PARIS, France, July 25 (Coal Geology) – Alcan Global Aerospace Transportation and Industry (Alcan Global ATI), part of Alcan Engineered Products – a business unit of Rio Tinto - announced today that employees represented by United Steelworkers (USW) Local 5668 at its aluminum rolling mill in Ravenswood, West Virginia, have ratified a [Continue]
StopTheChamber.com, a coalition of NGOs dedicated to corporate and government accountability, has been warning for months about the devastating effect of U.S. Chamber of Commerce policies on the well being of Americans. Specifically, the Chamber has spent hundreds of millions to fight any regulation of its dues paying members and any regulation of [Continue]
As the nation grieves with the families of at least 25 mine workers who died in West Virginia Monday, we must confront a terrible truth: workers in a wide range of industries face horrific risks on the job. Just last week, six workers died from an explosion at the Tesoro Refinery in Anacortes, WA. In February, five workers died from an explosion [Continue]
At least 12 miners have been killed and 10 missing after a blast at Upper Big Branch mine in Raleigh County in the US state of West Virginia. [Continue]
Patriot coal closed their Federal No. 2 mine last month due to high level of methane in an abandoned area of the mine. After the Sago mine explosion in 2006, MSHA adopted a new set of mine safety rules to avoid accidents. [Continue]
