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LABOR DAY 2003: An unfit legacy
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | Monday, September 1, 2003 | editorial

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.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: laborday; laborhistory

Fatalities and Injuries for All Mining (Coal & Noncoal)


Year
Average Annual
Deaths
Average Annual
Injuries
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

1961-1965 449 23,204
1966-1970 426 22,435
1971-1975 322 33,963
1976-1980 254 41,220

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.

1 posted on 09/01/2003 9:38:40 AM PDT by Willie Green
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To: Willie Green
...those who worked in the mines and the mills were far more likely to serve honorably in our military than the privileged elite who...

...wrote in the newspapers about war.

2 posted on 09/01/2003 9:53:32 AM PDT by elbucko (Those who think they know everything, annoy us that do.)
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To: Willie Green
Worked with a former Union true-believing steel mill electrician. He used to complain of only being able to make $100k/year or so when his kids were in college costing him $67 per credit hour. Like Cheech and Chong used to say, things were tough all over.
3 posted on 09/01/2003 8:17:01 PM PDT by flowerplough
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