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Hell's History: The USW's Fight to Prevent Workplace Deaths and Injuries From the 1992 Westray Mine Disaster Through 2016 - Revised
- Resource Type
- Other
- Grade Level
- 10
- 11
- 12
- Adult
- Submitted By
- Tom Sandborn - one year ago
- Description
- This 73 page book covers the history of the Westr…
- Resource Type
- Other
- Grade Level
- 10
- 11
- 12
- Adult
- Submitted By
- Tom Sandborn - one year ago
- Description
- This 73 page book covers the history of the Westray Mine disaster and the United Steelworkers lobby efforts to get a law passed that would allow criminal negligence charges against reckless management figures whose decisions kill workers. It concludes with a detailed chapter about the lethal mill fires in BC in 2012 and the ongoing campaign to see the law properly enforced.
- Subject
- Arts Education
- Social Studies
- Law
- History
- Labour History
- Keywords
- Westray mine disaster
- worker safety
- law reform
- social justice organizing
- Duration
- 60-120 minutes in class after students have read the booklet
- Language
- English
- Date Created
- Jan 10, 2017
The USW’s fight to prevent
workplace deaths and injuries
from the 1992 Westray Mine
disaster through 2016
Hell’s
History
By
Tom Sandborn
The Miner’s Lamp Pin: This emblem stands atop a monument in Westray Memorial Park in
New Glasgow, N.S., honouring the memory of the 26 miners killed
