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'Safe Sites NOT Death Traps' - 5 Feb Dublin Worker Protest (photos)

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Thursday February 06, 2003 14:39author by redJaDe

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from 5 Feb 2003 Protest Flyer:

SAFE SITES not DEATH TRAPS

How many deaths does it take?

Twenty-two killed on sites during 2002
Over 150 building workers killed since 1993

SHOW YOU CARE

March with your union on Wednesday Februrary 5 in commemoration of your colleagues and all building workers who have been killed at work.

ATGWU - BATU - NUSMWI - OPATSI - SIPTU - TEEU - UCATT

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http://siptu.ie
http://www.batu.ie
http://www.teeu.ie
[ I couldn't find the other union links ]

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In the news:
http://www.online.ie/news/viewer.adp?article=1942848

http://breaking.examiner.ie/2003/02/05/story87133.html

http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=28504&pt=n

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author by shoegirlpublication date Thu Feb 06, 2003 14:57author email shoegirl at eircom dot netauthor address peoples republic of corkauthor phone

The problem is largely due to subcontracting as nobody takes ownership for safety problems. I had dinner with a former oilfield engineer the other day and he was telling me how smaller companies in very remote places are notorious for safety and environmental problems as they are not accountable in the way, big rich companies are. That is, they can't so easily be sued.

Subcontractors have no problem taking ownership of profits, however.

VICTORY TO THE BUILDING WORKERS!
author by spart - DSGpublication date Thu Feb 06, 2003 21:13author address author phone

These are the people that you pinko fluffs on indymedia should be orientating towards. NOT Mary Kelly/ Catholic Worker/ Peace Camp / Carrickminders middle class gobshites.

VICTORY TO THE BUILDING WORKERS!
LONG LIVE THE WORKERS STATE!
DEATH TO PETTY BOURGEOIS PACIFIST REFORMISM!
FOR WORKERS OPPOSITION TO THE WAR IN IRAQ!
DEFEND NORTH KOREAS RIGHT TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS!

Good job the builders.
author by Phuq Heddpublication date Thu Feb 06, 2003 22:22author address author phone

The alleged Spartacist seems more like a troll, but it has brought up an interesting point that it might not be aware of; 80% of people in surveys identify as being "middle class". In the USA 50% of people interviewed think that they're in the top 1% of income earners!

Similarly it would seem that the thing that posted above believes that everyone is middle class whereas we're all working class. None of us own the means of production (EXCEPT INDYMEDIA) and we all get wages.

So lets knock Indymedia and the people that took the photos. Right? What's wrong with that idea?.....is it Troll Logic?

Thanks for photos RedJaDe

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