Have you ever heard of the term muckraking? It’s when information about corruptness is publicized widely throughout the nation. That is what I plan to do in this article, to expose the dangerous environment of the average workplace and why the place where you work will end up costing your life.
An unnamed company told Alice Hamilton that lead was not used in any of their products because of the dangers it can cause to the human body. After further investigation Hamilton found that six, not just one, Polish printers released lead into the air, in the form of red oxide, everytime it sprayed paint. This shows that companies now days lie to their employees and do not care about the well being of the people who make our products.
Let me tell you a story that Hamilton once wrote about. It’s about an Italian who went looking for work in America, without even knowing the language. This Italian started working at a, what seemed to be harmless, white lead plant. This was not the case, because the immigrant fell to the ground one day with an intense migraine which sent him to the hospital for two weeks. Even after three months, the Italian American can not work with full …show more content…
Since the employers were too careless to check if all the safety equipment, 146 women burned to death with the exception of those who jumped from the 9th floor. There was no way of escaping the smoldering building because the doors were opening the wrong way, fire hoses didn't have enough water, and even the fire door was locked shut. Doesn’t this seem extreme? What if it was your daughter or wife in this building? Or what if …
...it was you.
Americans need to take a stance supporting workplace safety. It is our privilege to have the choice of life in the new world. We need to protect our sons and daughters, because they are the future. Talk to your employers now, before you or someone you love falls the victim of
An unnamed company told Alice Hamilton that lead was not used in any of their products because of the dangers it can cause to the human body. After further investigation Hamilton found that six, not just one, Polish printers released lead into the air, in the form of red oxide, everytime it sprayed paint. This shows that companies now days lie to their employees and do not care about the well being of the people who make our products.
Let me tell you a story that Hamilton once wrote about. It’s about an Italian who went looking for work in America, without even knowing the language. This Italian started working at a, what seemed to be harmless, white lead plant. This was not the case, because the immigrant fell to the ground one day with an intense migraine which sent him to the hospital for two weeks. Even after three months, the Italian American can not work with full …show more content…
Since the employers were too careless to check if all the safety equipment, 146 women burned to death with the exception of those who jumped from the 9th floor. There was no way of escaping the smoldering building because the doors were opening the wrong way, fire hoses didn't have enough water, and even the fire door was locked shut. Doesn’t this seem extreme? What if it was your daughter or wife in this building? Or what if …
...it was you.
Americans need to take a stance supporting workplace safety. It is our privilege to have the choice of life in the new world. We need to protect our sons and daughters, because they are the future. Talk to your employers now, before you or someone you love falls the victim of