Another worker killed by bosses' greed
Hector Rivas, a mechanic for Boston Public School buses died from carbon monoxide poisoning on March 9.
He was a member of the UAW (United Auto Workers), which had been fighting management to ventilate vechiles for months. The cost to do so would have been only $25-40 per vehicle. They refused.
They didn't want to lose $25 worth of profits, you see.
OSHA, the government agency in charge of workers' safety, fined the company a measly $70,000 for their negligence, that directly caused Mr. Rivas' death.
My thoughts are with Mr. Rivas' family today as I write this. He did not deserve to die. No worker does.
But as Mother Jones said, we need to organize, not mourn. Working people need to stand up for ourselves to prevent these type of things in the future. We must refuse to work in unsafe conditions, and reject the bosses' "profits first" program.
He was a member of the UAW (United Auto Workers), which had been fighting management to ventilate vechiles for months. The cost to do so would have been only $25-40 per vehicle. They refused.
They didn't want to lose $25 worth of profits, you see.
OSHA, the government agency in charge of workers' safety, fined the company a measly $70,000 for their negligence, that directly caused Mr. Rivas' death.
My thoughts are with Mr. Rivas' family today as I write this. He did not deserve to die. No worker does.
But as Mother Jones said, we need to organize, not mourn. Working people need to stand up for ourselves to prevent these type of things in the future. We must refuse to work in unsafe conditions, and reject the bosses' "profits first" program.
