Should BP hire now out-of-work shrimpers to help contain the spill?

[panader0]

I think that's the least they could do, after causing their work to come to a halt.

[babylonsister]

1. They are...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/us/01marsh.html

Fishermen Sign On to Clean Up Oil

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BP has said it will hire as many local residents as possible to clean the beaches and distribute booms through the surrounding marshes and waterways.

[panader0]

2. That's excellent.

I had heard the fishermen wanted the work, but not that BP had taken them up.

[Merlot]

3. oh, isn't that nice...for BP

not only do they get a ready made temporary workforce (made up of those who lost their livelyhood BECAUSE of BP) but now they're going to get positive PR out of it as well.

Wonder what they're paying all these people?

[metapunditedgy]

4. Those guys should be paid executive-level salaries for their help. n/t