Vol. 72/No. 8 February 25, 2008
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Georgia socialist campaigns for job safety
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Militant/Loretta Van Pelt
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GARDEN CITY, Georgia, February 9—“Time and again the bosses speed up production for profit and cut corners on safety,” said Jacob Perasso (left), the Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Congress in Georgia’s 4th Congressional District, while campaigning here today. A February 7 blast at a sugar refinery a few miles from here killed at least six workers. “We don’t have to lose our lives on the job,” said Perasso. “We need to organize unions to defend ourselves, and strengthen unions where we have them. To win real and lasting safety on the job workers must take control over the speed of production, job conditions, and organization of work. The Socialist Workers candidates demand that all records of the Imperial Sugar Company be made public immediately.”
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