Over 100 people are dead in a fire at a poultry farm in China

[malaise]

Doors were kept locked to prevent theft.
Fuck fuck fuck!!! These capitalists are greedy fucking scumbags.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22749938

[Warpy]

1. I hope this is their Triangle Shirtwaist moment

and that fire galvanizes labor to organize against intolerable working conditions designed by men who are terrified of the people they hire to do their dirty work.

[hedgehog]

2. They must have studied our methods:

Emmett J. Roe, owner of Imperial Foods Products Inc.; his son Brad, who was operations manager for the company; and plant manager James N. Hair surrendered on March 13, 1992, and were charged with non-negligent manslaughter.[13] There was no trial. On September 15, 1992, owner Emmett Roe pleaded guilty to 25 counts of involuntary manslaughter. No one else was found guilty. Emmett Roe had personally ordered the doors to be locked from the outside.[4][14] He received a prison sentence of 19 years and 11 months.[6][15][14] The sentence was unpopular among many of the workers and their families who point out that it amounts to less than a year for each dead person.[14] Roe became eligible for parole in March 1994, and was released just under four years into his sentence.[3][14]




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet_chicken_processing_plant_fire#Prosecution_of_the_owners

[MineralMan]

3. Locked-door workplaces are not unique to China.

The same thing has happened in the US, too. Stupid, cruel managers are not confined to any country.

[malaise]

4. You will find locked doors anywhere on the planet

where greedy capitalists exist and are enabled to shirk regulations by greedy politicians