Today in Labor History Nov 20, 78 miners are killed & starts campaign for federal coal mine safety

[Omaha Steve]

November 20

First use of term “scab,” by Albany Typographical Society - 1816


Norman Thomas born, American socialist leader - 1884

The time clock is invented by Willard Bundy, a jeweler in Auburn, N.Y. Bundy’s brother Harlow starts mass producing them a year later - 1888

Mine fire in Telluride, Colo., kills 28 miners, prompts union call for safer work conditions - 1901

78 miners are killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company’s No. 9 mine in Farmington, W. Va. - 1968

And this:
November 20, 1968 - An explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company’s No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia, killed 78 miners, giving rise to a United Mine Workers Union campaign for federal coal mine safety legislation.

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_11_20_2010

[truedelphi]

1. Thanks for all your hard work on these labor issues.

And always an interesting read to boot.

[niyad]

2. and I just read that there is another coal mine disaster--in New Zealand this time

[whistler162]

5. Here is the news story

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101120/ap_on_bi_ge/as_new_zealand_mine_explosion

The unrec was for the begging of the OP!

[spin]

3. K&R (n/t)

[blue neen]

4. Kick.

My grampap was a coal miner who got black lung.

[yellerpup]

6. I'm glad you brought this up.

We should be reminded of these worker's sacrifice and why unions exist. :kick: & R

[KoKo]

7. This is not being reported...first I'd seen it was here...then it sunk!

:kick:

[niyad]

8. . . .