Sandy Says: The Way We Were
Looking at old photographs showing the way we worked in the early 1900s reminded me that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Don’t get me wrong; I know that the workplace is safer today than ever before, thanks to new technology, a better understanding of health and physical hazards, the elimination of hazardous substances from the workplace, regulations, etc. But as a news item on p. 8 of this month’s issue reminds us, 3 million private sector workers suffered workplace injuries or illnesses in 2013.
The philosopher George Santayana noted, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
