Posted on 09/01/2003 9:38:40 AM PDT by Willie Green
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:03:06 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The summer is bookended by Memorial and Labor days. During the former we honor those who died to defend the freedoms by which labor can seek its maximum value and reward.
Yet, while we will enjoy the holiday, we won't glorify the coercion of closed shops. We will not break out the champagne for the steel tariffs -- that protect the few at the expense of the many as war persists half a world away.
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...
Fatalities and Injuries for All Mining (Coal & Noncoal) |
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Year |
Average Annual Deaths |
Average Annual Injuries |
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1936-1940 | 1,546 | 81,342 |
1941-1945 | 1,592 | 82,825 |
1946-1950 | 1,054 | 63,367 |
1951-1955 | 690 | 38,510 |
1956-1960 | 550 | 28,805 |
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1961-1965 | 449 | 23,204 |
1966-1970 | 426 | 22,435 |
1971-1975 | 322 | 33,963 |
1976-1980 | 254 | 41,220 |
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1981-1985 | 174 | 24,290 |
1986-1990 | 122 | 27,524 |
1991-1999 | 93 | 21,351 |
The butthead libertarian luddites at the Tribune-Review are still rankled because safety regulations forced the development of technology that saved the lives of the Quecreek miners.
And the idiots also forget that those who worked in the mines and the mills were far more likely to serve honorably in our military than the privileged elite who profit from war.
...wrote in the newspapers about war.
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