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Sunday, March 16, 2014

FUKUSHIMA WORKERS PROTEST LOW PAY AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS - BUT JAPAN FOUND $200 MILLION TO GIVE TO THE PALESTINIANS

Workers who helped to clean up the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant rallied outside the headquarters of operator Tepco on Friday, protesting that they were forced to work for low pay in dangerous conditions.
 
Among a group of about 100 demonstrators, some said that contractors were hired to find cheap laborers who could easily be fired, AFP reports.
 
“Workers at the Fukushima plant have been forced to do unreasonable tasks. They tend to make easy mistakes under the pressure, but it’s not they who are at fault – it’s the conditions that force them to do terrible tasks,” one man, who did not want to give his name, told AFP.
 
Demonstrators also rallied outside Maeda Corp on Friday, one of the contractors hired to clean up the plant and surrounding areas.
 
In the web of confusing contractors and subcontractors who have worked at Fukushima, many are concerned at the working conditions people are subjected to.

Read more
http://rt.com/news/fukushima-workers-protest-conditions-942/


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 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-2570884/Japan-pledges-200-million-aid-Palestinians.html

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http://intellihub.com/inhumane-treatment-of-nuclear-gypsy-fukushima-clean-up-workers-reported/

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