Comment on Tamil Nadu: 3 Dalit manual scavengers die cleaning septic tank without safety gear

• Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So people are forced to swim in poo without protective gear?

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  • fossphi@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes, decades of systemic subjugation and poverty. When survival is at stakes, people tend to do the extreme stuff, too

    And for the system, it’s probably cheaper to just let it happen instead of trying to lift these poor people up

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    • Scubus@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Is there any work towards a workers union?

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      • destructdisc@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The (upper-caste) people in charge are often itching to acquaint people from the lower strata with the business end of a noose at the drop of a hat, so that tends to hamper efforts towards a workers’ union – but even so, there are some pretty significant efforts here and there

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      • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        If it’s anything like I see in America, people who aren’t willing to be taken advantage of are seen as weak and not knowing their place.

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    • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Gross

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