CoolerOpposide [she/her]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 years agoThe absolute state of workers’ rights in Americahexbear.netimagemessage-square133linkfedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1222arrow-down1imageThe absolute state of workers’ rights in Americahexbear.netCoolerOpposide [she/her]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square133linkfedilinkfile-text
The owner of the meat processing plant was ordered to pay a whopping $1143 to a teen who lost his hand in a meat grinder Link to the article
minus-squareMrderisant@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·3 years agoThat’s just the cost of doing business. $1,143 is nothing
minus-squareJuneFall [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·3 years agoAbsolutely. Even higher fines ought to be discussed (like maybe the victim ought to get a claim to the company in addition to the fine)? 125k Pound https://www.ioshmagazine.com/2022/10/25/ps115000-fine-after-hand-amputated-machine-how-it-happened-1 180k Pound https://www.theoldhamtimes.co.uk/news/23275770.tameside-factory-large-fine-woman-hand-amputated/ Also lol @ the judge: 2 month later we would ignore workers’ losing limbs
That’s just the cost of doing business. $1,143 is nothing
Absolutely. Even higher fines ought to be discussed (like maybe the victim ought to get a claim to the company in addition to the fine)?
125k Pound https://www.ioshmagazine.com/2022/10/25/ps115000-fine-after-hand-amputated-machine-how-it-happened-1
180k Pound https://www.theoldhamtimes.co.uk/news/23275770.tameside-factory-large-fine-woman-hand-amputated/
Also lol @ the judge: 2 month later we would ignore workers’ losing limbs