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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHe warned about construction issues. Then the building collapsed. So ICE deported him.
By Eli Rosenberg
November 25, 2019 at 7:00 a.m. EST
... The 38-year-old metal worker survived the collapse of a building he had been working on near the French Quarter in New Orleans, jumping between floors as the 18-story structure crumbled around him ...
... his wife .. was surprised when he called her and said federal immigration agents were arresting him for deportation. The collapse had occurred just two days before ...
... Three workers had died, dozens of others were injured, and speculation was growing that the site, an $85 million development slated to become a Hard Rock hotel, had been a mess of dangerous working conditions. A federal investigation was moving quickly. Lawsuits against the developers were piling up ...
... Palmas arrest sent a secondary shock wave through New Orleans ... Activists and lawyers said they think it has had chilling effect, discouraging workers without permanent legal status from coming forward to cooperate with investigators ...
... Palma had repeatedly reported safety issues at the construction site to supervisors and was always told to go back to work, his lawyers say ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/11/25/how-worker-who-survived-catastrophic-building-collapse-ended-up-ice-detention/?utm_campaign=post_most&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=Newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
mopinko
(70,120 posts)they were stripping the forms before the concrete cured, so that they didnt have to buy more forms. that's the only reason to do it, and is a typical punk move tried by many.
blm
(113,064 posts)mopinko
(70,120 posts)every construction contract has a provision for the benefits to the workers who will get killed and injured on the job. just another cost of business.
how the insurance companies sit still for this shit, i will never know. tho i do know the premiums are huge.
Mopar151
(9,983 posts)Talk about "Imperialist Lackeys"!