Ok so now that the holidays are past us I needed to give this a little bit more attention. I want to give everyone an update on the meetings I have had over the last month and the contact information for each so you may contact them with concerns as well. I encourage everyone to contact these individuals and make your voice be heard. Everyone on this list is now aware of the issue if they were not before...everyone on this list is receptive to complaints and have all expressed concern about what is going on here in south Franklin.
Mike Skinner, Alderman – (615)595-1501 michael.skinnner@franklintn.gov
Quincy Styke, Deputy Director TDEC-APC – quincy.styke@tn.gov
Jackie Waynick, Air Monitoring Engineer TDEC-APC – Jackie.Waynick@tn.gov
James Purvis, Environmental Engineer Region IV (EPA) – james.purvis@epamail.epa.gov
Robert Taylor, Epidemiologist, Tennessee Health Department – (615)532-8482 robert.v.taylor@tn.gov
David Borowski, Epidemiologist, Tennessee Health Department
Senator Johnson (Letter and Meeting)
Congressman Blackburn (Letter and Meeting)
Representative Casada (Letter and Meeting)
Mayor John Schroer, Franklin, TN
City of Franklin, code enforcement
HOA President, Sullivan Farms, Brian Benda (615)335-4515
Linda O’neal, Executive Director, TN commission on Children and Youth – (615)741-2633 linda.oneal@tn.gov
I have talked to more individuals but may not have gathered their contact information...please contact me if you have any trouble getting ahold of anyone...
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Quote from the head of Wal-mart about the responsibility of a company..."For those who may still be on the sidelines, I want to be direct," Wal-Mart chief executive Lee Scott said sternly. "Meeting social and environmental standards is not optional. I firmly believe that a company that cheats on overtime and on the age of its labor, that dumps its scraps and its chemicals in our rivers, that does not pay its taxes or honor its contracts will ultimately cheat on the quality of its products. And cheating on the quality of products is the same as cheating on customers. We will not tolerate that at Wal-Mart." I wish Superior Essex had Wal-mart's standards.
Superior Essex is owned by LS Cable, a South Korean company. They purchased Superior Essex in 2008 for 90 million. That's when all the problems started. Is it a coincidence? No.
"March 15th, 2008...Wire and cable maker Superior Essex Inc. said Thursday it is in talks with groups representing employees at its magnet wire manufacturing plant in Chauny, France, about a possible closure of the facility. The plant, which has about 130 employees, is operated by the company's French subsidiary, Essex SAS. Superior Essex said in January it planned to consolidate and restructure its North American magnet wire business, as part of a worldwide cost cutting initiative. It closed a plant in Indiana and moved operations to Tennessee and Mexico facilities." Then LS Cable bought them for 900 million. Also, since Tennessee and Mexico are non-union, those employees earn $5 an hour less and have few benefits than other SupEx employees. Not to mention that the working conditions are horrible.
As bad as the fumes are outside the Superior Essex, Franklin plant, I can't imagine how bad it must be for the workers inside the plant. They need the jobs so they don't report the working conditions...yet their health is going to suffer. I've read comments from workers at the Indiana plant that they leave work with the smell of the magnet wire fused into their clothes..just think about chemicals are inside their lungs.
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