With the continued search and rescue missions throughout the southeast in the wake of Hurricane Helen, certificates on the roof of workers who were forced to overcome the hurricane around the clock in the growing flood water and the drop -off power lines.

“Climate disasters are no longer mere events” once in the generation “.” Air events in the twenty -first century, often, break the records. Storms, such as Helen, have left the destruction that has not been recorded in history. Workers must have access to wages, risks, crises leave, and implementable safety regulations that keep them safe in this new reality, which was organized by fossil fuel industry and breathing through the greed of companies. “

While the Biden administration quickly Help has been released For several states, the governor of Tennessee Bill Lee was the only country leader to obscure his request for help until hundreds of Tennessee were already missing and were affected by the destroyed floods. Where government officials and aid fails to move slowly, Mutual assistance groups Fill the gaps.

In Erwin, Tennessee, multiple family members – mostly of the immigrant community – are looking for their loved ones who were It was not launched from work In the effect of plastic. “She was still working when she called me and told me that she was really raining and told her to leave, but she told me that they did not tell her anything“and The son of a lost person saidFernando Ruiz. Tennessee investigation To at least eleven workers are believed to be washed out in the flood water.

In York County, South Carolina, the sewage worker Ernest Miller describes reports to work despite the power outage in their center.

“We have made it compulsory until the crew chief had a chance to wipe the reasons. We were told to stay until dawn. The conditions were extreme and more dangerous in the dark – there were live energy lines that were broken. Most of us did not feel safe, and we wanted to return home and check our families due to many power outages. “

In North Carolina, Southern service workers On the front lines, their neighbors help to obtain life -saving supplies while also moving in destructive losses.

Workers who were forced around the clock under dangerous conditions are not a new phenomenon. In Sonoma Province, agricultural workers were Claiming disaster wage After forcing him to choose between safety and salary during California fires and severe heat waves. In 2021, 8 workers died in Kentucky At the candles factory during the Tornado outbreak in December. The employer threatened, Mayfield for consumer products, to shoot workers if they left before hitting the hurricane. Early in 2017, the coastal municipalities in Florida are working to implement Safety networks For workers who face seasonal threat Hurricanes.

“The southern United States has in particular witnessed the effects of the dilapidated infrastructure for more than a century, and climate disasters that fed the greed of companies only bring these issues. But the people who threw the mud know how to get out of the mud. We must be committed to building permanent flexibility that serves workers and their societies for generations,He said smiling.

Jobs with other justice are encouraged to support popular organizations on Earth – from Florida to Carolinas. A strong network of mutual aid systems in the region has already been planted. The neighbors keep the neighbors safe!

Please consider the tender directly to independent mutual relief groups here: Itshesdown.org/muteal-aid Hurricane-Helene/.

Other resources:

With the continued search and rescue missions throughout the southeast in the wake of Hurricane Helen, certificates on the roof of workers who were forced to overcome the hurricane around the clock in the growing flood water and the drop -off power lines.

“Climate disasters are no longer mere events” once in the generation “.” Air events in the twenty -first century, often, break the records. Storms, such as Helen, have left the destruction that has not been recorded in history. Workers must have access to wages, risks, crises leave, and implementable safety regulations that keep them safe in this new reality, which was organized by fossil fuel industry and breathing through the greed of companies. “

While the Biden administration quickly Help has been released For several states, the governor of Tennessee Bill Lee was the only country leader to obscure his request for help until hundreds of Tennessee were already missing and were affected by the destroyed floods. Where government officials and aid fails to move slowly, Mutual assistance groups Fill the gaps.

In Erwin, Tennessee, multiple family members – mostly of the immigrant community – are looking for their loved ones who were It was not launched from work In the effect of plastic. “She was still working when she called me and told me that she was really raining and told her to leave, but she told me that they did not tell her anything“and The son of a lost person saidFernando Ruiz. Tennessee investigation To at least eleven workers are believed to be washed out in the flood water.

In York County, South Carolina, the sewage worker Ernest Miller describes reports to work despite the power outage in their center.

“We have made it compulsory until the crew chief had a chance to wipe the reasons. We were told to stay until dawn. The conditions were extreme and more dangerous in the dark – there were live energy lines that were broken. Most of us did not feel safe, and we wanted to return home and check our families due to many power outages. “

In North Carolina, Southern service workers On the front lines, their neighbors help to obtain life -saving supplies while also moving in destructive losses.

Workers who were forced around the clock under dangerous conditions are not a new phenomenon. In Sonoma Province, agricultural workers were Claiming disaster wage After forcing him to choose between safety and salary during California fires and severe heat waves. In 2021, 8 workers died in Kentucky At the candles factory during the Tornado outbreak in December. The employer threatened, Mayfield for consumer products, to shoot workers if they left before hitting the hurricane. Early in 2017, the coastal municipalities in Florida are working to implement Safety networks For workers who face seasonal threat Hurricanes.

“The southern United States has in particular witnessed the effects of the dilapidated infrastructure for more than a century, and climate disasters that fed the greed of companies only bring these issues. But the people who threw the mud know how to get out of the mud. We must be committed to building permanent flexibility that serves workers and their societies for generations,He said smiling.

Jobs with other justice are encouraged to support popular organizations on Earth – from Florida to Carolinas. A strong network of mutual aid systems in the region has already been planted. The neighbors keep the neighbors safe!

Please consider the tender directly to independent mutual relief groups here: Itshesdown.org/muteal-aid Hurricane-Helene/.

Other resources: