On January 25, 1960 Mitsui Miike coal mine lockout in Japan began, the single biggest labor dispute in the history of Japan. This was also a core battle to see if the left could play a major role in postwar Japan. The forces of order...
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On July 10, 1902, the Rolling Mill Mine in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, exploded due to a rise in firedamp, which is a rise in methane to dangerous levels. 112 miners.
Breaker boys, Woodward Coal Mines, Kingston, Pennsylvania., ca. 1900
On May 4, 1926, workers in the United Kingdom started a general strike to protest the terrible actions against the nation's striking coal miners. 1.7 million workers walked off the job, shutting down the British economy. Unfortunately, the strike did not succeed, the middle class...
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 04: Hundreds of members of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) march to the Manhattan headquarters of BlackRock, the largest shareholder in the.
On February 16, 1931, the Harlan County Coal Operators' Association reduced wages for miners in that part of eastern Kentucky by 10 percent. In response, the United Mine Workers of.
Now this is the kind of climate action I expect from developed nations! The British government approved on Wednesday the country’s first coal mine in decades, a project promoted as a source of new jobs but which has been criticized as a reversal of efforts...
On December 6, 1977, the United Mine Workers of America walked off the job. This moment demonstrated a moment when workers thought they could gain more power in the economy..
President Donald Trump is welcomed to the Greenbrier Resort by Gov. Jim Justice as part of A Military Tribute at the Greenbrier on Tuesday evening. Environmental racism is the gift.
On April 21, 1894, bituminous coal miners went on strike. This early attempt to fight against employer oppression and the extremely low wages of the mines failed pretty badly, in the face of overwhelming state violence, employer intransigence, and the deep poverty of the miners....
On March 6, 1984, the British coal strike against Margret Thatcher's union-busting and privatization began. This strike would threaten to shut off the nation's energy supplies. It was also started.
Coal miners in Alabama have been on strike for months now and it is finally getting some attention from the media. Here's a good piece on it from Luis Feliz.