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jmowreader

(51,668 posts)
31. How did you guess?
Tue Oct 1, 2024, 03:34 PM
Oct 2024

Tennessee is not only a right-to-work state since 1946, they welded it into the Tennessee Constitution in 2022.

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How horrible for the victims and their families. riversedge Oct 2024 #1
I hope the lawsuits will be allow their families to live comfortably. nt Coventina Oct 2024 #2
hate to tell you this but onethatcares Oct 2024 #5
I'm sure you're correct. Gd-damn them!! Coventina Oct 2024 #6
If it turns out this was intentional, they may not be able to discharge the claim in bankruptcy. SunSeeker Oct 2024 #40
Their money is probably already overseas Squaredeal Oct 2024 #53
and close the company. f them ZonkerHarris Oct 2024 #26
The trick to getting out is bugging when you can. That company showed a depraved indifference to its employees. marble falls Oct 2024 #3
Happens every time. Focus is on maintaining status quo for as long as possible. vanlassie Oct 2024 #13
It's the capitalist way after all. 2naSalit Oct 2024 #23
As it will be with climate change on the whole misanthrope Oct 2024 #63
more BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2024 #4
Heartbreaking........n/t Hope22 Oct 2024 #9
Horrific way to die pfitz59 Oct 2024 #42
The owners should be arrested for murder malaise Oct 2024 #7
Was just thinking how America's classist society is looking like Japan....... jaxexpat Oct 2024 #11
Interesting take malaise Oct 2024 #16
Banzai rather than bonsai? dobleremolque Oct 2024 #32
You saw right to the heart of my little word play. jaxexpat Oct 2024 #57
It's murder, serial killers. Blue Full Moon Oct 2024 #8
" They have personhood so make them accountable" YES! YES! YES! Clouds Passing Oct 2024 #19
Not serial killing, mass murder, at least in this particular instance. ShazzieB Oct 2024 #24
It is looking like murder. SunSeeker Oct 2024 #41
If the managers left and told the workers they had to stay, that's reprehensible. ShazzieB Oct 2024 #50
Gerald O'Connor GOP Blue Full Moon Oct 2024 #54
I wonder how much "dead peasant" insurance those fucking scum owners niyad Oct 2024 #10
our best is not in Las Vegas jaxexpat Oct 2024 #12
This was a very long time ago. I could not speak to the current state niyad Oct 2024 #15
Every business should have a muster station and all employees should know where it is in Bev54 Oct 2024 #21
Good question malaise Oct 2024 #22
Murder? BSloat Oct 2024 #14
I hope so. calimary Oct 2024 #18
Shades of the candle factory in Kentucky Danmel Oct 2024 #17
Maybe they should not have been working to begin with???? Bev54 Oct 2024 #20
Is TN a right to work state? 2naSalit Oct 2024 #25
Yes, it is a Right To Fire Without Consequences state ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 2024 #28
Thanks... 2naSalit Oct 2024 #34
That's exactly why. It benefits the boss when he screws up ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 2024 #37
Living In One, Myself... GB_RN Oct 2024 #46
Sounds like... 2naSalit Oct 2024 #49
Not Far From It. GB_RN Oct 2024 #51
How did you guess? jmowreader Oct 2024 #31
Something... 2naSalit Oct 2024 #36
Yes Jilly_in_VA Oct 2024 #33
Ouch. GB_RN Oct 2024 #48
There's one hospital that I know of in the area that's unionized Jilly_in_VA Oct 2024 #58
Patient Ratios... GB_RN Oct 2024 #59
California has patient ratios Jilly_in_VA Oct 2024 #61
I Traveled For A Bit. GB_RN Oct 2024 #62
the factory was on the opposite side of the interstate from the river. maxsolomon Oct 2024 #27
My first big hurricane was Hazel, and she was no lady, either. Warpy Oct 2024 #29
Manslaughter charges for all concerned ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 2024 #30
Had I been a manager there, I would have sent my people home. And then I would've left right after them. Just fire me. iluvtennis Oct 2024 #35
That would have been my choice too... 2naSalit Oct 2024 #38
That's so heartbreaking wendyb-NC Oct 2024 #39
Remember when workers in Kentucky were told not to leave before a tornado struck... Person of Interest Oct 2024 #43
The company put out a message saying, "We never actually told them not to leave!!!" Oneironaut Oct 2024 #44
That manager and that firm's owner's should be charged with murder...........or reckless endangerment ........... turbinetree Oct 2024 #45
"by the time it was bad enough, it was too late" - much like the "life of the mother" abortion ban exception. SunSeeker Oct 2024 #56
Remember--45% of the country wants this AND MORE durablend Oct 2024 #47
K&R for exposure Docreed2003 Oct 2024 #52
They died WORKING Charmin One Oct 2024 #55
This reminds me when a previous The Third Doctor Oct 2024 #60
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