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Not Just A Number
"Not Just A Number" is a fascinating-and important-read that highlights the dangers America's working men and women face from industrial pollutants. It's also a compelling personal story about a young girl who left Communist Poland, embraced the opportunities of America and, against the odds, successfully fought for justice when tragedy struck at the heart of her family.
156 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 23, 2017
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July 22, 2018
In some cases the accumulation of fact and detail can pack a real wallop. I highly recommend this book. Beginning with Dorota Nigro's childhood in Poland, move to America and marriage to Anthony Nigro an MTA garage mechanic who was to put in 28 years for the company, it quickly shifts to Anthony's contracting lung cancer around the time of his retirement and eventual death. What happened? It was quickly evident that something was dreadfully wrong at the workplace which the company knew but did nothing to correct. Many MTA garages were essentially converted trolley garages which had nothing to update the ventilation for their workers. Consequently, every mechanic was inhaling polluted diesel fumes on an hourly basis for as long as they worked there. And Anthony was a 28 year man...In pursuing Anthony's death benefits from the company, it soon becomes apparent that a significant number of other MTA employees were developing cancer on around the time of their retirement. It was at this point that Dorota decided to take on the MTA. An amazing story which has all the more impact because it actually happened.
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