Panesko HATES unions
Panesko HATES child labor laws
Panesko HATES government regulations
Here is my letter to the editor published in The Chronicle on July 12, 2011.
http://www.chronline.com/opinion/article_31206c22-acaf-11e0-a748-001cc4c002e0.html?success=1?success
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Panesko’s Push to Commemorate Girls Killed in Factory Fire Is Amusing
To the editor:
Now that’s downright funny. I don’t care what you say.
Right-wing, anti-union, anti-government-regulations talk show host John Panesko is joining a group of people who want to commemorate the deaths of eight girls killed in a flash fire at a dynamite factory.
First, five of the girls were under 18 years of age and two of them were only 14 years old. Panesko constantly rails against child labor laws on his little right-wing, anti-regulation talk show.
Second, according to The Chronicle, the girls were working in a room where the flammable powder was packed into boxes and hundreds of pounds of loose powder covered the floor. Seven girls who died were trapped behind a workbench. Their workbench was in their way and completely cut off their road to safety even had there been time.
Workers and supervisors had regularly taken smoke breaks in the immediate vicinity of flammable powder. Employees, and even bosses at the plant, engaged in smoking while at work around the buildings.
I’m sure today’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration would have had something to say about all that. The girls would not have run back into the packing room for their coats had they been taught emergency evacuation procedures.
Panesko also hates unions. Hardly a day goes by that he doesn’t bash unions and union bosses. Panesko actually told his right-wing, anti-union listeners that kids vandalize because they learn from Service Employees International Union members. Then he cited an Ann Coulter book that says SEIU leaders encourage anarchists.
But it’s also a fact that unions save lives. For just one example, workers in unionized mines are far less likely to be killed or seriously injured than workers in nonunion mines.
The number of fatalities in nonunion mines could decline by one-third and up to nearly three-fourths. Serious injuries could decline by as much as one-third if the mines unionized.
Panesko claims that he logged off the cemetery, instead of just thinning it, “with the intention of restoring it to its original appearance a hundred years earlier”; I suspect the real reason he logged it off was because those trees blocked his view from his mansion he built in the cemetery at the top of the hill.
See, Panesko also constantly rails against taxes on his little right-wing, anti-government talk show. Homes built in cemeteries are exempt from property taxes. And he runs his talk show business out of his home. So he doesn’t have to pay property taxes on his talk show business either. Can’t beat that.
Panesko found the girls’ common grave 16 years ago. But now that the tragedy is getting some attention, he’s jumping on the bandwagon to put up a memorial.
Otherwise, I’m sure he would side with the businessmen and bankers who decided after only 30 minutes that the fire was accidental and the company was blameless.
We can’t make Panesko pay property taxes on his mansion up on the hill, but will he at least stop condemning child labor laws, government regulations and unions?
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Now here's what Panesko said about my letter on his talkshow the next day:
First, listen to Panesko bragging that he found a loophole in the law so he can get away without paying property taxes on his mansion.
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Now listen to Panesko and his wife whining because somebody dared to expose them for what a couple of sleezebags they are. They are ELITES. Nobody should ever criticize THEM.
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Now listen to Panesko still bragging about taking every call. We all know that isn't true. The day he can take me on one on one, that will be the day he can claim to be a real talkshow host.
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