September 12, 2012 nearly 300 workers killed

[Omaha Steve]

http://nhlabornews.com/2015/09/september-12-2012/




A fire at a textile factory complex in Karachi, Pakistan, kills nearly 300 workers trapped behind locked doors and barred windows. It happened just hours after another fire at a shoe factory in Lahore killed at least 25 workers. Labor leaders blamed government abandonment of enforcing laws and regulations established to ensure workplace health and safety.

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[PatrickforO]

1. What the heck is management doing locking the doors and barring the windows.

There's only one answer: a global labor union to push back against this crap. Push for higher wages, pensions, health care - things that if people had, their lives wouldn't be a living hell any more.