As mentioned a number of times before, the shipbreaking yards in South Asia are incredibly dangerous places for workers. Widespread poverty, repression of any independent trade unions, and collusion by local government agencies, allow companies to disregard health and safety issues. This week, another three workers employed by the S. R. Corporation were killed by a boiler explosion. A recent report details the issues that workers face in South Asia in the last few months and were improvements are slowly being made.
As mentioned a number of times before, the shipbreaking yards in South Asia are incredibly dangerous places for workers. Widespread poverty, repression of any independent trade unions, and collusion by local government agencies, allow companies to disregard health and safety issues. This week, another three workers employed by the S. R. Corporation were killed by a boiler explosion. A recent report details the issues that workers face in South Asia in the last few months and were improvements are slowly being made.
