WASHINGTON — Two days before his term ended, a member of the independent federal commission overseeing mine safety accused the Trump administration of an “unlawful” action that he warned could endanger the “lives of the nation’s miners.”
Robert F. Cohen, whose term expired last month on the mine safety and health panel, alleged in a scathing dissent that Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta had undertaken an illegal move that threatens to undermine the “most powerful tool for protecting the lives of the nation’s miners.”
Continue reading: Mine safety official warned administration violating law, putting miners in danger
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They’re cutting back regulations everywhere they could.
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They are, and in this case they are simply ignoring regulations – possibly illegally.
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Those miners want jobs. They don’t care about safety. That’s why they all voted for Trump.
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True, but they begin to care a lot about safety when injured or when they lose a friend or family member due to their employer’s neglect. Don Blankenship and Massey Energy come to mind which owned and operated the Upper Big Branch Mine where 29 workers were killed in 2010.
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