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The death of Thomas "Tank" McAuliffe is only the most recent in a string of tragedies at Sterling Stamping and other Detroit area auto plants during the pandemic.
A worker said that rather than send workers home to allow them time to grieve, management actually increased the speed of the production line following McAuliffe’s death.
Sanoh America’s Findlay, Ohio, facility had one-third of its workforce contract the virus and two deaths. OSHA slapped it with a paltry fine of $26,527 as the price of doing business.
Workers who spoke out placed the blame of Caleb Dye’s death on the unions, the auto companies and the profit system.
Xavier Anderson, a worker at Stellantis’ Sterling Stamping Plant north of Detroit, is the fifth to die from COVID-19 at the plant.