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are you aware that huge amounts of asbestos was used in the building coal fired power plants, particularly their chimney stacks? - in fact many maintenance workers and their families (i believe the effects of asbestos can be passed on genetically as well) have died as a result of their simply earning a living in these places - there was some deaths just recently in SA, how much is the clean up costs of decommisioning one of these plants?
Nobody seems to care unless the deaths and contamination are caused by nuke power.
Ving - i agree their is unimited supply of unscrupulous employers and bosses out there - I know someone in retail who was set up for a very serious robbery simply because for years, she was the only employee that informed the other workers that they had had pay/award rises that the employers (small retail shop) had continually and illegally failed to pass on - one time it was a full year they had let it slip by - and they had to back pay everyone for the year -this was enough for them to crack and set her up - and no doubt pocket the money and the insurance I would expect - probably to offset their losses due to pay rises, for goodness sakes they had yatches, holiday homes ect. to pay for, the poor things! these particular employers were notorious throughout their industry as viscous nutters, and had a history of viscous attacks on employees ie sample: sacked a faithfull reliable perfect 55 yo female employee that had been with them 20 years and was going to retire anyway in just a few years, for some trumped up lame reason, just so they didnt have to pay their pro rata! she would never get a job again easily at her age either.
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