A federal judge ordered the restoration of jobs in the NIOHS's Respiratory Health Division after a veteran coal miner filed a class action lawsuit arguing that the mass firings would lead to irreparable harm.
A new Bill makes it easier for businesses to endanger and exploit their workforces in the name of speed and profits.
If This Be Treason (in 1774), War Is Such an Ugly Word (1919), U.S. Thumbs Nose at International Law (1984), International Women's Day! (1914), Joe McCarthy's Dam Cracks (1954), Whose Streets? Our Streets! (1969), Big Win for Miners' Health (1969)
The Department of Labor unveiled a bold initiative to combat the crisis by curbing exposure to silica.
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Murray, a Trump supporter and climate change denier, has been a major player in industry lobbying against regulations to limit the amount of coal dust miners breathe. Now he suffers from the same fatal illness
As the NPR/Frontline data analysis shows lowering overall mine dust doesn't necessarily reduce silica exposure to safe levels.
An article published Feb. 6, 2018 in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health had identified 416 cases of advanced black lung disease among coal miners in central Appalachia. New cases of black lung had been rare until recently, but this study suggests that the incidence is rising.
Well over 150,000 miners lost their lives in the late 19th and early 20th century, more than in most wars in US history. Mother Jones would have argued that the problem was that the needs of the industry are prevailing above the needs of the earth and its people. For her and radicals of her generation, thinking of natural resources as belonging to the public was the great collective objection to the plunder for private gain.
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