[Peace-discuss] miners don't just die

[Ricky Baldwin]

The Man (and the System) behind the Mining Murders
by Andrew Pollack
Monthly Review

Most of the coverage of the West Virginia mine murders
quoted International Coal Group CEO Bennett Hatfield,
who was on the scene. But its owner and "Non-Executive
Chairman" is corporate takeover artist Wilbur L. Ross,
Jr., who has bought up bankrupt firms in a variety of
industries after they shed pension, health and/or
other obligations to their workers. And after
purchase, safety at these companies has nose-dived,
thanks to the weakening or elimination of the unions,
as well as nonenforcement of safety laws and
regulations by state and federal authorities. 

[... the rest of this article includes some very
interesting history and safety data behind these
deaths, making the whole story a whole lot less
natural-disaster/act-of-god-like ...]

http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/pollack060106.html


		
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