My girl friend was worked to Death, recently.

[yuiyoshida]

I know her as BaeKimEunji. She lives in South Korea. Her sister told me today that Eunji was working too many extra hours. Like up to 20 hours a night. Well the other night, she was so exhausted, she drove home and fell asleep behind the wheel. Her car crashed and she died as a result.

She has left behind two gorgeous daughters who will probably either go live with their Aunt or grandmother. They are devastated.

You might say, so what, that happened in South Korea... well, just think, with our current administration they expect to be rid of over time and minimum wages. That means, other family members right here in America will be driving home sleepy, and might even die coming home. This should never, ever be this way..

This sucks, badly, that the Corporations allow bosses to be bullies and make employees work over time with no extra pay, and being so tired, they fall asleep at the Wheel. Republican's don't care...Republicans think they are just worker drones. Their lives have no meaning to Republicans.

Its going to get worse in this country, and with them in charge, well, all we can do is sit back and watch it happen, until the new election days come around. But in the mean time we best fix things like the voting machines and making sure everyone's vote counts.


oh, and I miss you Eunji..very much. May your spirit be free and in a state of peace. Love yui..

[unblock]

1. how horrible!

[yuiyoshida]

9. I guess we will have to get used to it...

it will soon become our new normal.

[gopiscrap]

2. exactly

[lpbk2713]

3. Greedy people have made the world what it is.

And I despise them for it and nothing is changing for the better.

I'm so sorry for the terrible loss that was felt by so many.

[yuiyoshida]

7. Its really what it is...

Owners don't want to pay over time so they either work their employees to death, or... they die like this, lack of sleep behind the wheel. And, employers don't care, they will just hire another grunt to work to death.

[Fast Walker 52]

29. anyone who puts money over quality of work life is a piece of shit

[yuiyoshida]

41. You just defined a

Republican.

[sarcasmo]

4. Sad.

Is it Apple in China that has the nets to catch people from committing suicide?

[yuiyoshida]

5. I wouldn't know..

sorry.

[former9thward]

18. No, that is Foxconn.

Which supplies computing components to every company's computing devices including the one which you are using to make your posts. But I am sure you will be happy to know that Foxconn has recently installed 40,000 robots and is installing tens of thousands more each year to eliminate the humans.

[Fast Walker 52]

30. I thought Foxconn made iphones?

I do remember the story I read was about such nets at an iphone plant where they were operating under extreme pressure because of the high demand.

[former9thward]

48. They make parts for all sorts of stuff.

Actually Foxconn suicides are lower than the rest of China.

The Foxconn suicides was a suicide spate linked to low pay at the so-called "Foxconn City" industrial park in Shenzhen, China, that occurred alongside several additional suicides at various other Foxconn-owned locations and facilities in Mainland China. The 18 attempted suicides by Foxconn (Chinese: 富士康 employees resulted in 14 deaths. The suicides drew media attention, and employment practices at Foxconn—one of the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturers—were investigated by several of its customers, including Apple and Hewlett-Packard (HP).Foxconn is a major manufacturer that serves high-profile consumer electronics firms such as Dell, Motorola, Nintendo, Nokia, and Sony.

That being said, ABC News and The Economist both reported that the suicide rate of Foxconn employees was actually lower than the country's overall suicide rate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn_suicides

[lunasun]

21. Well they have many different suppliers in PRC but yes nets at some . Overwork at most

The poor conditions in Chinese factories were highlighted in 2010 when 14 workers killed themselves at Apple's biggest supplier, Foxconn.

An undercover BBC Panorama investigation also claimed staff often worked to the point of collapse.

In the BBC footage, exhausted workers were caught falling asleep on their 12-hour shifts at the Pegatron factories.

One undercover reporter had to work 18 days in a row despite repeated requests for a day off.

The repeaters found that the standards promised by Apple were routinely breached on the factory floor.

[elleng]

6. AWFUL, yuiyoshida.

[yuiyoshida]

8. It may have happened in South Korea but it will happen here...

eventually with the dead in the streets, because the homeless will have no place to go, and those who don't have insurance will die at the ER without one person lifting a finger to help them but HEY!! THE REPUBLICANS WILL DANCE WITH GLEE!! THEY GOT WHAT THEY NEED AND FUCK everyone else!



Fuck them to HELL!! BASTARDS.

[alarimer]

10. So sorry about your friend.

And, in fact, it does happen here. Judge Gorsuch seems to approve of working people to death as well, or nearly to death, and firing them if they seek safety.

He dissented in a case involving a truck driver who left his broken-down rig in the cold, even though the truck's heater was broken. He left to warm up and the company fired him. Gorsuch thinks that okay. Fortunately the other two judges disagreed. But this is the man Trump wants on the Supreme Court.

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-02-01/gorsuch-freezing-trucker-case-boosts-business-hopes-at-top-court

[yuiyoshida]

11. I remember that story and to restate...

Republicans HAVE NO FUCKING RESPECT for anyone but THEMSELVES and a few friends. THEY are out to FUCK THE AMERICAN people OUT of as many benefits and monetary gain as they can.

People like Trump, Paul Ryan, Mitch Mcconnell etc...Some day KARMA will come raining down on them hard.

[lunasun]

12. Condolences to all

[yuiyoshida]

14. I will pass on your Condolences to her sister..

Were going to have a #IMVU memorial service for her sometime soon. I set up my Buddhist Temple room for such an occasion.

[lunasun]

17. What a creative way to have that space available

Send your dear one onward

Also to add that people died fighting for the 8 hour work day in this country . What will happen with labor laws is unsure now but let them not die in vain. We workers need to continue to fight the uncaring greed.
Peace

[yuiyoshida]

22. it is a creative way

Link to tweet

[lunasun]

24. Dedicated intricacies . Thank you for sharing.

[yuiyoshida]

25. You are welcome...

I can see that place needs more flowers, guess I will go purchase some and place them around the shrine.

[Doreen]

53. Nice.

[yuiyoshida]

58. Thank you so very much!

n/t

[nolabear]

13. Even if it never happens here it happened to her.

And I am so sorry.

[yuiyoshida]

15. its all so different until it hits home and someone you know and

have respected is forced into working almost to the point of it being like slavery. Work them in the fields until they drop dead of exhaustion. The only thing missing is the Whip.

[nolabear]

32. That whip isn't only physical. Fear is a powerful one.

We do need to try not to deny it could happen to anyone, and that it won't be the immigrants who do it but those who exploit them and us.

Again, though, she was a representative of all that, she was a woman who deserved so much more too. And a terrible loss to you I'm sure. 🥀

[yuiyoshida]

34. True.

In Japan they call it...Karōshi (過労死 ?), which can be translated literally as "overwork death" in Japanese, is occupational sudden mortality. The major medical causes of karōshi deaths are heart attack and stroke due to stress and a starvation diet. But if if one is so tired they fall asleep at the wheel, its probably Karoshi as well as its a work related Death and hey, NOW that freaking Manager will have to hire someone else to work those DEATH HOURS.

[smirkymonkey]

16. I am so sorry about your friend!

No one should ever have to live in such a way that endangers their health or life like that. Condolences to you and to her family.

[yuiyoshida]

19. Thank you so much!!

I will pass on your kind messages to her sister.

[Granny M]

20. Condolences to her family and to you.

This is terrible.

[yuiyoshida]

23. Thank you...

I will pass this along to her sister so she can see it..

[Kimchijeon]

26. I am so sorry to hear about your friend 🌹

It is so heartbreaking to hear.

[yuiyoshida]

42. Thank you so very much

[yuiyoshida]

37. Welcome to DU! youkoso! Irashaimase

As I said this happened in South Korea, but were starting to see signs of it here. People working long and longer hours trying to make ends meet. And, if they were smart, they would pull off the road and sleep rather than drive impaired. But too many people probably have other stuff in mind, like what's going on with their family, how great it will be to get home and have a glass of wine before bed.. etc and they nod off and bam! That's it, game over. No Reset, just move on and hope others will hear about this and consider the consequences of making those exta bucks by working those extra late hours. Bam! that's it, game over.

[LoisB]

28. Really sad. I am so sorry for your loss. My condolences to her family;

especially her two daughters.

[LeftInTX]

31. I'm so sorry about your friend, Yuiyoshida

Yes, she was worked to death and can see that happening here.

[yuiyoshida]

38. I am sure when they fill out the forms it will say

She died in a car accident. Nothing about the extra hours she was forced to put in by her fucking greedy employer who figured he could get a few good bucks with all that extra hour work. Now he has to find a new employee to harass... I BET HE WON'T EVEN go to Her freaking funeral.

[Ilsa]

33. I am so sorry? My condolences to you and her daughters and whole family.

[True Dough]

35. Sorry to hear of her death and your loss, yuiyoshida

Apparently they have a term for this in Japan, perhaps you're familiar: karoshi, meaning "death from overwork." It is generally associated with suicides caused by work stress, but what happened to your friend certainly sounds like it's fatigue related. What a shame.


http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/03/japan-has-a-word-for-working-to-death.html

[yuiyoshida]

39. Yeah I pointed that out up thread, but

Thanks.

[True Dough]

44. Oh, I see now it was in one of your responses to a reply

Missed that.

Anyway, it's a terrible thing.

Peace.

[yuiyoshida]

46. Thank you...

ほんと ですよ、 ども ありがとう ございました

[mcar]

36. Oh I am so sorry, yuiyoshida!

What a tragedy. What have we become as a world society?

[yuiyoshida]

40. Apparently we're to be worker drones now...

faceless, strange and unfamiliar with most of his employees, they are just worker bees, ya know drones, who do the work and require nothing in return. "Oh? They are human? Could have fooled me." he said.

[mcar]

49. It's just awful

I truly fear for my children.

[yuiyoshida]

50. all of this, being worked to death is just the kind of future

Republicans want to establish. This is why we gotta fight back somehow.

[sakabatou]

43. *hugs*

[yuiyoshida]

45. arigatou Sakabatou san

ほんと ですよ、 ども ありがとう ございました

[JudyM]

47. I'm so sorry for this, terribly sad and a profound indictment of her boss.

Peace to you and her family...

[yuiyoshida]

51. I suppose i t will always be the way of the world

for someone to abuse another, even if its giving them extra hours work, which they will be paid for, (not well, but paid..) for what that's worth.

[JudyM]

60. I hope we become more civilized with time. At least the ideas of "good corporate citizen,"

corporate social responsibility and mindful leadership are on the map now, and the trend is toward more of this, especially across Europe... it's happening slowly. The eternal struggle of good vs evil, really. Like with Japanese workers, too.

Social media is helping a lot with this, forcing transparency and impacting buying decisions. Here's an example from this week: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-blackrock-climate-exclusive-idUSKBN16K0CR

Let us hope, anyway. Peace, Yui

[Stuart G]

52. k and r....sorry for your loss...

[peacebuzzard]

54. She died as a warrior. I am so sorry for the loss of your friend.

She will always be a workers hero. My deepest sympathies for the daughters she was going home to.

[raven mad]

55. This makes my heart hurt.

I don't care where it is, this is NOT right, and heck - we've fought revolutions before, and can do it again.

[peacebuzzard]

56. Sorry, duplicate. .....

💐🌹

[GeoWilliam750]

57. Condolences to her family

[yuiyoshida]

59. I will pass that on thank you

very much.

[CrispyQ]

61. I'm sorry for the loss of your friend.

We need a global labor movement.