"Why does society take the death on the job of some people more seriously than that of others? The deaths of astronauts and soldiers are greeted with great concern by opinion leaders who vow that they will not to be tolerated, but the deaths of day laborers and other blue-collar workers seem to be accepted as an inevitable act of nature. This double standard of death is reinforced by the bifurcated way that the mass media frames the issue. The labor movement and the safety and health community must confront this problem head-on and develop an educational strategy to rectify the distorted idea that some lives are more valuable than others."

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