Blasted in a West Virginia Mine

http://www.counterpunch.org/ely04082010.html
Date Written:  2010-04-08
Publisher:  CounterPunch
Year Published:  2010
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX11754

Conditions in the mines are caused by capitalism. The 25 dead miners in the latest mine disaster in West Virginia are dead because union-busting and the disregard of safety precautions for the sake of speed-up and higher profits.

Subject Headings

• Coal
• Coal Mining
• Health & Safety
• Mineworkers (Miners)
• Mining
• Mining Health & Safety
• Mining Industry
• Mining Safety
• Occupational Health & Safety
• Workers' Health & Safety
• Workplace Death & Injury
• Workplace Health & Safety