Death On The High Seas & Underground

Have you heard much about the workers who were killed on the Transocean/BP oil rig in the Gulf? Heard anything about the totally outdated laws on the books today dealing with how a deceased worker's family is compensated in the event of an on the job fatality?

Why, its almost as if these workers don't even exist. Certainly, in the eyes of many a multinational, workers are simply viewed as being expendable. And those laws? Well, those same multinationals have a pretty strong interest in making sure that they NEVER get updated.

At about 8:35 in to this video, Ed Schultz talks to the father of a worker killed in the explosion on the Transocean/BP oil rig.

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Oh, and just in case you have forgotten--some miners were killed in West Virginia. Remember?

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Ah, what deregulation hath wrought. Look at that private sector self-policing itself.