tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post5147355912032244004..comments2023-10-09T02:38:50.119-07:00Comments on At My Soiree: Mining the Profit MotiveChrisJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13139508470517226199noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-81075979680001990932010-04-08T08:59:01.735-07:002010-04-08T08:59:01.735-07:00Owen,
Absolutely right. What is so often literall...Owen,<br /><br />Absolutely right. What is so often literally criminal is that the shift costs so many lives.ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13139508470517226199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-14644496221156012222010-04-08T06:01:13.178-07:002010-04-08T06:01:13.178-07:00The last thirty years have been very difficult for...The last thirty years have been very difficult for labour unions. The conventional wisdom has been what it was in John A. MacDonald's day -- unions are conspiracies.<br /><br />But given the shift of wealth up the social ladder, one has to wonder just who is conspiring against whom.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-12199232846180720892010-04-07T08:47:51.252-07:002010-04-07T08:47:51.252-07:00My heart goes out to the friends and a families of...My heart goes out to the friends and a families of the miners who lost their lives to this senseless and avoidable trajedy.lifeshighwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14389824485602821605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-37143164815685083312010-04-07T08:46:16.409-07:002010-04-07T08:46:16.409-07:00My heart also goes out to the friends and families...My heart also goes out to the friends and families of the miners who were lost in one more senseless trajedy.lifeshighwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14389824485602821605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-11548963735979764972010-04-07T08:29:08.497-07:002010-04-07T08:29:08.497-07:00Hels,
The Ceo or owner of the company of the Uppe...Hels,<br /><br />The Ceo or owner of the company of the Upper Big Branch Mine is a union buster and quite proud of it. You're right - safety records of union mines are generally much better than those of non-union mines.ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13139508470517226199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-14401916189176419782010-04-07T00:25:02.546-07:002010-04-07T00:25:02.546-07:00Chris, without strong unions, labouring men will a...Chris, without strong unions, labouring men will always be fodder for big industry. Especially newly arrived men who cannot speak English yet.<br /><br />When the Snowy Mountains Scheme was being built here from 1949 on, migrants got off the ships and were taken into this rather inaccessible part of the nation. This hydroelectricity and irrigation complex employed 100,000 young men, all grateful for a paying job and a new passport. They didn't complain and even if they did, they wouldn't have been listened to.<br /><br />Every time one of the 121 workers died (probably many more), the other workers were given the rest of the day off. Then back to work the next morning. The union movement demanded that the government pay its migrant workers at award rates and under award conditions. But who was going to set safety standards and assure the workers that those standards were met?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-48496005348346818822010-04-06T19:42:34.887-07:002010-04-06T19:42:34.887-07:00Christi,
And I think, sadly, probably always will...Christi,<br /><br />And I think, sadly, probably always will be.ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13139508470517226199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557515713379617009.post-54353696455722063522010-04-06T18:55:28.323-07:002010-04-06T18:55:28.323-07:00And it has always been thus...Sadly men, and famil...And it has always been thus...Sadly men, and families are expendable.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01203286781888444548noreply@blogger.com