Like the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire caused so much legislation in response to it. Meanwhile, when corporations have people killed due to negligence now, they'll just settle in a lawsuit at most...
Like the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire caused so much legislation in response to it. Meanwhile, when corporations have people killed due to negligence now, they'll just settle in a lawsuit at most...
You only really remember the stuff that led to action. There were many similar events before, the Triangle Shirtwaist fire was just the first one that happened in an environment in which something could be done about it.
That might be true for the US, but here in the UK it's not. When the UK had ANY major building fires and loss of life there was immediate kneejerk legislative change, in some cases too fast in my opinion and without proper investigation into what should change more specifically.
Now though? Well look at Grenfell. Fuck all. Nothing. And I don't expect the next Grenfell to cause legislation either.
People are saying unions but this isn't just a workplace thing. This used to happen with non-work stuff too. It just doesn't anymore.
Anti-unionism is inherently anti-solidarity. Society is atomized, fuck you got mine is the order of the day.
Organized non-electoral policitical parties, perhaps?