16 Workers Killed Every Day In America
Reported by Ellen - November 17, 2009 -
Brave New Foundation, with whom we are proud to be associated, has launched a new worker health and safety campaign, called 16 Deaths Per Day, highlighting the weak enforcement mechanisms and poor deterrents currently in place in worker safety laws. Under current worker safety laws, civil penalties are weak and rarely lead to criminal prosecutions. Video after the jump.
The goal of the 16 Deaths Per Day campaign is to strengthen support for the Protecting America's Workers Act (H.R. 2067), which aims at toughening both enforcement of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and penalties for violating the law. If H.R. 2067 passes, it will be the first time work and safety laws are strengthened in twenty-years.
Sign the petition here.
