Are These The Kind Of Jobs Democrats Want for NJ?

Worker with respirator and full protective gear at Troy Chemical. Source: NIOSH report.

That man in protective gear was  a Troy Chemical Company employee. The photo is from a NIOSH Report on the facility.

I wrote about the outrageous situation at Troy on Monday – a very controversial and reveailing post that- as predicted – has generated crickets from media and friends alike.

So I ask: are these the kind of jobs that NJ Democrats want to attract to NJ?

Is this the kind of toxic manufacturing economy Democrats want to recreate in NJ?

Where a worker gets poisoned at the workplace?

Where the employer flouts environmental and occupational safety and health laws?

Where the corporate employer poisons the surrounding community?

Where the corporate employer pulls political strings – using suburban Republican legislators – to evade cleaning up the toxic mess they made?

Is this really the Democrats’ jobs and “manufacturing renaissance” vision and agenda? Really?

Say it ain’t so, Lou Greenwald. Say it ain’t so.

As we blow opportunities to grow good jobs in energy efficiency, solar, wind, geothermal, smart grid, distributed power, electric cars, rebuilding infrastructure, public transit, public housing,  education, libraries, art, music, local agriculture, taking care of seniors, mentoring youth, building parks and recreational facilities, cleaning up the environment, adapting to climate change, …