Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC - ACT 1977)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/trump-coal-miners-doge-fmshrc
On #MayDay Trump admin fired a mine safety commissioner & closed the #Pittsburgh office of the agency that handles mine safety disputes.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/trump-coal-miners-doge-fmshrc
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC) - 1977 Act.
https://jordanbarab.com/confinedspace/2026/05/07/friday-night-massacre-at-mine-safety-review-commission/
(Interview) Director of Harlan County 1976-2026
https://jacobin.com/2026/05/kopple-harlan-county-american-dream
Showing in NYC
https://www.ifccenter.com/series/harlan-county-usa-american-dream/
#BarbaraKopple #BlackLung #documentary #films #HarlanCounty #HazelDickens #labourmovement #mineworkers #solidarity #unions
19 November 2010 in the #PikeRiver Mine, 46 km northeast of #Greymouth, in the West Coast region of #Aotearoa /New Zealand's South Island following a methane explosion at approximately 3:44 pm resulted in the deaths of 29 miners.
1990s #ICEM campaign poster in support of health and safety for the world's #mineworkers
"The stronger the union, the safer the mine."
International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers’ Unions (ICEM) poster by Fiona Macintosh.
(Source: https://admin.industriall-union.org/archive/icem/archive-icem-icem-poster-wins-design-contest/ )
April 8, 1911
“Convict Leasing” Slavery By Another Name (13th Amendement) #Birmingham, #Alabama.
128 #coal mine workers: 113 of the dead were Black men convicted by Alabama courts of petty crimes & turned over to the mining company, which paid prison officials for the right to force the convicts to work WITHOUT PAY until they had served their sentences.
https://www.pbs.org/video/slavery-another-name-slavery-video/
https://portside.org/2026-04-06/week-peoples-history-april-8-14-2026
#BannerMine #Capitalism #Exploitation #MineWorkers #Racism #Slavery #WorkingClassHistory
On this day, 6 March 1974, UK coal miners called off their four-week strike after accepting a 35% pay offer in a massive victory, which had already brought down
Frank Little was driven, a warrior to the end. Organizing for the Metal Mine Workers Industrial Union, Below are some of his last pieces published while alive as Solidarity prints several items on …
Grace Golden Clayton suggested to her minister that he honour all fathers at a Sunday service, which he did on 5 July 1908.
Sonora Smart Dodd attempted to establish an official equivalent to Mother's Day for fathers, which was implemented statewide in 1910. It grew from there was established as a federal holiday in 1972.
Sources
http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/fathers-day
https://libcom.org/history/monongah-mining-disaster-1907-steven-johns
#FathersDay #migrantworkers #mineworkers #Monongah #WestVirginia
Peter Riley
Working Class History
