92. The Phantom (Imperial Food Products)
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The Importance of Protecting Workers
The North Carolina General Assembly passed 14 new worker safety laws in response to the Imperial fire. The USDA also agreed that inspectors would be cross-trained to report serious workplace hazards, but that never happened. As of 2021, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that only 2.8% of North Carolina workers were unionized.
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