Dying to Work
Death and Injury in the American Workplace
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The book to read if you want to know what’s happening with worker health and safety in these difficult times.
» Labor Notes
In Dying to Work, Jonathan Karmel raises our awareness of unsafe working conditions with accounts of workers who were needlessly injured or killed on the job. Based on heart-wrenching interviews Karmel conducted with injured workers and surviving family members across the country, the stories in this book are introduced in a way that helps. Les mer
In Dying to Work, Jonathan Karmel raises our awareness of unsafe working conditions with accounts of workers who were needlessly injured or killed on the job. Based on heart-wrenching interviews Karmel conducted with injured workers and surviving family members across the country, the stories in this book are introduced in a way that helps...
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Cornell University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 264
- ISBN
- 9781501709982
- Utgivelsesår
- 2017
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
Anmeldelser
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The book to read if you want to know what’s happening with worker health and safety in these difficult times.
» Labor Notes
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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 it’s the personal experiences of grocery clerks and hotel housekeepers—two other surprisingly high-risk occupations—that are the real page-turners.
» Failure Magazine
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[Dying to Work] highlights how corporations have simply not placed a premium on protecting their workers from harm.
» Emory Corporate Governance and Accountability Review
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[Karmel] directs our attention toward an awareness of a hidden-in-plain-sight 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.... [Dying to Work] is a call to action.
» New Solutions
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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.
» Choice
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A compelling call for action on a national health crisis that's hiding in plain sight.
» Unionist