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Sat Mar 15, 2014, 01:33 AM Mar 2014

Fukushima No. 1 workers rally against Tepco [View all]

Source: AFP-JIJI



Workers from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant rallied Friday outside the headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Co., complaining they are being forced to work for meager pay in dangerous conditions.

The group of about 100 demonstrators shouted and pumped their fists in the air as they railed against being cheated by contractors hired to find recruits to clean up the shattered site and surrounding area.

“Workers at the Fukushima plant have been forced to do unreasonable tasks with no decent safety measures,” said one man in his 30s who declined to give his name.

He said he was laid off after several months in the job due to heavy radiation exposure.

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Read more: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/14/national/fukushima-no-1-workers-rally-against-tepco/#.UyN_E17xYXF

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Via Fukushima Update bananas Mar 2014 #1
My heart is with them, all the way nikto Mar 2014 #2
We were all sold a pig in a poke madokie Mar 2014 #3
Thank you Madokie. dotymed Mar 2014 #4
The Biggest Story of the New Millennium brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #6
I just hope you and I are both wrong madokie Mar 2014 #7
I POSTED this yesterday ... yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #5
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