Ashley Furniture committed at least a dozen willful OSHA safety violations

This is awful. OSHA launched an investigation at Ashley after a worker lost three fingers last July while operating a woodworking machine without required safety mechanisms in place, OSHA said. The agency said more than 100 other injuries at Ashley were caused by similar machinery. OSHA said its investigators identified…

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Scott Walker’s campaign gets $20,000 from Ashley Furniture after Walker’s WEDC approves $6 million in tax credits to company

I’d love to hear some of you conservatives defend this. The board overseeing the state’s flagship job-creation agency has quietly approved a $6 million tax credit for Ashley Furniture Industries with a condition allowing the company to eliminate half of its state workforce. As approved by the Wisconsin Economic Development…

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