#mining-safety

#mining-safety

"For generations, the United Mine Workers of America has fought to protect the health and safety of coal miners and all working people," union president Cecil Roberts said in a statement announcing a lawsuit against the cuts in May.

As news of the blast spread, workers' families flocked to the site, which was surrounded by police and emergency services vehicles. It's scandalous. Companies used to guarantee safety, but they are doing it less and less, Jose Antonio Alvarez, a relative of one the miners who died, told regional newspaper El Comercio.