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#LaborsBeenADisposableComoditySince1619

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Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SettlerColonialSCOTUSIsAntiLaborAndCorrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SettlerColonialSCOTUSIsAntiLaborAndCorrupt</span></a>: Three South African farm workers have filed a lawsuit against a western Minnesota manure management company Friday, alleging wage theft, substandard living conditions, violations of visa rules and retaliation.<br />Boehnke Waste Handling of Marietta is a company that pumps, transports and spreads manure from livestock operations to crop fields, where it is used as fertilizer. Since 2021, the company has employed more than a dozen foreign workers through the federal H-2A visa program — a temporary visa for agricultural work that requires employers to offer habitable housing, safe working conditions, travel reimbursement and minimum wage.<br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/LaborsBeenADisposableComoditySince1619" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LaborsBeenADisposableComoditySince1619</span></a><br /><a href="https://kfgo.com/2024/03/15/workers-sue-management-company-over-wage-theft-poor-living-conditions/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kfgo.com/2024/03/15/workers-su</span><span class="invisible">e-management-company-over-wage-theft-poor-living-conditions/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AsymetricBorderRuleLeadsToAutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AsymetricBorderRuleLeadsToAutocrats</span></a></p>
Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/LaborsBeenADisposableComoditySince1619" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LaborsBeenADisposableComoditySince1619</span></a><br />: But, as ProPublica has previously reported, railroad companies go to extreme lengths to portray themselves as safer than they really are — retaliating against workers who report defects and silencing those who get injured.<br />This tranche of missing injuries and deaths, however, exposes the clearest failure by regulators to hold companies accountable.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/14ThAmendmentWasInterpretedForCorporatePersonhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>14ThAmendmentWasInterpretedForCorporatePersonhood</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/railroad-safety-data-missing-dead-workers-severed-limbs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/railroa</span><span class="invisible">d-safety-data-missing-dead-workers-severed-limbs</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RegulatoryFailureOrDrownInABathtub" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RegulatoryFailureOrDrownInABathtub</span></a></p>
Gladwyn d’Souza<p>With each experiment&#39;s results, the case for UBI becomes stronger, and it&#39;s clear that some very wealthy people don&#39;t like those results.<br />In March of 2021 and again in late 2022, Texas became the first state to attempt to stop more results.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/LaborsBeenADisposableComoditySince1619" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LaborsBeenADisposableComoditySince1619</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/StateSanctionedViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StateSanctionedViolence</span></a><br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TaxBillionairesOutOfExistence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TaxBillionairesOutOfExistence</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.scottsantens.com/billionaire-fueled-lobbying-group-behind-the-state-bills-to-ban-universal-basic-income-experiments-ubi/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scottsantens.com/billionaire-f</span><span class="invisible">ueled-lobbying-group-behind-the-state-bills-to-ban-universal-basic-income-experiments-ubi/</span></a></p>
Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/thousands-of-new-york-workers-have-been-victims-of-wage-theft" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/thousan</span><span class="invisible">ds-of-new-york-workers-have-been-victims-of-wage-theft</span></a> </p><p>More than 60% of restaurant workers living in New York City are immigrants, according to a 2020 study by the New York state comptroller’s office. Of the 317,800 workers in the industry, 44% were Hispanic and 20% were Asian, the study found.<br />At Brioso, Ortiz found that the workers’ immigration status left them exposed. When one employee complained about stolen tips, for instance, DiMaggio responded by threatening to report the employee to the immigration authorities, slamming tables and then firing him.<br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AsymetricBorderRuleLeadsToAutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AsymetricBorderRuleLeadsToAutocrats</span></a><br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/LaborsBeenADisposableComoditySince1619" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LaborsBeenADisposableComoditySince1619</span></a><br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/StopInstallingKleptocratsForResourcesPredation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StopInstallingKleptocratsForResourcesPredation</span></a></p>
Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/08/bidens-climate-bill-ignores-workers/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2023/</span><span class="invisible">08/bidens-climate-bill-ignores-workers/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fossilfuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fossilfuel</span></a> production and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GreenConsumption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GreenConsumption</span></a> is only possible with <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DisposablePeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DisposablePeoples</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DegradedSpaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DegradedSpaces</span></a> because of a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GenocidalApproachToNativeLandscapes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GenocidalApproachToNativeLandscapes</span></a>: “So far it’s been disappointing. If the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/IRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IRA</span></a> continues to bring sweatshops and a continued race to the bottom it will be a tragedy,” Fain said.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DeterioratingCarbonSinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DeterioratingCarbonSinks</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/LaborsBeenADisposableComoditySince1619" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LaborsBeenADisposableComoditySince1619</span></a><br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MainstreanMediaEchoesMAGAsRacistAntiImmigrantAntiTransTalkingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MainstreanMediaEchoesMAGAsRacistAntiImmigrantAntiTransTalkingPoints</span></a></p>
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