Recently, 11 people working in a Chinese-owned clothing factory in Prato, Italy were caught off guard while they were asleep and were caught in the violent flames of a factory fire. Seven of them died. The cause of the fire is still undefined. This raises a few questions about the safety of the workers in these Chinese-owned factories. Enrico Rossi, the regional governor of Tuscany, said that some clothing factories had connections with Chinese organized crime, and the mayor of Prato, Roberto Cenni said that authorities have been inspecting these businesses and closing the illegal ones. Roberto Pistonina from the CISL trade union branch in Prato and Florence spoke about people "living and working in conditions of near-slavery".
The police in Prato needs to keep inspecting these businesses and shut down these illegal or unsafe businesses. "Near-slavery" working conditions are unacceptable in any country. Maybe by finding these businesses, they can solve some problems in China related to organized crime. This fire serves as an example to any businessman about worker safety. Now this doesn't mean that these people were smart to sleep on the job, but places with dangerous working conditions like these need to be either fixed or shut down.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25180500
That's terrible
ReplyDeleteThis is terrible and very sad.
ReplyDeleteMaybe if they weren't sleeping on the job, then they could've dealt with the fire at an early stage.
ReplyDeleteIt's really sad that they died like that and the "Near-slavery" conditions sound really awful! I hope that the government continues to shut down the unsafe businesses.
ReplyDeletethis is so devastating
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