http://st4tic.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/from-luxury-comes-tragedy/ all frequencies, no filters Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:00:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://st4tic.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/from-luxury-comes-tragedy/#comment-14 Dan Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:07:05 +0000 http://st4tic.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/from-luxury-comes-tragedy/#comment-14 The reason the fines are so low is because OSHA is a part of the Department of Labor, the federal agency charged with maintaining job growth and low unemployment. Trickle down theories would suggest that more money in the hands of the employers means more jobs for the people...if you believe in trickle down economics. The reason the fines are so low is because OSHA is a part of the Department of Labor, the federal agency charged with maintaining job growth and low unemployment. Trickle down theories would suggest that more money in the hands of the employers means more jobs for the people…if you believe in trickle down economics.

]]> http://st4tic.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/from-luxury-comes-tragedy/#comment-13 » From Luxury Comes Tragedy Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:38:47 +0000 http://st4tic.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/from-luxury-comes-tragedy/#comment-13 [...] Wealth Coach - William R. Patterson wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt [Worker safety circa 1932 - some things never change] On Monday afternoon, two workers fell from the incomplete hulk of Donald Trump’s Soho Hotel. One man, a Ukrainian immigrant from Greenpoint, was decapitated during the fall, while his more fortunate colleague miraculously survived. Leaving aside the fact that the men were employed by a construction firm with clear mafia ties and a rash of code violations, and the Trump building is going up in spite of zoning violations and vehement protests by residents, this was the second incident inside a month where workers fell to their death from New York City high-rises. Edgar Moreno, an Ecuadorean immigrant and window cleaner, died on Dec. 8th after falling 43 stories from a scaffolding while washing windows on a skyscraper. In both instances, improper construction or safety procedures were deemed culpable. This is the dark side of New York City’s soon-to-end real estate boom: worker safety. Construction […] [...] [...] Wealth Coach – William R. Patterson wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt [Worker safety circa 1932 - some things never change] On Monday afternoon, two workers fell from the incomplete hulk of Donald Trump’s Soho Hotel. One man, a Ukrainian immigrant from Greenpoint, was decapitated during the fall, while his more fortunate colleague miraculously survived. Leaving aside the fact that the men were employed by a construction firm with clear mafia ties and a rash of code violations, and the Trump building is going up in spite of zoning violations and vehement protests by residents, this was the second incident inside a month where workers fell to their death from New York City high-rises. Edgar Moreno, an Ecuadorean immigrant and window cleaner, died on Dec. 8th after falling 43 stories from a scaffolding while washing windows on a skyscraper. In both instances, improper construction or safety procedures were deemed culpable. This is the dark side of New York City’s soon-to-end real estate boom: worker safety. Construction […] [...]

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