It makes little sense for UMWA President Roberts to side with the coal companies on the EPA or anything else. The coal companies continue to treat workers’ lives as expendable.
The struggle of Superior, AZ is like so many US towns where the primary industry and the promise of a stable life-long job have left town, likely never to return.
Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. September 12, 2010.
Death ought not be the price of having a job. But corporate deaths are happening every day, and our "leaders" are accepting it. It's a national disgrace.
A coalition of NGOs say Don Blankenship is "as criminally culpable as any mass murderer" for the mine disaster because he had systematically worked to avoid safety regulations.
Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. August 23, 2007.
During the Bush administration, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been more intent on providing protection to employers than workers.
