kits and not enough protective gear to do our jobs (we are, ironically,…


Hi guys. Im a J1 student working in the US for the summer season. My employer provided housing in a dorm style building and we are around 60 students sharing a total or 4 bathrooms (showers and toilets are not separate). Most of us share a room with two more people. As you can imagine, its terrible. No one is cleaning this place for us and i tried deep cleaning it a couple of times just to see it even worse the next day. We have mice (thats why the roaches started to dissapear, thank god /s) and Im sure they would blame it on us for “living like pigs” if we brought it up. I tried contacting my visa sponsor about the employer before, telling them about how we have expired or non existent first aid kits and not enough protective gear to do our jobs (we are, ironically, housekeepers) . The visa sponsor just basically said that if we want extra safety equipment we should buy it ourselves because all the chemicals we use can be found in regular households as well. (Yes, but you can make mustard gas with household supplies so i dont see their point). Anyway, I also tried contacting OSHA and they said housing matters are not something they investigate (didnt redirect me to some kind of other institution that can do an inspection and take action either) So, what can I do about this? Are we elligible for some type of compensation? I do pay rent for this shithole.

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