DYING TO WORK

Opis produktu

Jonathan D. Karmel has practiced labor and employment law in Chicago for 35 years representing unions and their employee benefit funds. Karmel is a Fellow with The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and has been recognized as an Illinois Super Lawyer. Karmel is a frequent panelist on labor and employment topics and has lectured internationally. Recently Karmel became the CoChair of the American Bar Associations Occupational Safety and Health Committee where he hopes to increase awareness of the important issues affecting workers and their families.PrefaceBRIntroductionBR1. America Goes to WorkBR2. The Torch That Lighted Up the Industrial SceneBR3. Keeping Americans Safe at WorkBR4. Just the FactsBR5. StoriesBR6. What Can We Do?BR7. Are There Really Any Accidents?BREpilogueBRNotesBRIndex/The book to read if you want to know whats happening with worker health and safety in these difficult times./Most interestingly... the book features a collection of stories about workers who were killed or injured on the job. As one might expect there are subsections devoted to risks of being an electrician logger oil & gas worker and coal miner with corresponding horror stories for each occupation. But its the personal experiences of grocery clerks and hotel housekeeperstwo other surprisingly highrisk occupationsthat are the real pageturners./[Karmel] directs our attention toward an awareness of a hiddeninplainsight problem where instead of provoking outrage and indignation death and injury on the job are considered to be a condition of doing business and a necessary evil in the production process.... Karmel argues effectively for changing that narrative.... [IDying to Work/I] is a call to action./[IDying to Work/I] highlights how corporations have simply not placed a premium on protecting their workers from harm./Karmel has written a gripping and disturbing book on the state of safety and health in the workplace. He has compiled a revealing series of personal accounts of workplace accidents. The cumulative impact is painful./A compelling call for action on a national health crisis thats hiding in plain sight./In IDying to Work/I Jonathan D. Karmel presents issues faced by workers in a full range of industries many of which the general public doesnt typically think of as hazardous. Using the powerful stories of individual fatality and injury cases is an effective way to introduce each worker health and safety topic./IDying to Work/I offers readable powerful human stories of workplace injuries and illnesses. Jonathan D. Karmel also offers wellpresented arguments for addressing the issues and preventing like tragedies./

Data Publikacji: 2017-12-15
Wymiary: 229 mm 152 mm