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:: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 ::
Advocates decry workers' deaths By Bryan Virasami and Graham Rayman, Newsday, NY
The death of a Chinese immigrant construction worker, the 14th such laborer killed in the city in the past five years, has triggered new calls for stiffer criminal charges against unscrupulous contractors.
The human cost of some contractors cutting corners to save money has become all too familiar, but few tangible changes have resulted even after the string of deaths.
According to a Newsday count, the 44-year-old immigrant who friends identified as Jian Quo Shen, killed when a concrete wall collapsed over him June 7, was at least the 14th such worker killed since Mexican laborer Eduardo Daniel Gutierrez drowned in wet cement at a Williamsburg site in November 1999.
"It's a recurring story," said Assemb. Brian McLaughlin (D-Flushing), president of the New York City Central Labor Council. "Nothing has been done. What's more alarming is the appearance that there is even more and more evidence of workplace tragedies."------------------------------------------- posted 6:45 AM :: reference link ::
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