In These Times
05-03-2017, 10:30 PM
This article was first posted (http://www.hazards.org/vulnerableworkers/ituc28april.htm) by Hazards magazine.
When Babul Khan lost two of his four sons in an inferno at Gadani shipbreaking yard (http://www.industriall-union.org/worst-of-the-worst-shipbreaking-in-pakistan) on November 1, 2016, it was a tragedy but it wasn’t a surprise. Like all the 26 workers who were killed when an oil tanker was blasted apart at Pakistan’s largest shipbreaking yard, 18-year-old Ghulam Hyder and 32-year-old Alam Khan were insecure workers. Disposable workers.
The yard was shut in the immediate wake of the deaths. Soon, though, it was business as usual—and that meant, inevitably, more deaths. At least five workers died in a fire on a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) container ship at the shipbreaking yard on January 9, 2017. The yard was making money; a steady stream of horrific fatalities was just collateral damage.
More... (http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/20099/why_inequality_in_the_workforce_is_bad_for_your_health/)
When Babul Khan lost two of his four sons in an inferno at Gadani shipbreaking yard (http://www.industriall-union.org/worst-of-the-worst-shipbreaking-in-pakistan) on November 1, 2016, it was a tragedy but it wasn’t a surprise. Like all the 26 workers who were killed when an oil tanker was blasted apart at Pakistan’s largest shipbreaking yard, 18-year-old Ghulam Hyder and 32-year-old Alam Khan were insecure workers. Disposable workers.
The yard was shut in the immediate wake of the deaths. Soon, though, it was business as usual—and that meant, inevitably, more deaths. At least five workers died in a fire on a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) container ship at the shipbreaking yard on January 9, 2017. The yard was making money; a steady stream of horrific fatalities was just collateral damage.
More... (http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/20099/why_inequality_in_the_workforce_is_bad_for_your_health/)