Voices from coal country say closures of MSHA offices will endanger mine safety
Stanley “Goose” Stewart, who survived the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster that killed 29 workers 15 years ago Saturday, ...
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Federal workers’ union representative says miner safety is being compromised by job, office cuts
The General Services Administration (GSA) has ordered the closure of the Mine Health Safety Administration District Office in Pineville, National Council of Field Labor ...
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Unemployment extension for laid-off mine workers gets tangled up at Capitol
Two proposals include unemployment insurance benefit extensions. The Republican-sponsored one would tie the unemployment ...
Finland to leave anti-personnel mine treaty
Finland is now the latest European nation to abandon a long-standing treaty that bans the use of anti-personnel mines.
As war draws men to fight, Ukraine’s women take tough new jobs in machinery and mines
Ukrainian women are taking jobs once reserved for men, who are being drafted for the war with Russia. Some women are now ...