After 11 days working straight, he died...
In UK, where capitalism is more "developed" than in other countries of Europe, there is a working accident of young employee every 40min due to the heavy workload they are forced into by their managers. Children, students, young graduates die mostly in summer.
The death rate of young employees in UK has raised by 20% within the last 5 years and about 4500 of young workers get seriously injured at work yearly. Each month at least 1 person under 25 years dies at his work place and thousands of others get injured in such way that they have to take at least 3 or more days off work (in 2005 the number reached 15 000 people).
In 2002, Mark Fiebig died during a car accident after he spent at work more than 20 hours that day. When he died, he worked for 11 days straight with no day off. The company where he worked forced him to work for 17 or more hours a day, having only some 3-4 hours for sleep.
The report says that within the last 11 years 46 employees younger than 18yo died while working at a farm. Out of which 10 were between 16-17yo.
The death rate of young employees in UK has raised by 20% within the last 5 years and about 4500 of young workers get seriously injured at work yearly. Each month at least 1 person under 25 years dies at his work place and thousands of others get injured in such way that they have to take at least 3 or more days off work (in 2005 the number reached 15 000 people).
In 2002, Mark Fiebig died during a car accident after he spent at work more than 20 hours that day. When he died, he worked for 11 days straight with no day off. The company where he worked forced him to work for 17 or more hours a day, having only some 3-4 hours for sleep.
The report says that within the last 11 years 46 employees younger than 18yo died while working at a farm. Out of which 10 were between 16-17yo.
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posted by Mart'a at 9:42 AM
2 Comments:
Crazy, isn't it? :-s And sometimes I have the impression that we AIESECers give company's the feeling that we can and want to work for 16-20h a day...excellence and all. If you enter that vicious cycle so young, how do you ever get out? I swear, I'll never let that happen to me. I want to work to live, not live to work...
I totally agree... it is silly to work so much. That is why Saturday was created... that we did not need any longer working for 6 days... and this way, we will soon end up working 24/7 with NO reason to do so... Life is not work... PLUS how many people that work long hours actually ENJOY their work... This Mark was supposed to work for potato company!
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