Wednesday, June 11, 2008

...and throw away the key

Jonathan Tasini at the SEIU blog Working Life declares "Lock Em Up" in regards to this story just posted on the NY Times website,

A Brooklyn contractor is being charged with manslaughter today in connection with an accident on a construction site in March that killed a worker who was digging a foundation, according to the Brooklyn district attorney’s office.

The contractor, William Lattarulo, is accused in the indictment of ignoring clear safety hazards and forcing his employees to endanger themselves so he could keep his construction moving forward. The indictment marks an unusual step for prosecutors, who rarely press charges against contractors. But it comes amid a spate of construction accidents that have killed or injured dozens of people and cast the city’s contractors and buildings inspectors in an unforgiving light.

It's high time the government started aggressively prosecuting employers who thumb their noses at work-place safety standards.

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