Mastodawn

Jun 27, 2024

Yesterday it was around 100º in Macon, GA. We went into a Krystal restaurant, and *their AC wasn't working!!!* They had a couple of industrial air movers in the dining area, but even so, it was at _least_ 90º. This means the kitchen was probably around 120º, which isn't safe for humans.

#UnsafeWorkingConditions #Capitalism #Safety #WorkerSafety

Killer Rabbit 90 Mar 27, 2024

Baltimore Key Bridge Collapses, Killing Six Immigrant Workers Who Had No Access to Emergency Warnings http://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/27/francis_scott_key_bridge_collapse_baltimore #BaltimoreBridgeCollapse #ImmigrantWorkers #racism #UnsafeWorkingConditions #expendable

Baltimore Key Bridge Collapses, Killing Six Immigrant Workers Who Had No Access to Emergency Warnings

Six people are missing and presumed dead after a 984-foot cargo ship hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing the bridge’s collapse early Tuesday morning. All six have been identified as immigrant construction workers originally hailing from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Maryland Governor Wes Moore said the crew on the ship was able to issue an emergency mayday call before colliding with the bridge, which allowed authorities to stop incoming traffic and prevent more casualties. However, reports say the workers already on the bridge were not given similar warnings. “The question we should be asking about is why the folks on that bridge … had no direct line to emergency dispatch when they are clearly working in a potentially hazardous environment,” says journalist Maximillian Alvarez, the editor-in-chief of the Baltimore-based organization The Real News Network, who has been closely following the story and how it has affected immigrant and working-class communities. “What does this story actually show us? That immigrants are filling our potholes at night so that we can have a smooth drive to work in the morning,” Alvarez says. “I hope people can see this and see the humanity in us.”

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Veirling | #MMIWG #LandBack Oct 21, 2023

My partner and their mum was able to see this choir in Vancouver. It's not that we honor or dismiss workers because they fit a stereotype. It's because, you know, they die in unsafe working conditions just to keep peoples' lights on. Survivors created Men of the Deeps choir to face their own grief and in memorial of miners lost.
#Labor #Mining #Tragedies #UnsafeWorkingConditions #ChoralMusic #Grief
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IngBIDwrf8