Work And Labour

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a miner has no choice but to breath in large amounts of silica dust. The effects of long term exposure are a litany of elements related to the breathing of this dust: silicosis, lung cancer, chronic obstructive lung disease, silica tuberculosis, pneumonia, asthma, bronchitis and corpulminary (right-heart failure)." Dust to Dust. Many people were getting very sick, leaving the mines and some were even dying due to these horrible working conditions and diseases. The mining company came up with, what they thought, was a solution. Before entering the mine the miners were put in a sealed room where they would inhale aluminum dust that was supposed to prevent silicosis. However, this was never medically proven. What they found out was that, not only was it not fully doing its job, but that it might be causing another devastating decease called Alzheimer's. Any one is susceptible to Alzheimer's after being exposed to aluminum for a long time. Imagine ...

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the article gives are as follows.
" ~ Machine pacing of work-rhythm and machine control of work methods. ~ Monotonous, repetitive work, activates only a limited part of total human capabilities.
~ Lack of possibilities of contact with other people as part of the on-going work.
~ Piece rate and related payment systems.
~ Authoritarian and detailed control of the individual, be it through foreman or impersonal "systems" (e.g., computer-based planning systems)." Workplace Stress.
" Bias in Workers Compensation Board Policies" Workplace Stress.
After years of untreated ...

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