Sites Stayed Open During Lockdown And Hundreds Of Construction Workers Died

During the peak, construction sites in England kept going while senior management stayed home. Now, men in construction have the highest COVID-19 death rate, according to the ONS. The ONS data confirms what campaigners had been saying for weeks. Opposition to keeping the sites open has been vocal and emotive. Campaigner David Smith, leader of a grassroots #ShutTheSites campaign, shared a video that included an interview with Steve Tombs, a professor in social policy and criminology, who describes the government’s approach as criminal negligence: “It’s manslaughter, it’s social murder.” Read more on the Developer website.

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