davidsirota,
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🚨NEWS: The company that chartered the ship that destroyed the Key Bridge was just sanctioned by regulators for silencing whistleblowers raising safety concerns.

Maersk’s policy violated the law, according to federal documents reviewed by The Lever. https://www.levernews.com/feds-recently-hit-cargo-giant-in-baltimore-disaster-for-silencing-whistleblowers/

huntingdon,
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@davidsirota

Companies silence whistleblowers. They demote them, give them poor job ratings or jobs that make them quit, and fire them for unrelated reasons. That works well in "right to work" states, which are really right to fire at will states.

Companies don't often get caught with evidence obvious enough to draw regulators attention. Getting fined for it is a big deal. It's also a red flag that cost cutting and other intentional conduct might have contributed to a predictable tragedy.

cswalker21,
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@davidsirota Huh. Seems like that’s who ought to pay for the new bridge. 🤷‍♂️

Gurre,
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@cswalker21 @davidsirota
Plus a fine of about the cost of 100 new bridges. That seems reasonable imo.

Archnemysis,
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@davidsirota I’m confused, is it Maersk, Grace Ocean Private Ltd. or
Synergy responsible for ship maintenance? Or did I just say the same thing three different ways?

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