Uber, Lyft Are Spending Millions To Fight Labor Protections For Their Workers
Republikkkans always fight unions so they can dehumanize their employees and reduce them to literally serfs with no rights or safety nets. Squeeze every last penny out of an employee and then discard them at will with no regard for the tragic human consequences.
Uber is a blight.
On this day, 25 March 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York took place, which killed 147 workers. The victims were mostly women and young girls aged 13 to 23 working in sweatshop conditions. Some were burned, others were trampled to death, desperately trying to escape via stairway exits illegally locked to prevent “the interruption of work.” 50 died leaping from the high-rise building to escape the flames. The company owners were charged with seven counts of manslaughter – but found not guilty. https://ift.tt/2UQDRWg
Many of the victims had been beaten by men & police weeks before, for protesting the working conditions.
The owners escaped the fire through a door they locked behind them.
On this day, 25 March 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York took place, which killed 147 workers. The victims were mostly women and young girls aged 13 to 23 working in sweatshop conditions. Some were burned, others were trampled to death, desperately trying to escape via stairway exits illegally locked to prevent “the interruption of work.” 50 died leaping from the high-rise building to escape the flames. The company owners were charged with seven counts of manslaughter – but found not guilty. https://ift.tt/2UQDRWg
Many of the victims had been beaten by men & police weeks before, for protesting the working conditions.
The owners escaped the fire through a door they locked behind them.