cantstandbush
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Mon May-08-06 04:46 PM
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Happy about the Aussie miners being saved. Why is it that miners |
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everywhere besides the US can be saved from mining accidents? What are we doing wrong?
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OldLeftieLawyer
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Mon May-08-06 04:48 PM
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OSHA is a joke, and the mining companies don't have to do shit in order to be in compliance.
Besides, miners aren't big political money, are they?
I'm amazed at those people in Oz - two weeks, and they walked!! Tough. And great.
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Mon May-08-06 04:56 PM
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Mining is a hazardous profession. The CEO's only care about the bottom line and not miners' safety and well being.
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Mon May-08-06 04:52 PM
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2. I sincerely hope there will be lawsuits |
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over those failed oxygen packs in West Virginia. More than one survival migh have been possible had they not had to share.
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Mon May-08-06 04:55 PM
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3. Australia enjoys a VERY HEALTHY LABOR UNION "movement" |
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Since they haven't been having to deal with decades of anti-labor rhetoric from a bunch of rethugnican pukes and corporate CEO worship, they enjoy all the benefits of strong LABOR UNIONS, including worker safety programs that actually keep workers safe, instead of keeping stockholder's pockets well lined with profits taken off the backs of their workers.
Peace - :)
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Mon May-08-06 05:40 PM
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8. Beat me to it -- Solidarity, folks! |
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Mon May-08-06 05:00 PM
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5. They were in a steel safety cage |
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that's why they survived. We only use those here for mining engineers and company managers - the workers aren't valuable enough to waste those resources on.
I love the Aussies. One of the miners, while they were still trapped, asked them to send down the want ads, so he could look for a new job! :D
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Mon May-08-06 05:27 PM
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6. US underground mines are outdated, poorly managed and therefore |
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Mon May-08-06 05:34 PM
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7. When regulations are in place & followed - then accidents are not |
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