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90th Anniversary Of The CIO And The Rise Of US Labor
09 Nov 2025 20:54 GMT
… Federation of Labor leader, William Green, promised employers that if … refused to organize strikes. The miners’ union leader John L. … down tools on the job and occupy their factories. … police. Throughout the strike some 14 workers were shot, overwhelmingly …
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Opinion: John L. Lewis, an Iowan, fought for workers’ rights
09 Nov 2025 11:14 GMT
… 25% of eligible workers could not find a job. Lewis, seeing … employers from forming a union.
It also created the National Labor … led assembly line workers in the Great Sit Down Strike of 1936 … With Lewis devoted to the miners, and the rancor for inclusion …
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PHOTO ESSAY: West Va. coal miners demand Trump administration enforce safety precautions
08 Nov 2025 09:30 GMT
… black lung rates rise among workers — including those in … 000 miners walked off the job in an unauthorized wildcat strike, … the Labor Department insisted the administration can maintain miners’ health … agenda to protect their jobs and revive the mining …
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Almost Heaven and Earth: Coal miners with black lung fight Trump administration rollback of safety protections
08 Nov 2025 08:30 GMT
… black lung rates rise among workers — including those in their … 40,000 miners walked off the job in an unauthorized wildcat strike, demanding … dominance agenda to protect their jobs and revive the mining … the U.S. Department of Labor, Oct. 14, 2025, in …
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Lisa Emery, a respiratory therapist, is deeply concerned about West Virginia coal miners suffering from black lung disease.
07 Nov 2025 04:13 GMT
… dominance agenda to protect their jobs and revive the mining industry … Virginia coal miners walked off the job in an unauthorized wildcat strike, demanding … worker health and safety standards under the Department of Labor, including citing employers …
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Russian attack cuts power to eight Dnipropetrovsk Oblast coal mines, stranding 2,595 workers
06 Nov 2025 16:31 GMT
A Russian strike knocked out power to eight coal mines in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, trapping 2,595 miners underground at the time, according to the Energy Ministry.
Rescuers and mine personnel quickly organized the evacuation of people to the …
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Russian strike cuts power to eight mines in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, trapping 2,595 miners underground
06 Nov 2025 16:24 GMT
… the strike, 2,595 miners were underground.
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Emergency workers and mine employees … quickly organised the evacuation of all workers to … This latest strike has endangered the lives of thousands of miners. Russia …
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Russian attack blacked out eight mines in Dnipropetrovsk region, over 2500 miners trapped underground - Ministry of Energy
06 Nov 2025 13:12 GMT
… were de-energized. 2,595 miners were trapped underground, UNN reports … winter.
Another strike endangered the lives of thousands of miners. Russia continues … the Dnipropetrovsk region, where 496 employees were underground. This was already …
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Court Fixes January To Rule On Killing Of 21 Nigerian Coal Miners By British Colonial Police In Enugu's Iva Valley
06 Nov 2025 11:08 GMT
… and rights of the miners who were “gruesomely and … the defenseless Iva Valley coal miners,” Chude maintained.
The victims’ … who were on strike.
The shooting of workers who were protesting over … s colonial history.
The miners, protesting poor working conditions …
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'Being in the Green Party used to feel like being an outsider, but more and more people say that’s exactly what we need in politics'
09 Nov 2025 04:19 GMT
… ve just welcomed the former Labour group leader on Carmarthenshire … James, Carmarthenshire’s former Labour group leader to the Greens … in London, and when the miners strike came, I knew I … Cutting my teeth during that miners strike, it’s absolutely clear to …