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In reply to the discussion: After protest, Amazon workers finally get AC (some work in 110 degree temps for $11/hr) [View all]cali
(114,904 posts)196. some of you are espousing that it's just the cost of doing business to have
heat related injuries to the extent that a treating ER doc notified the feds.
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After protest, Amazon workers finally get AC (some work in 110 degree temps for $11/hr) [View all]
Amerigo Vespucci
May 2012
OP
People who do construction work routinely have to endure conditions at least that bad..
Fumesucker
May 2012
#2
Eh, as someone who did construction work for many years I just find the hypocrisy interesting..
Fumesucker
May 2012
#43
What makes you think that because DUers are responding to a particular situation that
sabrina 1
May 2012
#126
Sorry, knee-jerk reaction on my part. I was thinking of only my own reaction to the story
sabrina 1
May 2012
#166
I think on DU construction workers are stereotyped as lower class white males..
Fumesucker
May 2012
#169
Try being a Certified Nursing Assistant. IME Construction jobs pay more than the more back-breaking
shcrane71
May 2012
#204
When the tornado or hurricane or ice storm hits, how many of these posters worry about the linemen?
FarCenter
May 2012
#129
Note that the 110 is not thermometer temperature; it is the bogus "heat index"
FarCenter
May 2012
#142
True, but the headline and comments ignore the difference between temperature, heat index, and shade
FarCenter
May 2012
#162
Many of the trades you mention can choose to join unions and work under work rules that make it
Brickbat
May 2012
#174
No. The guy who replied to me acted like it was back in the olden days.
YellowRubberDuckie
May 2012
#34
We didn't have mass production and a global logistics network until the 20th century too.
Sirveri
May 2012
#64
Allowing for breaks and a slower pace makes a huge difference in those conditions -
hedgehog
May 2012
#116
People took three or four hour lunchs and slept through the hottest part of the day.
wickerwoman
May 2012
#176
Yes, because workers suffering heatstroke is preferable to paying a few dollars more for a shirt.
Selatius
May 2012
#27
Yeah. Maybe something will cool an uninsulated building that is 100K sq feet a 10th of a degree.
alphafemale
May 2012
#41
I'm always amazed at how cool the Home Depots are on 100 degree days.
Hassin Bin Sober
May 2012
#171
There are a lot of ways to bring make warehouses comfortable without breaking the bank -
hedgehog
May 2012
#120
Yes, because the only thing, the ONLY THING IN THE FUCKING WORLD THAT MATTERS . . .
hatrack
May 2012
#94
Enjoy that $12.95 shirt knowing that someone had heat stroke to get it to you!
hedgehog
May 2012
#118
That's the argument that's been used against improving workers' conditions since time immemorial
LeftishBrit
May 2012
#200
The same way they air condition that giant warehouse like building called Wal-Mart. nt
Selatius
May 2012
#26
I've worked several warehouse jobs, and never had AC. Just as hot in Michigan as Penn... nt
Romulox
May 2012
#8
So...*you* worked in a warehouse without AC, which is how you "know" that I didn't?
Romulox
May 2012
#138
And Coal Miners working at 1 mile below ground should have natural sunlight throughout the day!
alphafemale
May 2012
#11
From the article: "On one June day alone, 15 workers collapsed from the heat."
sibelian
May 2012
#101
And coal miners worldwide have protested and organized for better conditions as long as there have
suffragette
May 2012
#104
They should at any rate have their conditions regulated by their own health and safety needs, not
LeftishBrit
May 2012
#201
"If this thread is any indication, the troll level on this board is approaching critical."
Occulus
May 2012
#181
If you can't sympathize or understand what it's like read this article from Mother Jones.
likesmountains 52
May 2012
#18
And some of them pass out and end up in the hospital, some have even died from bad and
sabrina 1
May 2012
#131
People who work where AC isn't possible can have work rules to ensure they aren't exploited or
Brickbat
May 2012
#55
Laughing at workers who are trying to improve working conditions should be a PPR level offense.
Zalatix
May 2012
#61
Saying "Toughen up" in response to working conditions that can kill people, too.
Zalatix
May 2012
#70
People died. Perhaps that's why your fellow AFB workers have been asking for AC?
Zalatix
May 2012
#58
I'm going to take the unprecedented step and totally agree with you 10000000000000000% -
Douglas Carpenter
May 2012
#31
so here we have a story about how low-wage workers won a battle for improved conditions and there
Douglas Carpenter
May 2012
#32
No, you have members of DU pointing out that some people can't have comfortable working conditions.
Fumesucker
May 2012
#50
the OP is about low wage workers working for Amazon will have vastly improved working
Douglas Carpenter
May 2012
#52
I think you know very well that some of the comments are suggesting - in fact stating clearly that
Douglas Carpenter
May 2012
#54
Should jobs that by their nature are performed in hostile conditions be paid significantly more?
Fumesucker
May 2012
#59
In many cases they are -- because people have agitated for it, as the Amazon workers are doing here.
Brickbat
May 2012
#60
correct and in the past many areas of construction where conditions were hazardous you received
unapatriciated
May 2012
#140
I note that Ceasar Chavez sought to improve the conditions for farm workers
Bluenorthwest
May 2012
#84
Those of us who have actually done the "extreme condition" jobs are all too aware of this..
Fumesucker
May 2012
#161
Why are these off the radar? Because people who work in construction aren't agitating for
Brickbat
May 2012
#57
Where has anyone on this thread said they are unhappy the workers got better conditions?
Fumesucker
May 2012
#66
well maybe it's a missunderstanding - so let's ask the question.. Is everyone here happy that these
Douglas Carpenter
May 2012
#68
If I have to read sarcastic comments and calls for the workers to "toughen up" and people whining
Brickbat
May 2012
#69
At least one person here predicted that $13 shirts would go up to $100 because of this.
Zalatix
May 2012
#93
well it is true that outside groups had to take up the campaign in order for them to win humane
Douglas Carpenter
May 2012
#132
I'd feel better about the whole thing if the workers were exerting some influence on the issue.
lumberjack_jeff
May 2012
#180
If they can cool down those giant malls and casinos in Vegas,they can with warehouses.
Swede
May 2012
#90
Exactly. These are choices Amazon made - same as temp workers and building features
suffragette
May 2012
#115
Excellent posts throughout this thread Suffragette, I too wish I could rec all of them. Costco
sabrina 1
May 2012
#133
An interesting side note is how Wall Street devalues these actions and consistently downgrades them
suffragette
May 2012
#206
Thanks for the story, sounds like OSHA cracked down and they couldn't cover it up.
joshcryer
May 2012
#149
"a ware house is HOT in the SUMMER?" - yes, hot enough that some people collapsed...
sibelian
May 2012
#139
That doesn't necessarily make you pro-labour; one of our most right-wing Tory MPs, David Davis, is a
LeftishBrit
May 2012
#202
You think that's not going to happen if they don't install AC? Are you kidding me?
Zalatix
May 2012
#187
thanks for posting..more people should see this - maybe you should consider making this your own
Douglas Carpenter
May 2012
#191
Wish I could rec your post. Thanks for adding your expertise to this thread
suffragette
May 2012
#203