Workers
28. CEO gets rewarded for disaster £2 million
people.forbes.com/profile/a-b-tony-hayward/13022
29. Did not intend to pay unemployed workers if they went beyond the separate, smaller fund specially laid out for unemployment due to the spill
IC_BP_Investor_Briefing_webcast_16_June.pdf
http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9033856&contentId=7062596
30. Did not equip workers with gloves or boots to keep toxic elements off skin
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/28/AR2010052803872.html
31. Threatens to fire anyone using a respirator.
http://www.businessinsider.com/who-died-and-made-bp-the-king-of-the-gulf-of-mexico-2010-6
32. Despite respiratory problems associated with oil spills and dispersant they are still not giving respirators, thereby keeping the liability off of them from future claims.
http://www.wacktrap.com/environment/oil-spills/bp-oil-spill-fishermen-drop-flies-nasa-satellites-show-voc
33. Ignored reports that more than 3 out of 5 Exxon Valdez cleanup workers had gotten sick.
http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/21833
34. Ignored Valdez workers suffering, and short life spans
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/7/bp_oil_spill_cleanup_workers_getting
35. Is considering not giving full compensation to those who won't expose themselves to corexit, working on the cleanup.
http://draketoulouse.com/2010/07/07/bp-punishes-fisherman-who-wont-expose-themselves-to-corexit-toxicity-kindra-arnesen-is-back/
36. Has paid less than 1/3 of claim.
http://www.propublica.org/article/new-bp-data-shows-payments-on-less-than-a-third-of-claims
37. "BP’s Claim Process is a Sham to Defraud those Injured by the Gulf Oil Spill Disaster and Avoid Paying what is Owed"
http://oilspilllawsuit.org/
38. Trying to have money earned by cleanup workers subtracted from their claim.
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/20/gulf_coast_residents_outraged_that_money
39. Coerced workers to sign statements saying they were not hurt and did not witness the blast.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37088497/
40. Prisoners work on the clean-up, bp pays lower cost plus a tax break, while residents go out of work.
http://www.thenation.com/article/37828/bp-hires-prison-labor-clean-spill-while-coastal-residents-struggle
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