Renfro’s letter cited several examples she thought justified the strike, accusing “iron-fisted management” of creating a toxic workplace that includes an incident where workers were told to work during and after a fire despite “dense smoke.”īut the letter’s most attention-grabbing claim prompted Frito-Lay to respond in a statement posted to its website that noted in bold “Employees are Not Required to Continue Working if an Associate Requires Emergency Medical Attention.”

“When a co-worker collapsed and died, you had us move the body and put in another co-worker to keep the line going,” Topeka plant employee Cherie Renfro wrote in the missive to the company, published in the Topeka Capital-Journal. UK’s biggest rail strike in 30 years brings nation to complete standstillĪ widely circulated letter from a striking worker at a Frito-Lay plant in Kansas includes the wild accusation that employees had to keep working even when someone dropped dead on the job. Southwest Airlines pilots picket at Texas airport over working conditions UK rail strike set over pay dispute, could clash with major sporting events Tourism workers strike as Indonesia hikes fee to see rare dragons

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