Today in Labor History March 10, 1906: Coal dust exploded at the Courrieres mine in France. 1,099 miners died. It was the second worst mining disaster of the 20th century. (1,549 miners died in the Benxihu accident in China, in 1946). As a result of the Courrieres disaster, 45,000 miners went on strike, protesting the ongoing unsafe working conditions. The authorities sent in the military, which quashed the strike.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #mining #strike #workplacedeaths #UnsafeWorkplace #france

"Accurate Energetic Systems" was hiring at $19 an hr in Bucksnort Tennessee = those jobs ( and people that worked there ) all now GONE!

#MilitaryContractor #explosives plant endorsed by #GOP Governor Bill Lee vanishes with one confirmed dead initially and at least 19 personnel "missing"

A previous employee workplace death and catastrophic injuries had been reported at the 1300 acre site facility in 2014, after which a lawsuit had been filed against sole LLC operator John Sonday.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2025/10/10/hickman-county-explosion-accurate-energetic-systems/86622105007/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89d4zw8704o #UnsafeWorkplace #OSHA #Tennessee #Work #RepublicanPolitics #LLC

Today in Labor History March 10, 1906: Coal dust exploded at the Courrieres mine in France. 1,099 miners died. It was the second worst mining disaster of the 20th century. (1,549 miners died in the Benxihu accident in China, in 1946). As a result of the Courrieres disaster, 45,000 miners went on strike, protesting the ongoing unsafe working conditions. The authorities sent in the military, which quashed the strike.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #mining #strike #workplacedeaths #UnsafeWorkplace #france

Today in Labor History March 10, 1906: Coal dust exploded at the Courrieres mine in France. 1,099 miners died. It was the second worst mining disaster of the 20th century. (1,549 miners died in the Benxihu accident in China, in 1946). As a result of the Courrieres disaster, 45,000 miners went on strike, protesting the ongoing unsafe working conditions. The authorities sent in the military, which quashed the strike.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #mining #strike #WorkplaceDeaths #UnsafeWorkplace