bodhipooh wrote:

Wow. Spoken like a true apathetic person... I guess people who like to hire underage prostitutes could posit the same argument: it's the job of government (or, someone else) to look after their welfare. Your argument is weak and, really, only proves what I stated before: people LOVE to play dumb and avoid taking or accepting responsibility for how their actions and demands impact humans, animals, or the environment.

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bodhipooh wrote:
Pretty funny to see people getting their panties in a bunch over this story. I guess people rather go through life playing dumb, or with their heads stuck in the sand, than face the reality of their surroundings. How could ANYONE think that any of these nail places can stay afloat and turn a profit by charging $10 for a manicure when rents are so high, and while "employing" so many individuals, unless they are cutting corners somewhere, or shafting their employees??

All of these services and conveniences of which people avail themselves at incredibly low prices are obviously coming at somebody's expense, or by cutting corners somewhere. Stop playing dumb, acknowledge it and make peace with that. Or, choose to patronize services and businesses that you know are doing the right thing, but which will cost you much more.

It?s still the job of the government to mandate and enforce occupational health and safety regulations. It?s certainly admirable and wise to care about others, but it?s not our place to insure that all people whose work we benefit from are afforded the protections to which they?re entitled. There?s already a mechanism in place for that.

bodhipooh wrote:
Pretty funny to see people getting their panties in a bunch over this story. I guess people rather go through life playing dumb, or with their heads stuck in the sand, than face the reality of their surroundings. How could ANYONE think that any of these nail places can stay afloat and turn a profit by charging $10 for a manicure when rents are so high, and while "employing" so many individuals, unless they are cutting corners somewhere, or shafting their employees??

All of these services and conveniences of which people avail themselves at incredibly low prices are obviously coming at somebody's expense, or by cutting corners somewhere. Stop playing dumb, acknowledge it and make peace with that. Or, choose to patronize services and businesses that you know are doing the right thing, but which will cost you much more.

kencares wrote:
It's the same story with a lot of businesses around here, minus the nail chemicals, "Asian Food" on 440, the back half of most of the restaurants in town, most contractors, particularly Dixon Leasing. The state just turns a blind eye towards most of it.

kencares wrote:
It's the same story with a lot of businesses around here, minus the nail chemicals, "Asian Food" on 440, the back half of most of the restaurants in town, most contractors, particularly Dixon Leasing. The state just turns a blind eye towards most of it.

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo ordered emergency measures on Sunday to combat the wage theft and health hazards faced by the thousands of people who work in New York State?s nail salon industry.

Effective immediately, he said in a statement, a new, multiagency task force will conduct salon-by-salon investigations, institute new rules that salons must follow to protect manicurists from the potentially dangerous chemicals found in nail products, and begin a six-language education campaign to inform them of their rights.

Nail salons that do not comply with orders to pay workers back wages, or are unlicensed, will be shut down. The new rules come in response to a New York Times investigation of nail salons ? first published online last week ? that detailed the widespread exploitation of manicurists, many of whom have illnesses that some scientists and health advocates say are caused by the chemicals with which they work.

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that was very quick...great job, mr. cuomo. i'm sure the same bs is going over on this side of the hudson.

user1111 wrote:
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo ordered emergency measures on Sunday to combat the wage theft and health hazards faced by the thousands of people who work in New York State?s nail salon industry.

Effective immediately, he said in a statement, a new, multiagency task force will conduct salon-by-salon investigations, institute new rules that salons must follow to protect manicurists from the potentially dangerous chemicals found in nail products, and begin a six-language education campaign to inform them of their rights.

Nail salons that do not comply with orders to pay workers back wages, or are unlicensed, will be shut down. The new rules come in response to a New York Times investigation of nail salons ? first published online last week ? that detailed the widespread exploitation of manicurists, many of whom have illnesses that some scientists and health advocates say are caused by the chemicals with which they work.

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