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If you’re in danger from humans, fire, or disaster I don’t give a shit if you might lose your job.
Leave.
They were threatened with loss of their livelihoods, and disinformed of the risk to their lives.
Totally. My wife works in a skyscraper and they had a fire on the 6th floor and were told not to leave while the firefighters investigate. She's on the 25th, so I told her to leave anyway until they can clear the fire. Why risk it? By the time the FF arrive and clear it, it could be too late with people flooding the stairwells to get out.
Exactly. If firefighters need to check it out, I’m taking that as a reason to distrust the structure.
Live to sue another day.
That's part of the issue. I don't think many people thought the hurricane was going to cause the damage it did until it actually happened.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xYfH8nftFpw
Here's an interview with a survivor. It is infuriating.
I wonder if Terry was okay during the storm, since it took him ten fucking minutes to call back to say they were allowed to go home.
Another win for greed, capitalism and the American way!
If you think you aren’t just a number. Remember this day.
NBC news had an article that not once mentioned that employees said they were not allowed to leave. Just that the company said what the company said publicly. Totally pro-corpo.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/hurricane-tennessee-deaths-plastic-factory-rcna173351
Holy crap, I didn't believe you until I read this.
I hope future Google searches for Tavleen Tarrant and Suzanne Gamboa show this comment. Those journalists are disgusting scum of human beings. I would be ashamed to work at the same company as them.
In this case, I hope the family members and employees file a massive lawsuit against Impact Plastics.
It wouldn't surprise me if the business is leveraged so that any lawsuit, while successful, would be like squeezing blood from a stone.
And unless they can pierce the corporate veil, the CEO can't be held personally liable.
God, I fucking hate corporate personhood.
I think in this case an argument could be made for personal culpability, and I for one hope they are charged with manslaughter.
tragic company name
My siblings live in an area affected by Helene, and I thank fucking god the one that works in a warehouse has the Gen Z attitude of “get fucked lol” when it comes to employers.
When the worst of the storm was coming through the stance of county 911 was that if you call they’re not coming unless someone is about to die. And yet some of these companies expect people to risk their lives to show up for $10-15 an hour? It’s insane.
I understand why everyone can’t just tell their employer to go fuck themselves, it’s just a horrible situation if you ever find yourself in the position of having to make the call of, ‘do I lose my job for what may or may not be a genuine emergency?’
Red States like cheap labor with the life is cheap attitude.
That's why they're "pro birth" because they need more bodies to fill the meat grinder.
pro forced birth.
Hopefully what's left of the business is sued into the ground for such willful negligence
Not enough. The people implementing that kind of work culture need prison time.
It's just going to get blamed on whatever mid level manager relayed the instructions.
"Use your best judgement." WINK WINK
If the manager had sent everyone home and the factory wasn't destroyed, they'd get fired for it.
Your life is more valuable than your livelihood. Idk why in anyone’s right mind would even be there during a hurricane
The thing is you never expect it to get so bad that you might die it's more like you think you'll be stuck at work overnight or something like that and unfortunately it's not worth losing your livelihood over having to spend a night at work. Unfortunately by the time people realize how bad it is it's usually too late.
At least they died making a line go up in the bank account of some rich people who already have more than enough money than they know what to do with.
The line must always go up.
And by line, I mean ladder. Pulled up by the people who got in early or had nepotistic connections. While they tower above us and demand we run inside a hamster wheel for the privilege of being alive.
Oh boy do I love our currently-fucked society.
Name for shame. I only find "plastic factory" and "company"?
People should know where they don't want to work.
It's in the body of the post; the company is called Impact Plastics.
Ah, thanks! Didn't see that.
The south. You don't want to work, or live in the south.
They didn't pass right to work because they love workers.
Doesn't this exact thing keep happening? Yay capitalism! \s
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/13/kentucky-tornadoes-candle-factory-search-survivors
113 years ago the Triangle Waistshirt Factory Fire also killed a fuckload of people... and the owners got off scot-free.
Not capitalism, just the south.
They never got over losing their slaves, first they kept going with Jim crow and the KKK, then right to work meant they could treat poor white people bad too.
"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." -LBJ
This is literally some triangle shirtwaist shit
What loyal employees they would rather die if it means helping their company profit this is who you should to look to for guidance.
When you're the one in the household with the job that makes actual money, threats of "leave and your fired" can make you do unreasonable things. This irrationality can only be alleviated by collective bargaining and unionization... the employees standing up and saying "nope, there's a flash flood predicted tomorrow, we're not going to be coming in." Remember, these folks are working hard for a wage; their bosses and the owners are making the real money off their labor. All that matters to the company is the profit that could be lost if they shuttered one day for safety's sake.
Shutting the factory down for a little rain and wind? That could effect output and the bottom line... can't have that... I'm gonna need you to put your life at risk for our wealth or you can start looking for other work. Work that might not pay this well/have health insurance and other benefits you family needs to survive. Everyone who lives through it gets a pizza party!
Will they be personally accountable for that faulty decision?
We have performed a detailed investigation and determined the responsibility was entirely the fault of 2nd junior line supervisor Ricky, who was hired last week and has been fired.
When I worked at a shop we always joked (/s) that toolboxes had wheels on them so if the shop ever catches on fire we can just roll tf out and find new jobs down the street.