Seoul, Sep 28 (IPS) – During my summer break this year, I read a news article about five school cafeteria workers who had died of lung cancer. Due to these incidents, a union of cafeteria workers, wearing their aprons and holding their lunch trays, held a protest in front of the President’s office on a scorching summer day. And it made us think about the devastating working conditions for the school lunch employees. Isn’t it so disheartening that we eat our school lunch at the expense of their health?
Read the full story, “Deadly Smoke: Feeding Children Kills Cafeteria Staff”, on globalissues.org →

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