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Home Depot in LA installs noise machines that ‘penetrate bones’ to deter day laborers (www.theguardian.com)

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Advocates call for removal of machines and demand that company speak out against ICE raids in parking lots

A Home Depot in Los Angeles installed three high pitch noise-emitting machines outside to deter day laborers from seeking work there, causing them to suffer headaches and nausea, advocates alleged at a press conference on Wednesday.

The Instituto de Educacion Popular del Sur de California (IDEPSCA), an advocacy organization that helps day laborers, called for the removal of these machines from Home Depot's Cypress Park location, according to the Los Angeles Times

Advocates for day laborers also demanded that Home Depot speak out against ICE raids in store parking lots. Immigration enforcement agents have repeatedly targeted the Cypress Park location, which is located near one of IDEPSCA's support hubs, the Times reported.

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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 89 points 18 hours ago (9 children)

The fuck??? Why would home depot discoursge this??? Get a bunch of day laborers outside, who aren't affiliated with your company, and it's only GOOD news for your profits.

Consider this. A new home owner wants to refurbish their kitchen. So the guy goes down to home depot to get some materials. But he also knows there's some day laborers outside.

So now he's bought the materials from you, hired the labor from guys hanging around outside your store, and no matter what happens next, you made a sale because you're known for having day laborers outside.

Plus, even if they do a shitty job, the home owner has no recoarse against you. He can't sue YOU for shoddy worksmanship. You never hired these guys. All you did was sell the materials, and the materials are fine. It's the installation that was subpar.

And plus, it's not like home depot sells a seperate service of installation anyways. So they don't lose money, they gain sales, and have no legal obligation, and benefit from having an installation team that you don't pay, and aren't legally responsible for in any way.

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 70 points 18 hours ago

Because the CEO of Home Depot is a MAGA dumbass... that is all. The green light to be a racist prick has been voted in to the most powerful position in the world. Dumbest timeline since the 1930s.

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