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DENVER—Labor Secretary Hilda Solis lambasted BP and coal mining company Massey Energy for their recent disasters, saying they need to enact better safety measures and not make a profit “at the expense of killing” their employees.
Solis made the remarks Friday in Denver at the conference for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. Solis says workers cleaning up BP’s oil spill on the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico include minorities who often don’t have the interpretation services they need to understand how to handle contaminants.
Solis says the workers are a “vulnerable population” that needs to be protected and that her office is directing BP to give them proper training in their spoken languages.
